This weapon is not only the best sniper rifle but the best rifle overall right now, outperforming the shit out of the Assault Rifles. And he wasn'nt even using the 10% sniper rifle damage buff upgrade, released a few days ago. Heck you can even abuse this gun as a quickscoping shotgun in CQC. This gun explains a lot regarding the balance, for instance why I saw a krogan gladiator(!) hiding in the behind and doing nothing but using the Vanquisher IX and performing almost 30K.
Post 1.05 on a standard Gold mission, Turian Soldier level 15 using Vanq III with Barrel III mod and no boosters. Build is 5/4/2/6/6 with weapon damage passives selected.
A couple others are at least close. Now that the headshot damage with Vanq is back to x2 instead of x3, the Black Widow and Valiant are comparable. And there's some pistols/SMGs like the Talon, Scorpion, Equalizer and Hurricane that are just fine. Almost everything else is just pitiful in comparison.
This weapon is not only the best sniper rifle but the best rifle overall right now, outperforming the shit out of the Assault Rifles. And he wasn'nt even using the 10% sniper rifle damage buff upgrade, released a few days ago. Heck you can even abuse this gun as a quickscoping shotgun in CQC. This gun explains a lot regarding the balance, for instance why I saw a krogan gladiator(!) hiding in the behind and doing nothing but using the Vanquisher IX and performing almost 30K.
Is this pre or post patch and also what difficulty is it?
It's gold, in the description
Post 1.05 on a standard Gold mission, Turian Soldier level 15 using Vanq III with Barrel III mod and no boosters. Build is 5/4/2/6/6 with weapon damage passives selected.
RayFranklin hey, what packs do you use to get the vanquisher from? struggling to get one from expert packs, or am I just unlucky?
Just unlucky, I've got most Rares up to rank IV or V and I still have yet to drop a Lanat or Equalizer. Keep at it with Expert Packs.
Why would expert packs be better than premium? - Isn't a premium pack basically just two expert packs? with a much higher chance of N7 weapons
Yes, unfortunately this is the only weapon in the game that feels good to use right now.
A couple others are at least close. Now that the headshot damage with Vanq is back to x2 instead of x3, the Black Widow and Valiant are comparable. And there's some pistols/SMGs like the Talon, Scorpion, Equalizer and Hurricane that are just fine. Almost everything else is just pitiful in comparison.