[Prophesy]

I agree with Weebs on one thing,
If I went back to ranged, I'd be a rifle guy through and through,

gotta recommend LBM though,
like you said , nasty crits, coupled with high avg hits as well,

sure hideout attacks aren't great, but I've hit for 48 with mine with 3 lvls military assault, it's not huge, but it ain't bad,
averages mid 20s-30s, couple bad ones mixed in with some good ones, but overall not a humongous trade-off, especially once you get to the higher LBMs, the hideouts aren't that bad to warrant going in a different direction