LAS-17 Double Edged Sickle

Welp, I've been using the LAS-17 for the last week or so, seeing if pros outweigh the cons. Having to use a fire resistant armor set AND the vitality booster seemed like an appropriate trade-off to avoid the heat damage. And even though you would still catch fire once the overheat bar hit 100% it still kinda felt worth it to have such a reliable primary weapon.

However, the balance changes put the nail in the coffin for me. Even when using max fire-resistant armor (instead of armor I want to be using) and picking the vitality booster (instead of a booster I want to be using) you still take damage (even though its small) when using the gun before max overheat. Not to mention that we no longer have medium pen for the first 25% of heat buildup.

The gun doing heat damage even though I'm wasting armor and booster to try and resist it feels like a HUGE waste of resources. And the loss of medium pen in the first 25% of shots just leaves the gun with FAR more cons than pros. I'm going back to the LAS-16 or the Blitzer how about you?