lol, If heavy pulsar bullets give you headaches, a Polaris or a Voltedge will kill you

Maybe your monitor is too bright? Considering supernova is pure white....

Why not try the Blaster series? It doesn't do as much damage (roughly half), but you - and your party members - might find it more agreeable.

Well, be thankful you're not crafting the Trollaris.

^ this

That's interesting, I have a much smaller problem (merely aesthetic, not headachic) in the opposite direction; I rather like the bizarre look of the Normal-damage projectiles at higher detail setting than "Low," but my machine can't handle those higher detail settings. I also can't stand the added effects for the Elemental one, but that matters little when I find myself preferring the Normal one for Pulsegun use and my Alchemer for "lightning trope" use.

It's unlikely that those specific effects will get special toggles or even a simple removal any time soon, so what suggestions can youse offer beyond getting the Elemental version instead? Remember that the user wants Normal damage and somehow finds the Valiance ineffective.

EC, could you provide more detail on which aspects of the Pulsegun you use it for? Maybe that can help us find viable alternatives, if any exist. Not knowing exactly which properties you find most useful...

Maybe Avenger line? I haven't used one yet, but from what I gather it can spam high knockback to a great range, going right through monsters, and at 5-star also gains a wide cone of fire. I know it's got Elemental damage, but as a sword it's half-Normal, and even just the Normal component is very heavy. I use a Blazebrand to beat Gremlins silly, and it works fine despite being half-Elemental and Gremlins being resistant to Fire- if the Elemental Jelly sword is anything like that, its damage should be plenty for use as a gun.

If it's more about the mobility of a gun, I suggest looking into the Normal version of the Catalyser. It's not normally something I'd recommend for a swordie, but its attack combo timing is the same as Pulsegun and the projectile speed is similar. It's apparently got a steep learning curve for most peops, as you can very easily get yourself killed by blasting monsters into your own face if you don't understand how the knock works, but those saying it's random are mistaken. It's actually pretty simple: stuck bombs always orbit counterclockwise, always start on the North side of the monster, and simply knock away from the bomb's current position just like any other bomb. If you've got multiple bombs in different orbital phases around the same monster, they all add up the way you'd expect- bombs on opposite sides of a monster mostly cancelling out. When fighting Eastward, spamming alternating charged and uncharged attacks pushes kinda like Pulsegun. When fighting Westward, it can be used to quickly pull monsters toward you for smashing with swords. Obviously, with a bit of delay, you can reverse these directions. CTR and/or ASI should skew the knock direction Southward, and the slow projectile speed means you can use Doppler shift to change the interval between sticking and detonating.

If it's more about spam, the Normal Autogun is... well, it's also not for every one, and especially unlikely to be for a swordie, but it's worth mentioning since there are so few Normal damage guns and Pepperbox' charge attack has very nice knockback. If you go for Chaos, Pepperbox is an utterly wicked "wall of lead" tool IMO. If not using Chaos, but you know how to use Calibur and/or Fang of Vog on monsters braced against something, you're probably more than halfway to knowing how to use Pepperbox well.

I think I know why you get a headache. The supernova bullets flash between white, red, green, and blue insanely quickly (If I can recall properly) on high detail. It doesn't afflict me, but I can understand why someone would get a headache.