Nope - use the PC.

PC: shield
Swarm: armor
Parity

Swarms also have greater damage potential, fly fast and straight and lock onto vehicles, not parity.

Also, both SMGs and Scrambler Pistols are pretty deadly when used right.

Message from Godin: NEVER AGAIN! NO **** YOU **** OFF.

Not against ACRs and RRs and GARs........ yes they can kill but an equally skilled rifle will always put you down...

Nerf rocks, paper is fine.

Scissors.

Swarms also have greater damage potential, fly faster and straighter and lock onto vehicles, not parity.

Also, both SMGs and Scrambler Pistols are pretty deadly when used right.

Rock beats scissors, but scissors beats paper (or in this case tanks) - deal with it, it's the sacrifice you make in order to be able to take out vehicles.

Cept Paper can beat Scissors as well.....




Scissors can fight Paper ...even kill him but it's now an uphill battle to kill him .


Scissors can fight Rock but its always been uphill battle to do so.


Scissors seem to be fighting a lot of uphill battles with little incentive to do so .

PROTO swarm does only 20 points of damage more than STANDARD plasma cannon when shield resistance is factored in. (Not including the PC bonus to shields) So damage potential is in favor of PC. Swarms flying straight isn't a plus exactly. Besides, with this lock on range, I'd rather dumb fire them and actually aim versus getting into lock range.

Never said any side arms weren't capable of killing, just that swarms don't fit as a weapon. Since they technically don't kill like all the other primary/secondary weapons.

Well of course swarms are bad against shields, that the whole point of explosives.

MY point was that swarms are usually the better AV weapon and, if they were dumbfire, the better AI weapon when compared to the PC - and you actually proved my point, best case PC is about the same as worst case swarms. Plus swarms are easier to use.

Any way, each has it's role;

The PC is an alright AV weapon and an alright AI weapon, jack of all trades but master of none if you will - Swarms are a good AV weapon but can't take out infantry.

Play smarter next time, if as an AV specialist you're face to face with an AR without back up - you screwed up. Don't go asking for a totally ridiculous role change / buff to cover for your mistakes. Alternatively, use a weapon that can deal with infantry as well but sacrifice some AV capabilities.

Been thinking about this awhile, the swarm launcher is out of place. All the the other heavy, light, side arm can kill no problem. Some can even destroy vehicles and installations. Yet, the swarm is only good for vehicles/installations. It doesn't make sense to have it with other weapons, when it clearly is just equipment. Dust is no longer the same game when dumb fire was taken out. Perhaps this is the time to bring it back?

Been thinking about this awhile, the swarm launcher is out of place. All the the other heavy, light, side arm can kill no problem. Some can even destroy vehicles and installations. Yet, the swarm is only good for vehicles/installations. It doesn't make sense to have it with other weapons, when it clearly is just equipment. Dust is no longer the same game when dumb fire was taken out. Perhaps this is the time to bring it back?

It's also the only weapon that locks and tracks a target and I still remember the horrors of dumbfire swarm closed beta.

Absolutely hell freaking no, unless there is a minimum arming distance of say 20 meters and no splash damage beyond 0.5 meters... And less damage for splash.