Talk:NS-AM7 Archer/@comment-4632371-20160115031052

It may be a hated opinion, but, I love this thing.

Sure, it's only REALLY good at killing MAX units. But it does that very well, and from outside the range of a MAX's killing potential. It's a decent 'fire support' weapon anywhere else, in that, you can suppress people by shooting them with it. No, you won't be scoring a lot of kills, but, in a coordinated push, or even coordinated defense, you'll get a lot of assists, and if you know how to move and position yourself, you can keep yourself from getting shot fairly well, while keeping the enemy on their toes. Semi-auto sniper rifle damage isn't really anything to sneeze at, especially in the hands of an Engineer. Add in it's ability to annoy tanks and vehicles with constant but minor damage, and you can rack up assists and assist XP faster than nearly anything else in the game.

My only gripe is that it sounds so pathetic. The firing sound is straight-up pitiful for what is supposed to be a large caliber anti-materiel weapon.