Borderlands 2: Patched Bearcat - Does it still suck?

The Bearcat is a Pearlescent Dahl Assault Rifle in Borderlands 2.

The Bearcat drops most commonly from OMGWTH in Digistruct Peak, but obviously it takes a long time to get to the boss. It also drops from Tubby enemies and is available as a world drop.

Without the community patch, it is absolutely one of the worst unique guns in the game, especially considering how late in Borderlands 2's life cycle that it was added. Curiously, it did not get grenade damage, which made no sense at all- since it is a grenadier rifle.

The community patch adds a significant amount of base damage, increases the fire rate, decreases the amount of ammo used per shot, and gives the weapon grenade damage. This makes the weapon so much better. It went from absolutely terrible to a viable and competitive AR for many mobbing situations. It definitely no longer sucks.

We are demoing the weapon with Axton, who has ample grenade damage bonuses.

I recommend the fire rate version.

I am playing with the community patch which can be found here: https://mentalmars.com/game-news/bord...

Tutorial for patch:
   • Borderlands 2: Community Patch Install Gui...