Hey I was wondering which stratagem you tried out on a whim but ended up really liking? I’ve been switching it up especially since I read that EAT spam can mess up missions, as that was one of my go-tos.
For me it has to be the gatling barrage. It peppers a concentrated area and can hurt all enemies from what I’ve seen. I love using it for Breach suppression and yesterday I didn’t see anyone shoot any rockets, so I swear it knocked down a dropshop on an elimination mission.
Its use case is definitely limited, but when that case is present those repeated explosions feel nice to see.
SPEAR
People sleep on this thing exclusively because of how finicky the lock on is, but it’s way too good against the bots. I can take out turrets and fabricators from a mile away. once I closed an entire heavy outpost with just a spear from atop a hill. only thing that comes close is the auto cannon, but that requires everything to line up, whereas the spear? aim, fiddle with lock on, fire, move on. once you understand how to get around the finicky lock on, you can basically fire and forget.
personally, it’s worth taking just to get rid of the turrets. those things are such a pain in the ass getting close enough to orbital strike it or to shoot it’s vent, and usually results in someone dying a few times to it. worse when there’s two of them, so if taking a full support weapon and backpack slot saves a few reinforcements, then I’ll take it any day.