Even though its not the best damage wise, you are correct. It's just damn fun!

Crucibabies will always cry for a nerf, they will not be happy with any pvp oriented game where an opponent is able to kill them. Take everyone's weapons and abilities away, except for one person, and give them all squirt guns and water balloons while that one person gets to keep his rocket launchers and supers. That person will still cry nerf the first time someone hits him with a squirt gun because his auto rifle didn't insta kill them the moment they popped their head out of cover.

It feels powerful, fun to use, bottom line,... it feels like an exotic weapon. The way exotic weapons are supposed to feel. One of the only weapons like that in D2. And that's just my opinion.

in PvP it IS overpowered, you can shoot two shots towards an enemy from half way across most maps and have the spiders chase down your enemy for you (you don't even have to have the enemy in view, just a general idea where they are). not to mention that it can run not only over the ground but up walls (likely across roofs as well) and around sharp corners so it makes it very hard to avoid shots from it, unlike a rocket that you would just have to go around a corner for it to miss (or even move a few feet away can sometimes let you survive) as the spiders actively chase you. the colony has become a huge crutch in trials of the nine and crucible along with the mida multi tool and last hope, these 3 weapons are almost always on every team now with very little variety to go along with team shots. in PvE it's not great as ALL the enemies can tank hits from it, even most of the red bars can survive single or sometimes two shots from it (while a guardian in crucible can take two shots from it at the most) and orange and yellow bars or any enemies with shields can just shrug even more shots off most times. while i agree that it is a power weapon and should do a good amount of damage, they are not meant to get easy kills at all (at least not in PvP activities), it should require skill (and sometimes a little luck) to kill a guardian, while it should be easy to get kills with it in PvE activities.

Is this another pvp f** post...? No way.... it can't be. I've never seen pvp players in these forums crying about weapons like little bitches... no I never seen it so this can't be another pvp complaint post....

First up, whoever says the colony is good, is terrible at this game. It's a trash weapon meant to make bad kids feel good. It can't kill me that's for sure. Oh no colony was loaded. Jump and run. It's meant to be used so people have to jump and get shot down like ducks. Not to kill.

It's used to because it's one of the most effective exotics in the game right now. You can kill someone that's very far away, hiding behind a corner, in a hallway, behind another corner. I don't think it's broken though - quite the opposite: It's a fine example on how an exotic should be.

Could not agree more its the only standout from the lacklustre mess D2 weapons are. I miss my thorn and gallie.

Yes I agree! Hate that I can’t make it a masterwork or use Sunshot when having Colony EQ tho. This is a little “off topic” however but, how has this been at the top of trending for days with only 200 ups? Sure it’s great to not get salt thrown in your eyes first time you open the forums but the top trending and new topics have been suspiciously positive with all of the hate in here. Again, it’s cool to see even though I have sprinkled plenty of my own salt in here but still. Something doesn’t seem right lol 👀

No, fun is shooting someone off the map with the tractor cannon.

Sweet. My Colony kills are going to be that much sweeter as I drink the tears of the t|tty babies who cry about it.

Yes Power Weapons are supposed to be easy to use, but there are limits. The Colony is widely used because you don't need to have any map awareness of where your opponent is. Just fire all four shots toward any red on your radar and wait for the kill. You can't do that with any other Power weapon. Even Rockets require you to either have visual confirmation of your target's position, or very good map awareness so you can time your shots just right. It also illustrates just how bad the D2 weapon system is, due to precision skill weapons like Snipers, Linear Fusions, and Fusions being in the same category as The Colony. I'm not going to say it's not fun, because getting kills is always fun, but let's not pretend it's not the easiest gun to use by far.

Yes, the weapon is fun, but it requires about as much skill as breathing. It's my favorite crutch to go to when there's someone just totally dominating me in crucible and I want just the sweet, sweet taste of getting them at least once. Aside from that, I hate playing against it so I rarely use it.