The Gigawatt Pulsar is a great weapon and can be made into an even better one - the polaris
but to be fair there's not that much difference between the 2 so I prefer to not upgrade and use my gigawatt which is a better weapon than all the other elemental guns.
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I have a giggawatt but i rarely ever use it. Its more of a bother than useful for anybody but yourself.
Have there been tests on how much knockback the Polaris does compared to Gigawatt?
Polaris is the easy modo elemental weapon, but it's far from being the best.
The best elemental gun is the Graviton Vortex obviously.
The Gravy gun is only Elemental if you load it with Gremlins, Constructs, or Quicksilvers, though.
The Polaris' popularity perplexes me. For Pulseguns, I prefer the Normal one. For Elemental and Shock, I prefer Voltech and Voltaic. Despite those, for Bark weapons I still prefer the Cats. Is it the LD? It's the LD, isn't it?
/facepalm
Polaris does have a slightly bigger explosion than Gigawatt, I think.
But anyways.
Better than all the other elemental guns? Better than Nova Driver's epic charge? Better than Argent's fast damage per second? Actually, how about none of them. I believe each of them have their own uses and niches, and it's really up to playstyle or what the situation calls for.
I'm not bringing an Argent Peacemaker against a horde of zombies. No, I want to knock them to oblivion because their freaking leaps are so OP.
But I want an Argent Peacemaker to chase down those kats. Just stop flying, darn it.
I guess it's a great weapon if you don't lag while using it, but knowing how terrible the lag can be even using it myself tends to annoy me sometimes, so I don't.
Well, as Qwao said, there is no 'better' gun, each has their own strong area.
In PvE, Polaris is known for being a good keep away gun, or just a good all around cluster gun. It can't compare to a well placed Driver charge though.
PvE wise, Polaris shines a lot in FSC, where it's effective against a majority of the enemies, can create a few shortcuts, and while it doesn't do much damage to Vanaduke, can theoretically reliably shock him, keeping him a tiny bit more controlled.
Now most people look at Polaris from a PvP standpoint. It serves two main functions: support, and wall making.
Support is where you use the gun to help aid other members, such as using it to either make the enemy move a certain way to avoid the bullets, or risk getting shocked and/or taking damage. When enemies are shocked, that creates a huge opening, especially for strikers.
'Wall Making' is what you see a lot of nowadays. Using the gun over and over while on a point to prevent the enemy from reaching you. Granted, a good dash renders the wall moot, but it does make the opponent change their way of approaching you, and it makes them unable to dash for a long period of time should they use it to get past the wall.
Think that's it for my explanation.
I think compared to other guns the Polaris does stand a bit higher in general overall usefulness.
It has long range, decent damage, one bullet can easily damage multiple enemies, it also deals a good status effect and knockback. Its a bit slow, but you can still move and shoot with it, not to mention get armor or uvs to speed it up. Most guns have two or three of those things going for it.
Its only downfalls being that it has a pretty much useless charge and gremlins and beasts resist it, and can dodge the bullets. However, I've seen players use it against those monsters too. It takes a bit longer to take them out, but the knockback + shock seems pretty hard for your average monster to withstand and still get attacks in.
The Polaris is popular in Lockdown because it's an easy gun with easy bullets. Everyone who plays Lockdown on a regular basis seems to think that having a Wolver set and a Striker Unit (lel) makes them Sonic the Hedgehog, while simultaneously being unable to aim to save their lives. The result is that guns that can hit anything within sprinting distance of where the shooter aims are used a lot in Lockdown, and the Polaris is one of the best guns for that role.
IMO, the big reason polaris shines in FSC is the same reason divine avenger shines in FSC: the push. The rooms one fights inside of in FSC are regularly very cramped insofar as area to freely walk in so something, anything to shove enemies away in the numbers they come in is extremely handy.
OC, only in FSC am I happy to see a Polaris, otherwise, those users can cram it up their @#$ when going anywhere else in the Clockworks that isn't FSC as it serves as more a detriment to the party with its push and an obtuse graphic that rivals bomb-spam for sheer obfuscation of the area and enemies. As a full-time gunner my jimmies are somewhat rustled when my kite tactic is ruined because of polaris spam or the polaris contributes to enemy evasiveness more than enemy control with poor timing from said wielder.
I would like Spiral Kinghts to make a few more guns, cause my guns dont really take much damage even it was 2 stars. I would like the new gun is more powerful.
Shouldn't this be in the Arsenal?
And on a personal note, I hate the polaris. OP and causes me far too much lag.