I was a happy camper waiting for the saron to come out for the harasser, I tried it out in VR training room and it seems good, does more DPS and has a higher bullet velocity. BUT THEN... I tried it out in an actual combat situation, this thing sucked, yes it does more damage but you have to spend 2 seconds shooting a vehicle/person to do the equivalent 1500 damage the halberd does. This takes away from the run and gun of the old saron/ halberd AND doesn't fit with the harassers characteristic of being a run and gun vehicle. The full auto cone of fire makes it useless even standing 15m away from a tank, the COF is that bad. All in all, I hate this new saron, SOE should have just increased the bullet velocity, not completely redesign it into a vulcan wannabe.
My best guess is they tried to make the Saron more distinct from the Halberd. Unfortunately their solution has just made the Saron worse, instead of trying to give it a better distinguishing trait. Any magriders still hoping for the old Saron will just switch to the Halberd.
