It's a good weapon but I dislike that unlike every other SMG, you can't use it one handed. If I'm going to take an SMG over an assault rifle, that's the main reason. When you force it into the 2-handed weapon category, it's like, you might as well take the coyote or the Tenderizer.

It used to be pretty popular until it was nerfed in October. They doubled its drag(0.6 -> 1.2), which means it has much greater damage fall off now. So it lacks the mid - long range power it used to have, which makes it not as effective for bots, and vs bugs it suffers from low fire rate and low ammo capacity.

I'll start by saying that I love the idea of the Reprimand. The styling and paint job also win top marks - it is a space UMP-45.

In its current state, despite it hitting hard, its rate of fire isn't fast enough to put fast movers down if they start swarming like a traditional faster firing SMG-like would (see the Liberator Carbine, Defender, or Knight).

Pair that with a low ammo count and the recent added drag on SMG rounds, and things start looking a bit sour if you're meant to be using it at SMG range.

It needs some drag reduction to compensate for being a two handed SMG to increase its effective range, and/or expanded magazine options.

1) the warbond it’s in a s kinda bad 2) only 2handed smg 3) being an smg damage fall off is incredibly high, so it’s worse than any medium pen assoult rifle at 20+ meters 4) for the rate of fire the dps is not incredible also in close range

I like it, it was my second gun to level 25, but it’s not incredible

Zero logical reason to nerf the SMGs... you can spam crossbow and Eruptor all day with crazy damage but "oh no SMG needs nerf"... so annoying. Destroyed one of my favorites weapons.

Loved it until they nerfed smg's into the fucking ground. FUCK

I used to run it all the time, then they nerfed the damage and now other weapons are just more enjoyable to use

I use it but I have it maxed out so I don’t really touch it anymore lol.

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Because it sucks after it got nerfed

Because it's kinda mid, and honestly has always been. There was a time after customization dropped where the Reprimand was great, but not any more.

1) the war bond its in is trash. There's little incentive for new players to go get it

2) long ass reload and a short magazine really hurt it. It should get one of these downsides, not both.

3) it's the only smg with 2handed. This actually hurts it a whole lot more than you think. It hurts build veriaty and without 1handed, its practically an AR, but worse. Why is it worse?

4) drag. This is the killer here. The massive spike in drag was the straw that broke the Reprimand's back. With the above issues I listed, the Reprimand had issues but was still viable. Now, it really it really isnt.

Because they ruined it when they added the drag nonsense to enforce a CQC meta nobody asked for.

Heavy hitting but high recoil, slow reload.

The capacity is low, the reload takes forever, the damage falls off over range, it is the only 2 handed SMG, it doesn't have any magazine attachments and it has a low rate of fire.

I can see why people don't really use this thing.

You might see people run this with Bots because it's pretty serviceable against Devastators. I think it's a fun weapon to use but it isn't very practical which is fine for some people but not for most.

I’m currently leveling it. It’s fun but has some serious drawbacks. Wearing siege ready helps but my latest drip has been beasts of prey. The low ammo is such a pain. I’m constantly having to reload and the reload is slow af.

I used it in the Battle of Super Earth to shoot down Elevated Overseers. After that, I put it back on the rack and haven't touched it again.

I still use it occasionally and it’s pretty fun. It has great damage but i’m usually up close when fighting something so i never have to worry about damage falloff. Plus if you get it leveled up a good bit you can fix its accuracy with attachments.

I run it on bots all the time, love it for those same reasons. I don't like it for bugs or illuminate cause it runs out quick but for bots it's just right

its an smg that isnt an smg.

I still main it.

I love this thing against the bots. Feels really good to use once you get the right attachments.

Dude the Reprimand is my favorite weapon, Besides its ammo economy it’s my favorite out of all primaries! it was the first weapon i got to lvl 25

Honestly, I think it was the slow reload and limited ammo capacity that made me stop using it. The damage was great but you have to make every bullet count if you want to get the potential it has, and that's hard.

Exactly, I’m always up in enemies faces, so damage fall off isn’t really felt

I don't use it because I got it to level 25, and I'm more focused on leveling up more weapons than I am using the ones I liked enough to get there.

I don't really use the Liberator Carbine anymore, but it's one of my favorite guns. Same for the Deadeye.

its an SMG, so automatically a no go for me since i don't use any smg or AR.

There's a lot of weapons to use now. I still like using it against bots though

I think its a still one of the best weapons for the bots (i run this all the time lol)

One of my friends swears by it

I used the run SMGs almost always before they nerfed them and now I never touch them. Incredibly stupid balance decision.

I'm currently using the One-Two right now. But, the Reprimand and the Adjudicator were my two favorites.

With the update, I feel like its more balanced as a SMG, rather than a pseudo rifle. It does insane damage, but its magazine size makes it so you have to be more deliberate in your attacks.

If you like slow fire, heavy hitting guns, definitely go for it.

I still use it as my normal primary. However it's not that I like it rather that it has taught me how to be thrifty with my ammunition.

I love the thing, was my first to 25 in smgs and I've used it since it released. Not super great against the bugs, but very useful against most things. I quit using it to level up other weapons.

I was going too but then someone in charge talked to me very sternly about using it and I got in trouble so I don't use it anymore. I'm sure there's a word to describe it, but it just escapes me right now...

? It’s my number one go to. It packs a PUNCH.

If i could only run this with a ballistic shield 😭😭

It has the fucking recoil of Stephen Hawking being marionetted in moon shoes.

I have been dusting it off to fight the rupture strain, they're very close quarters and the reprimand has been serving me well

I don't think it's unpopular. It's just sorta part of the sea of weapons now.

Still good. Just levelling up others guns.

I wish it had a proper sight. The other SMGs have the 2x, but this one doesn’t.

It used to be good. Then AH nerfed it in the last “balance” patch. Now it’s booty. Same as it ever was.

I like how punchy it is

I still use it in the squid front. It's awesome. Depends on your playstyle honestly. For people who like to keep their distance it's bad now, but it's still a beast for close range engagements.

People just read the tag SMG and assume it automatically has to be one handed or it's shit. I never treated it as an SMG. For me it's a high powered medium pen AR with short range. The nearest AR until the Coyote was the Adjudicator and Lib Pen. Both have less dmg than this. Lib pen is my fav weapon for any scenario because of that drum mag and low recoil. Adjudicator has less dmg than the reprimand but more accuracy and range.

AH didn't nerf the SMGs to the extent people are crying about them. They reduced the effective range by increasing dmg drop off but also increased the close range dmg to compensate for that so that we get a lot more dmg in the CQB ranges far surpassing any other ARs.

It's a SMG that you can't fire one-handed, making it basically a worse Assault Rifle.

It has Medium Pen, but so do a lot of Assault Rifles. The Coyote and the MA5 more or less do the same job but have less damage drop-off.

It's not a bad gun, really, it's just not significantly better than the alternatives, so inevitably low pick rate.

I used it religiously against the bots until it got nerfed. Now all I use on the bot front is the coyote or double freedom

Because arrowhead nerfs everything that's halfway useful or fun

Damage falloff. It's been changed for the worst twice now. I just cant get behind a close range weapon like that. I used to run it on squids a lot before that.

Now?

On bots, engagement distances tend to be greater so the falloff really hurts.

On Squids, it really stuggled on Watchers at range which the price of failure on is high. Was nice on overseers, but elevateds tend to be at a bit more range, so you start to feel it.

On bugs it just doesnt have the ammo capacity to be a standout anyway.

I still use it, its honestly pretty decent and the sound effects slaps too

No extended mags, AH doing a hurr durr thinking high damage and dogshit ROF does anything

Small mag and slow reload with low reserve mags

Poor accuracy at longer ranges and reload takes forever if done from empty.

it's in a really awkward state, it's overkill & too slow for the horde & it doesn't have the effective range to deal with medium enemies reliably.

The Reprimand and HALT have some of the best sound design in a game filled with great sound design but the ammo capacity of a Reprimand mag makes it a pain to use. 

You can take out a thing and reload with half a mag left or take out 2 things and reload mid combat.

That's my sole gripe.

I’d say it’s mostly because you cannot customize it and rifles just do its job better.

I like it against the bots. If only it would be one handed 😭

I remember using it when it was the best gun in the game. That was the day I realized I didn’t enjoy playing the meta.

It was first weapon I leveled to 25. Only reason I am not using it is that I am leveling other guns. On bot front it is incredibly good.

Well, they pumped the damage to 140 but it still has about half the range it used to. It does have oneshot dev at decent range, and it absolutely mulches bots at close range right now. But it has a tiny mag size, an absurdly long reload from empty, its accuracy is still not great, it has harsh bullet drop, and its best attachments except the vertical foregrip are locked behind absurdly high levels.

Overall, I still like it, I still use it, but it does feel worse to use than most medium pen ARs.

I bring it to T10 bots and sometimes to squids. For bots it is an alternative to Diligence when I expect to go up and personal. 11 mags with siege ready so no supply pack needed. For squids I prefer Knight but only with a supply pack.

low ammo count in magazine really hurts on bug and squid front. feels like you're spending more time reloading than fighting.

Good for Bots. Too much enemies on Bug Front to make it usable. Squids need more ammo and are ok with light-pen.

I like it but you have to reload waaaay to often for a "close" range gun. If I'm getting chased by some chainsaw bots, I dont wan to have to be reloading constantly.

If i want medium enemies dead im gonna whip out my BOOM STICK

Currently leveling it. I think people stopped using it because it goes thru a magazine so quick

It used to be a really fun gun. Then they made the "small arms" drag changes. All pistol caliber weapons basically got their range halved with no real upside. Turns out having your range halved makes people upset and go find other guns. It's also the only of the SMGs (I think) to REQUIRE two handed use.

With the range dogged you may aswell use any AR in its place.

I really miss it. :(

Simply.because the reprimand doesn't feel any good to use anymore.

It's classified as an SMG, but handled like a Medium-Pen Carbine and it was great against the squids + bots. But now, with the drag and ergo being so bad it just gets outclassed by more fun weapons whether they're light pen or med pen like the adjudicator or liberator carbine imo

I used the reprimand as an alternative until I got the scorcher. But from the people I’ve heard using it (usually off of my body) was that it’s difficult to control compared to what you’d expect from an SMG. It’s probably more viable now, since there’s attachments.

I actually just got it and I like it so far. High recoil and low ammo count but idk it feels fun to shoot. Only thing I want is attachments for the Mag but I know that won’t happen due to “balancing”

I still use it

I dont use it only because of the low ammo count and no chance of increasing mag size....they my reason

Speak for your self its my go to bot primary

I used to use it on bots as a shorter ranged head-tapper with excellent handling.

In the great Drag Patch of a few months ago (damage falloff over distance) it got its effective damage at anything other than point-blank range severely reduced, and I stopped using it because you could no longer one-tap Devastators to the head if they were 15+ metres away from you.

Haven’t actually looked into it since the Light/Med Pen durability & damage overhaul, so it might be in a better space now than I remember it.

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Because it got nerfed during the October patch, it sucks now. You have to be really up close to enemies now to make some serious damage compared to how it would still cause a lot of damage if the enemy was much farther away.

It used to be fire. In fact it was considered one of the best primaries for automatons. But the drag doubling (which is highly unrealistic) completely killed it. It doesn’t work whatsoever at range

bit late to the party bud. when it first dropped it was a high risk/high reward med pen smg. after the weapon modding update, it was most peoples go to Med Pen weapon. everyones more than likely moved on to The Coyote, Double Barrel, Lib Pen, or the Eruptor

I do not know. I've found it to be, after extensive testing, the superior choice against medium enemies since it was added. It particularly shines against Hive Guards, Brood Commanders, and does a solid job against things like Berserkers and Overseers.

It is an important part of my Stalwart, Guard Dog, Reprimand anti-bug loadout, and saves me many Stalwart rounds into larger targets. Fast to switch, fast to aim, fast to kill, admittedly slow to reload.

It's an SMG with SMG limitations. Which means quite a bit of drag.

But, for an SMG, it's damage output isn't half bad. Problem is; it's two handed. My one reason to pick an SMG over an Assault Rifle would be the ability to carry a shield, which you can't do with this one.

So all it is in the end is a pretty weak assault rifle, instead of a pretty strong SMG.

Base damage is 140 (32 durable).

Here's the fall off profile of the reprimand : ~4% at 5m = 134 (30) ~11.9% at 15m = 123 (28) ~18.3% at 25m = 114 (26) ~31.3% at 50m = 96 (21) ~41.9% at 75m = 81 (18) ~49.8% at 100m = 70 (16)

I don't care about fall off past the 50+ m because it's an an SMG, it's supposed to be used at short / medium range, so try to close the distance and avoid shooting anything past 50m.

Now let's compare it to the closest med pen automatic assault rifle, the Adjudicator, with a base damage of 95 (23 durable).

~0.6% at 5m = 94 (22) ~2.3% at 15m = 92 (22) ~3.1% at 25m = 92 (22) ~6.2% at 50m = 89 (21) ~9% at 75m = 86 (20) ~11.9% at 100m = 83 (20)

So, damage wise, Reprimand shreds everything at 25m or less, is better than Adjudicator up to 50m, pretty close at 75m, and worse then.

Okay, mag size is only 25, but don't forget you can shoot while running at close range, this gives a lot of mobility and so survivability.

Recoil wise, both are very close (x/y values) : Reprimand drift is 25/40, recoil is 6/55, spread is 5/5. Adjudicator drift is 17/35, recoil is 6/50, spread is 1/1.

Reprimand ergo is slightly better (55) than adjudicator (40).

Reprimand reload speed (3.4/2.1) is slightly worse than Adjudicator (3.0/1.8). However, you should focus on using tactical reload (reloading with one or more bullet left) with the Reprimand to avoid the long standard reload.

Reprimand ammo economy is a little worse (250 shots) than adjudicator (270 shots). There's ammo everywhere in this game so non issue.

So, yes, damage fall off is a bit hard, but as always, people are dramatizing everything way more than they should.

Maybe give it 5 or 10 more damage and it will be in a perfect state (or slightly lower drag to 1.1 or 1.0).

There are better guns?

Probably cause nerf like every other thingy

Fires way too slow.

Yes, small capacity, no range.

The med pen ARs out class it since the drag nerf and the other smgs have better DPS+ being one handed letting you run a shield.

If it was an actual one handed weapon I would use it more. With the directional shield

I used to main it before they nerfed it into the ground with that drag update. Even in cities you're barely close enough to bots for it to be useful.

Now I just use the Double Freedom and it's amazing (until they inevitably give it the same nerf)

I like the gun but its too high recoil and too low mag capacity to be enjoyable

I don't have it because I don't care about the warbond.

I used to use it on bugs with the normal bugs. Now it seems like it's only ever some sub faction on bugs so I don't use it now.

Well it nerfed even when it wasn't needed and now it was nerfed again with damage drop for sidearms and smgs is around 25 meters now. But I would say it wasn't good even before nerf, like we are talking about pure ballistic weaponry like Adjudicator, with small mag and accuracy of water gun. Being 2 handed and very slow to shoot isn't helping as well, if it was 1 handed I would gladly use it with ballistic shield.

Still using it sometimes on the bug, and squids. Feels weak against bots.

It feels good to shoot but I always run out of ammo.

Because smgs are categorically terrible and the falloff nerf made it worse.

I tried to use it a bunch, but it has some ridiculous accuracy issues. Like first round wouldn’t hit where you fired, or if it did, all the next ones would wander everywhere.

I use it.

I love it.

I have used it since customization dropped, I love it for bugs

I loved the gun, it was my go to on oshune when I was cave diving. I paired it with the siege ready armor for more mags and a quicker reload. My main complaint was no extended mag option.

I used to use it a fair amount. I used to use most of the SMG’s in rotation tbh….but the drag changes just irritated me. TBH in most circumstances there isn’t just a ton of difference but in the cases I do engage at range it’s just frustrating.

They killed the range on it which was kinda the whole point of the gun.

I still use it from time to time but they really need to revert that nerf already. Shocked they haven’t.

I like it but the fire rate puts me to sleep sometimes.

I love this gun. I capped it already so I’m working on others

Pair it with the stalwart/seige ready, and it puts in the work vs. squids

It’s pretty good in the bug tunnels since it hits like a truck in close quarters but it has a small mag and it’s overkill against a lot of the trash bugs. It didn’t have the range to deal with bots.

It can be good in city maps where the fighting is more qc

I still use the Reprimand... D: