User blog comment:The Gunsmith/So, what weapons did you actually end up using?/@comment-1421011-20120418210207

The N7 Valkyrie with mag upgrade and stability damper, and the N7 Valiant with barrel mod and concentration mod completely owned through my first playthrough as a soldier. Upgraded to X they allow over 80% recharge bonus, so that was a real plus for me.

My second playthrough, also as a soldier, I only used the M-99 Saber X with mag upgrade and barrel extension. That destroyed anything and everything in its way.

For MP I also got the saber, but I prefer to use either the Geth infiltrator with a Javelin and Geth Plasma SMG, or the Batarian Soldier with the Geth Plasma Shotgun. I also periodically use the BF3 soldier with the Graal, smart choke and spare ammo mods. With a smart choke V, the Graal can land every single one of its spikes at medium-long range, so it is a beast. CQB is rather hard with the minimal spread, but a shot landed correctly is almost always fatal.