Lots of the traits that these guns have cancel out. So, here are a few traits that cancel out with these guns:
- Both have good knockback
- Both have three shot round
- Both deal normal damage
But here is the big difference that makes me choose the Blaster line over the Pulsar line.
The Blaster bullets have a greater speed than the Pulsar's bullets.
This makes the Blaster the gun to switch switches, hit fast monsters (I always bring my Magnus with me for hitting Fiends and Beasts and Menders; read my Magnus versus Antigua post for more info), and all of that stuff.
What are your opinions?
1. Everything ends up at 5 stars, even though Radiants are rare. You should plan all of your equipment based on 5-star items. At the 5-star level, you can't get pulsars in piercing.
2. Both of these guns have knockback, but it's really pretty different knockback. Anyone who has used these guns knows what I mean, so I won't bother to explain it.
3. Pulsars do more damage at long range than at short range. Blasters don't have any such dynamic.
4. Pulsars offer a few statuses. Blasters don't.
In the end, my opinion is that blasters are reliable but rather boring. Pulsars are easily misused but highly useful in the hands of a skilled knight in the right context (crowd control).