User blog comment:LunarWing/NX Contest-o!/@comment-5206892-20140416040148

Phoenix MG21E Steel

-Damage: 51

-Portability: 35

-Rate of Fire: 80

-Accuracy: 62

-Recoil: 70

-Only available in the January MYST-N+ I think.

-'''Personally, I have not used this weapon extensively to make any fair assessment at all. Thus I will be using my own MG21E Steel which I own and have used quite thoroughly.' They are quite similar right?'' The MG21E family are my favorite MGs in the game. I find this and the M60E4 quite usable outside Fireteam and QR. Unlike other MGs, this can actually be used outside short range due to its burst fire mode. Combine this with it's strong damage, you should be able to take out most people with a single burst assuming you land all 3 shots. (Most people wear recon/light vests and this is a very solid 3 shot kill)

The recoil and spread is expected of any MG. The recoil is high and diagonal and the spread is large and both settle slowly. However, you can take out people with burst fire at mid range with some careful mousework. This is strangely accurate at long range for an MG. This is really only possible if you counter the recoil manually during the burst as the recoil makes the 2nd and/or 3rd shot of the burst to miss and that could secure the kill.

Pros

-Consistant 3 shot kill

-Burst fire; can kill in a single burst

-Strangely accurate for an MG

-Part of the Phoenix set; can use the bonuses of the set with this gun

-Somewhat smexy paint job (The NX Standard Steel is better)

Cons

-MG portability

-MG range

-MG recoil

-MG spread

-Looks like the GP Standard MG21E with some stuff stuck onto it

(If I do win this which I probably won't, I will have extreme difficulty to find a use with the WRKs you give me)

(Also, we seem to have similar favourite weapons)