User blog comment:Tali's no.1 fan/Favourite Weapons of Mass Effect 2!/@comment-2219564-20110513214613

Seems an aweful lot of you favour the Mattock. I've never been that impressed by it. I don't find a semi-auto rifle as fun to use as a weapon like the Geth Pulse Rifle. I also dislike that despite being semi-auto, you can fire it faster than a human being possibly could. So fast it can sound like an autocannon. On top of that, it doesn't feel nearly as powerful on harder difficulties (unless extensively upgraded and used in Heightened AR). Neither does it really have enough ammo to be considered a main weapon (unless again, the aforementioned criteria are met).

Nevertheless, I evolved a grudging respect for it after it proved superior to the Pulse Rifle during the Object Rho fight. Probably the most astounding change of mind I've ever had. Armed with the Pulse Rifle I experienced the worst Object Rho fight I'd had to date. Playing again with the Mattock: totally different. The weapon is possibly the best to use with Disruptor Ammo and making every shot a headshot does make the gun alot funner for me (plus it conserves ammo). My affinity for the Pulse Rifle has not been dented, but I have come to give the Mattock a little more credit than I did originally.