I was just thinking: Compared to the beloved PDP (that I personally hate) and the awesome Grandeur, does the Dreiss have a spot in Redeye’s primary meta? I feel like I worded that weird, so let me explain. The PDP is basically used as the competitive and over all “better” weapon, while the Grandeur is used as the more fun, challenging, and rewarding weapon (basically the equivalent of the M4A1 vs the Timik). But then there’s the Dreiss. It always seems like the “uggghhh” weapon. You know what I mean, the weapon you get when you trade up for a cobalt and makes you go “uggghhh, not this one…” because you know it’s not bad, it’s just not what you wanted. That’s what the Dreiss is on Redeye. I say this because, that’s exactly what happened to me about an hour ago. I managed to get 24,000 credits, and traded in for a cobalt hoping for a Grandeur loadout (G75 or G41 preferably) and ending up getting the D52. I was thinking “Yeah, it’s not bad, but it’s not what I wanted.”
So this thread is basically the, “Is the Dreiss Worth Anything on Redeye, Compared to the PDP and Grandeur” thread.
Redeye Weapon Discussion Thing
Probably depends on what you like. Try it out. It is more spam able than the grandeur and pdp, has less damage but I really like it on kira. Can be devastating if you are moving around and getting those head shots.
I don’t particularly like it on Red Eye because it doesn’t feel as sniper-y as the other two. If I wanted to use it, I’d go Arty instead because he has more utility. It sucks because my two Red Eye cobalts are the D52 and the D75
I used to really use the Dreiss a lot prior to the GSR getting buffed to its current god-like status. Now it just feels sub par compared to the GSR. However, I feel it suits him better than the PDP because it’s a closer range weapon and he’s meant to be in more medium range than long range (moving with and helping the team).
The benefit it has over the PDP is that it is far more usable in closer quarters. However I feel the GSR is the better closer range weapon due to the high damage and it being very usable even hipfiring at close quarters. What it has over the GSR is better iron sights and is easier to spam.
As others have noted it really depends on what you like and play-style. I main the grandeur, but I do have a gold dreiss loadout. After trying it out it after pretty much mastering the grandeur, it feels very fast, spammy, and easy as long as you aim and land all your shots. Against Rhinos uplclose…well, you will die. I’d say if you don’t play Redeye as a sniper, then by all means give it a shot, you never know what you like until you try it out.
My most played RE’s load outs are Dreiss ones. I just like this weapon and augments i get with it. As mentioned before, his game play changes to close-combat with Dreiss, so RE is more like Phantom, than like Vassili. So, yes, in my opinion Dreiss is worth getting for Red eye.
Grandeur outclasses it by quite a bit for the ability to reliably OHK light mercs in CQC, but the Dreiss is still a fair choice. It takes a little less skill to use than Grandeur I suppose, but with less return.
PDP is currently slighty op, grandeur would be a monster if they gave it a red dot sight, Dreiss is still a bit too weak (although greatly improved with the last 2 patches).