User blog comment:The Gunsmith/So, what weapons did you actually end up using?/@comment-1388547-20120411155633

For my SP Vanguard, I usually used the Eviscerator and the Carnifex. I experimented with a lot of the exotic weapons, but I like keeping my cooldowns fast, which steered me away from the weightier pistols, and a lot of the new shotguns aren't as handy in extended close-quarters firefights. I tried the Disciple for a few missions, but it seems to have a little delay between when I pull the trigger and when it actually fires, which annoys me, and its reload speed is too slow. I play a very aggressive Vanguard, and in an intense firefight, I will empty the magazine of *any* of the shotguns on offer before I run out of enemies, so a fast reload is very important for me. In the late game, I bought a Wraith, but I'm not sure if it was really much better than my trusty Eviscerator. In SP I also carried a Tempest SMG, but I didn't use it much. I never considered bringing an assault or sniper rifle because they're too heavy.

In MP, I also mostly play Vanguards, but I'm so far sticking to the basic Katana shotgun and Predator pistol. I bought a bunch of Recruit Packs to upgrade all my basic weapons to level X, and so far it's working pretty well. I'd eventually like to have some more advanced weapons, but the hit-or-miss way you get weapons in MP means that I don't actually have the ones I want yet. (I have an Eviscerator, but it's only level I, so it's not yet better than my level X Katana. No Carnifex at all yet.)  I might experiment with some of the other weapons a bit more freely, since MP gives more opportunity to just try something for the heck of it.

I'm curious how other players get use out of the Avenger. I've tried using it with some of my non-Vanguard MP characters, and even at level X it just doesn't do enough damage to kill things for me. Maybe I'm spoiled from all the point-blank shotgun blasts I dish out with my Vanguards?