Best use of a painsaw?

[Syntac]

I use it to banzai the hell out of dragoons and tyrants before they banzai the hell out of my base.

[Samurai.mac]

I use it to bonsai the hell out of my garden.

[Syntac]

Heh. +1.

[Nux]

I vote 'Hunting small aliens'. Not only because my idea of 'best' is the one that's most fun but because, unlike the other uses, when my target is small it only takes the most minor mistake from them to have them dead instantly.

[cactusfrog]

i have killed a bsuit who had a saw with a granger once. small aliens can be just as dangerous as big ones one mistake and its on your head.

[3of12]

Mix a pain saw in any groups of humans.

It makes them far more deadly to any aliens, and makes for it easy to pull off a quick base rush.

With the insane dps, any alien smaller than a rant attacking your group dies almost instantly.

My favorite combination is a las or MD and pain saw, you can do huge damage, kill dretches fast, and decimate the enemy base.

[snb]

Which tactic is the painsaw best suited to?

Alien Base Assault
It's a powerful weapon which makes light work of alien structures, but it's limited range often force you into the line of fire for defensive structures.

Human Base Defence
It's short range tends to limit the likelihood of accidental friendly fire, but it's only really useful against aliens who manage to penetrate your longer range defences.

Hunting Small Aliens
A painsaw will cut down anything up to about a marauder in record time, but their ability to outmaneuver a human means that it can be difficult to even hit (or even reach ) the target.

Hunting Large Aliens
In a tight space it's easy to run circles around most large aliens, but the amount of contact needed to bring down a large alien can mean putting yourself in a dangerous position for a long time.

Personally my vote goes for hunting large aliens; many of Tremulous's maps have tight corridors which restrict alien movement enough for a duel to favour the smaller human. Usually I use the painsaw with light armour rather than a battlesuit, in order to preserve stamina and the ability to dodge for longer. It's sometimes (although rarely) effective to equip a jetpack, since it allows you to make unexpected attacks from above, although most of the time it's a waste of credits.

camping in a small one way tunnel so the aliens cant win thats how I use it

[Syntac]

That style of playing is not going to get you very many friends.