Plasmatic Discharger – this weapon is going to get nerfed but while it is useable now it’s as over powered of a weapon that we have ever had in save the world. It does more then it should while using very little ammo.
11/10
Pulse Pounder – Shots faster while hip fired, scope fire rate is slow with no increase to crit chance, damage, or headshot damage. Can freeze enemies if you have the stack of slow 6th perk, is locked to energy. Damage is meh even when hip firing. Glitchy 6th perk is nice for running endurance until it gets patched. Must use 100 legendary flux to get legendary weapon. 4/10
Shooting Star – Goes through your ammo very quickly, if you have used a 6th perk change to freeze stack I can see this being nice. Over heats very quickly and while you can use two guns to swap between this takes away hero’s that stack shots like crankshot and start up. Has a low base crit chance. Must use 100 legendary flux 3/10
Third Rail – Charge up shot take so long I feel as tho the mission will be over before I manage to reload. Better hit your shot because you not taking a second for quit some time. Would be great for defenders if they could use it. Great on ammo because your never shooting. Damage is nice on crit. Has a magazine perk option even tho it only has 1 bullet. Terrible 6th perk for weapon. Must use 100 legendary flux, and I wish I used it on something else. -1/10
(would be a 1/10 if defenders could use it just so you could see what they are aiming at.)
While it has been a long while since Stw has gotten new weapons, getting lame weapons that will just sit in my schematic log doesn’t help. Yes the plasmatic discharger is all the rage now, but once nerfed it will only be something we reminisce on how great it once was. There was hope with the shooting star and pulse pounder, but they are lacking in game sense, Star eats ammo for alright results, while the pulse pounder does worse if you aim. Third Rail is in the running for worst sniper imo with the fire rate/ reload time, for the damage it does. It should one shot a smasher if it takes that long to shoot with the right load out. The only kool gun is gonna get nerfed into the collection book.
Ok done with the rantings of someone who was once excited for the new weapons. Now back to your regular Reddit
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/FORTnITE/comments/yuozbf/so_for_the_new_weapon_set/