It had been when it was released but it's not now, its actually one of the best weapons in the game (since a shotgun using pistol mods is pretty damn overkill).
A simple answer : NO !
Actually thae brakk was better at the release because after a few week they nerfed (significant damage over range nerf). But still i love my brakk(3 forma). I can 2 shot a rhino with 1000 / 880 and 1600 ironskin.
the embolist is agood weapon? the last time i take a look at it, it was the worst secondary of the game!!! dmg 2.0 change a lot of thing...
better than embolist... despait? wraith viper? marelock?
lol I am surprised this thread got rez'd. XD A lot of these comments are looking at information that is four months outdated with more and more sidearms being viable candidates... well minus the detron(looking at the above comments). Reason being its about on par in dps w the bronco prime and its advantage is also its weakness. I'm referring to that base radiation, making it only strong against grineer. It can work on others but corpus shields and all but the healer ancients keep that gun from being a good contributor..
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the embolist is agood weapon? the last time i take a look at it, it was the worst secondary of the game!!! dmg 2.0 change a lot of thing...
better than embolist... despait? wraith viper? marelock?
The embolist is like an acrid+ignis-DoT IMO and I have gotten pretty far in the damage 2.0 level with it on infested maps (while having potential w corpus(toxin bypasses shields)), but I can see a possible 'why' for people to preffer longer ranged weapons: Range = safety... and the WIERD thing is that, dps-wise, the Marelok is close to the Sicarus Prime in sustained dps(a small bit better, albeit, but close), so a Sicarus Prime is a fair substitute if one doesn't have a marelok yet. http://goo.gl/ORAxJu http://goo.gl/8CzUCf Also, the Wraith Twin Vipers are an exclusive weapon that that an increasing number of people may not have(and came after this was made), so they wouldnt be on my list for comparison out of fairness.
Marelok>Braak
Brakk*