Yes, the redeemer change is in fact a nerf.

This is from the current test server.

Great vid...i kinda wish i could tell how many shots it took rather than amount of time. I dunno why...my brain just sees it better that way

Yeah, I didn't make it btw, Someone else beat me to the punch.

Probably my fault for posting this lol

Never thought to ask themselves..."does Redeemer NEED to match the firing pattern of Tarans?"

I don't recall players asking for this kind of rework, and it goes against the aesthetic of the weapon since release.

There used to be tons of complaints about how it fired and how it didn't sync with Tarans but this was a long time ago and it has had various tweaks along the way. I was an early adopter and used it when they fired a two shot burst every 2 seconds. They really hit hard but only fired occasionally.

I imagine they'll still be good against certain foes, it's not quite a stat nuking like storms are getting, but it will be noticeable.

Also one of the perks of the high damage infrequent burst was you could pop out and very quickly deal some insane damage, now it's more of a sustained damage weapon, and then the sustained damage is lower, It may be more forgiving as missing shots will impact it less so it may feel better sometimes, but if you are missing you were missing out on the point of the weapon anyways.