md is by far the best weapon...if you know how to use it. I bet if two humans were to try to kill each other, one w/md one w/luci, the md would win, just cause theluci is so slow.
This post is wrong in so many ways. No weapon is by far the best. An MD would not be first on any account except for killwhoring dretches (where the luci can probably do better) or maybe support (where the lasgun is probably just as good). If you are fighting goons and rants, MD is one of your worst choices in my opinion.
To be the most effective, it requires a battpack, which makes it cost 450. The shotgun is 3 times cheaper, and just as, if not more, effective as the MD (and even better than MD vs goons and rants) except for chasing. You don't have to spend as much for it either, and MD is a shaky buy in s1 vs goons. I would also choose the chaingun, which would cost less as well, over the MD in s2. It is, again, better vs the higher classes.
Also, this game is built for human vs alien, so using human vs human to compare weapons is extremely stupid.
So, you can choose MD as your favorite weapon, but it is not even in the running for the best weapon. Sorry.