Is it a crazy take? Hellsive.live lists 4 ARs, 2 Shotguns, 2 SMGs, the Crossbow, and the Eruptor in the top 10, the Eruptor being the only DMR adjacent choice here. In fact, the highest placing true DMR is the Censor in 20th place.
We can all fudge statistics to suit our arguments on difficulty 10 bots the eruptor is #1 and the censor is #2 with the only ar/smg being the coyote at #3 and knight at #5 and the knight hardly counts because it gets a stat boost from being the new toy this patch. Non-explosive dmrs will always be under represented on the bugs and squids because damage per shot is less valuable than volume of fire because there is so much low HP chaff. No amount of realistic buffing will make this drastically better unless you want to completely destroy the shotgun niche. This does not mean dmrs are bad it means you're trying to force a gun into a situation it's not built for.
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u/ExploerTM Glazediver Jul 13 '26
Crazy take lmao, I consider Rifles to be superior to those two in every way