Try them both. Seriously. The gauss 'should' be better, but honestly, I can't (ballistic) snipe. I've tried, god knows I've tried, but just not my thing. Oddly enough, I blow commando's in half relatively often with my AC/20. I've actually stopped using my MLs vs there lagshield and gone with SRMs and the '20 instead. For some odd reason, I can hit quite well with it, but am absolutely horribad with a gauss. I really can't stress the 'fun' of the slow projectile speed + Lag + netcode finally 'clicking' in your head and you begin to really start using it intentionally against lights....simply brutal
Plan on practicing a long time, the inherent ammo count is very unforgiving.
The gauss 'let's you mount an XL' argument is a mixed bag IMO. The style build that suits the AC/20, is the same style build that expressly does not want to use an XL for the added brawling survivability. Whereas, the exploding gauss, and an XL just magnifies the risk of using the XL alone. I try hard NOT to use an XL in my brawlers....yes, sometimes it's worth the trade-off, but usually not.
Personal prefernce = AC/20
Math = Gauss
Mr 144
Edited by Mr 144, 15 December 2012 - 07:20 PM.