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They have the lowest heat gen next to minigun (which is nearly zero) they have incredibly high RoF, just burst-only, and they explode on contact rather than prematurely like skyjacker
They also have a fairly tight spread but their low velocity means you have to use them in close quarters
Their purpose is that they do an absolutely immense amount of damage to hull if you can hit exposed areas, but that requires extremely good aim to both strip the armor and follow up on one spot rather than simply spamming any other weapon
A tag team of Hoppers, one with all-missiles and one with all-pulsars would utterly annihilate anyone they could coordinate against, the challenge is that its basically impossible to get a situation where it works well without fucking you over
pulsars need to get buffed hard, higher projectile velocity so you're not trying to lead by 30 degrees for a dredge just walking around, and they need some amount of armor damage