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So I have been giving it a lot of tries. I have to say I just don't like it. I want to like it, but its just so hard to use. Either I shoot too early and don't get the max damage it can do or it blows up. On the blowing up the beeping sound gives to little warning. I keep hearing it and letting go as soon as I can and it will just blow up. I have some better luck in first person view, but still find it unwieldy. Am I really just in the skill issue?

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[–] FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s the neat part! You don’t!

It’s a gun I want to like, being able to be a sort of flex weapon. But as a helldivers YouTuber put it “the epoch does two jobs, and frankly it’s about to fired from both”

It’s got a bit of an identity crisis, and yes you can make flex weapons work, but the epoch is high risk, little reward, if I want anti tank why not bring a recoiless or quasar , if I want CC why not the grenade launcher

Both do a better job and I won’t explode violently if I don’t edge the gun just right

Its damage is ok but the downsides don’t justify it. but the AOE is horrendous. And I could forgive some of this if it could close bug holes

Basically a weapon I in theory like, theoretically doing both anti tank and chaff blasting but horrible at both

Its high risk for little reward

There is some skill for the weapon as it will hum when close but yeah the weapons not great

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its high risk for little reward

I think this sums up my experience too.

[–] FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip 5 points 5 days ago

And its shame, it’s got the workings of a fun weapon, high risk, and if you can manage that risk as well as a stationary reload you can have a weapon that deals both with CC and antitank

I want this weapon to be good, when the stars align and you hit a hulk crit or enemies are in its micro aoe it’s glorious