I was derping around with my Neutralizer because I hadn't really used it that much since the update. I encountered a compound... and it was absolute trash at dealing with the dust bunnies and greavers.
Regular shots do not stop greavers from attacking, much like Drakon's fire barrier, but it does 1 damage which is enough to break an enemy out of freeze...
The Neutralizer used to be a decent, slightly subpar gun which could uniquely, safely gimp frozen enemies, but you can't do that now.
Attempting to use the charge against a group of primed enemies is pretty useless as you need to spam several charges to get the desired effect that a couple Brandish charges could do(and do much more damage at the same time).
With the changes to the charge and regular attack, the dps has dropped too...
The only thing Neutralizers have gotten better at is marking recons... Whoop-de-doo...
Neutralizers have become no better overall, and in some cases have become absolutely useless.
Would someone like to enlighten me on a use other than being a hipster?
Well, I just love using the neutralizer.
If you're using it in Lockdown, use ONLY the charge (must be no neutraliser bullets on enemy) to deal about 30%-50% damage to players :B
Normal shots only deal 0.5% per hit and 0.1-0.25% damage per bullet when 1+ shots are on the enemy and the enemy is collides with charged shot hitbox. (Don't know whether it's a bug)
In PvE, the charge is great for dealing damage without the knock back but ideally, you'd want to shoot a few normal shots for the knock back.