Oh ok. thank you guys for the help, glad there is finally people who care about helping!

If you are really that bad with aiming, yes, you will find the harrier a problem. With the harrier, the default clip capacity for it is like 4 clips and it only got 20 shots on default.
If you got any of these and you are looking for a assault rifle, I suggest try using the particle rifle, geth pulse rifle & spitfire (insane capacity), ADAS (can home-in) and yes, Lancer would be nice… if you like recoil like me…
Also, if you have the clip capacity upgrade, that would make up for ‘In-Accurate players ‘.

Mines at 2, And if you add a Thermal Clip Cap. gear at V, and the extended clip at V, I get 68 bullets instead of the regular 38, which calls for more shooting, less sitting there and looking like an idiot.

Every 10 minutes? Even with my Harrier at level 10, it’s more like every 10 seconds for an ammo run :) But I don’t mind – I prefer the Harrier. I find the Lancer (which I only have at level 1) to be about as accurate as the Harrier but I run out of bullets and have to wait for cooldown and that really bogs down my playstyle. I hear the Lancer at higher levels is amazing, though.

well, im talking about both. I’ve played both single and multiplayer, i admit they are slightly different but not that much really. Stopped playing multiplayer though…felt like it’s very repetitive after awhile…perhaps adding more gamemodes like pvp or even co-op rpg (like borderlands) would bring something fresh in.
For the argus, i just can’t work with it that well. Maybe i’m just not a ‘burst fire person’ (though i do prefer the vindicator out of the 3 burst fire Assault rifles).
Guess I’m more into fully automatics but they have to be high precision (like the Lancer and Harrier), recoil don’t matter. Those 2 definitely sounds real nice too when fired.
Think people like the Lancer for its higher ROF, unlimited ammo, lighter weight and larger capacity. But on the other hand, the harrier is much better in handling and dps.
In terms of precision and accuracy, they are equally good even though the lancer stated accuracy is much lower. I tested this by having scope attachment on both guns and shot at 2 dotted texture on a wall with multiple shots with both guns. At 30m, they both came out almost with same shot groups.
And yes, play with what you’re good at, or keep trying them til you find the right one. I like what they did with ME2/3 weapons unlike the first game. Think it was the spectre brand on something in the first game which dominates all other weapons once you acquire them and render other guns useless. In ME2/3, each weapons have their pros and cons, have situational dependent and functions all differently. I spend ALOT of time testing them out and enjoyed it.

I think you’re talking about single player while I’m ranking these weapons for multiplayer … the weapons behave a little differently in these modes. People have their own preferences for weapons but in terms of damage dealt, there are certain ones that are slightly OP. I do like the Argus in multiplayer though because lag makes it fire 3-4 shots per burst rather than the stated 2, so yes, there are definitely other factors that should be considered … Some people swear by the Lancer but I’m a Harrier diehard – just play with what you’re good at. No bad weapons, only bad players, right? :)

For Example:
– The ADAS can home in on the enemy and hit them behind cover which means you can almost get every shot hit if you know where to point it. It also does EXTRA damage against synthetics. Recommended upgrade: clip upgrade and extended barrel
– The falcon, true that it is pretty weak but if you treat it like a stun weapon with clip upgrade and extended barrel, it’s a pretty mean SUPPORT type weapon.
– as for the Collector smg, it does 50% more damage against armour targets, no need for ammo and very decent when you got both magazine and heat sink upgrade.

For your ‘best’ weapons, I think you should include some personal opinions like these:
– for all the close combat weapons, the high dps is only when if all the pellets hit and your didn’t really include the clip capacity (low like at-12/reegar carbine), accuracy, spread nor reload time into consideration.
– Also the reegar range is limited to few meters and pretty bad combined with high ammo usage and need to constantly reload. Recommend installing spare clip and barrel upgrade to make it more useful.
– hurricane, again, only if all shots hit, its pretty horrible in terms of accuracy but i find it more usable with smg scope and stabilizer upgrade installed. Quite deadly in fact in close range when you aimed at the upper torso of the target.
– Harrier, I have to very much agree. Automatic, accurate, low recoil, decent damage, these are what makes it so nice. With the clip and scope upgrade, it’ll eliminate it weaknesses.

My personal overall preferred weapon (NOT ‘BEST’):
– M11 suppressor: the combination of high rate of fire with high headshot damage multiplier makes it very deadly. Mine have clip and heavy barrel upgrade which makes it even more damaging and no more problems with clip capacity.
– M7 lancer: unlimited ammo, high accuracy, large capacity, decent damage though little high on recoil but i like recoil… extended barrel and scope really makes it shine.
– Black widow: again, if you like recoil like me, this gun will make you happy. damage isn’t as high as the original widow but x3 shots! with the scope and barrel mod, it’ll be a wise choice to use.

Over all: I think this page would make much more sense to me if it’s titled with ‘Highest/Lowest dps weapons’ rather than ‘best/worst weapons’.
Again, i just don’t really think there’s ‘best’ nor ‘worst’ weapons. Its all about personal preference/proficiency really. The ‘worst’ weapon may easily be the preferred weapon in hands of another player as long as they know it well.
I have no mean to challenge or mean any ill-will to the writer of the article but just trying to add my personal experience/thoughts/opinions to this page to improve our understandings.

btw, anyone used the Argus? i just couldn’t use it well… is there a trick to it? For me the recoil is quite high for a burst fire, the fire rate is slow too, low clip capacity not so accurate with follow up shots… tried it with stabilizer and scope but found it slightly more usable with stabilizer+clip upgrade instead…