With 100 stability (which is pretty easy to score, all things considered), the Union has virtually zero horizontal recoil and very little muzzle climb, which keeps the gun accurate downrange compared to a weapon like the SpecOps SMG, which can also easily hit 100 stability but has much higher recoil numbers, causing the gun to flail around wildly on-screen during continual fire. This is a lot of the reason why LMGs, snipers, and shotguns are so prevalent on the difficulty, as they can output a lot of damage quickly to take out crowds and can make a return on their ammo investment easily.Īs for Death Wish and below, my favorite AR of the bunch is the Union 5.56, it's about on-par with the UAR or CAR-4, but what makes the Union special is its recoil. You can still use them, but you will need an ammo-efficient secondary, crits and other damage bonuses, or an ammo bag on longer missions, or just simply resort to gunfire as a last resort.
For ARs on DS, there aren't terribly many good options anymore, as DMRs (M308, Galant Rifle, Cavity, CAR-4/AK Rifle DMR Kits) got their ammo pickup severely cut.
For Death Sentence, I'd say your best options for a perk deck are Armorer, Anarchist, Rogue, or for the more daring of the bunch, Crook.
