Thread:Cheese Ausar/@comment-26824251-20140320131212/@comment-5645141-20140321013931

Steamshot has high damage, but low ammo, a long cooldown, a long reload, and a very short range.

HASR has lower damage, but much more ammo and infinite range.

The difference between the two is the way they are used. The HASR is a sustained damage weapon, with higher DPS and ammo, but lower damage per shot. Steamshot deals much more damage, but has a base ammo of 1. You can't kill anything with a single shot, and if you miss then you have to deal with the long reload. If you add ammo, you still have to deal with the long cooldown and the very short range. Anyone standing outside your range can plink away at you with impunity, whereas if you have the HASR you can at least fight back.