Re: What is your opinion of the Hemlok?
I've been running it for my number one choice for three seasons (with a x2) and I am pretty lethal with it. I am not that good at strafing but with the Hemlock it gives me the happy medium between easy-to-strafe weapons like a shotgun and harder ones like the R301 or Flatline. If you can hit consistently it's amazing, and it's even accurate mid-to-long range.
If I get a x2 Hemlock on drop it's usually a 1,000+ damage game for me. In arena I choose it with a x2 every round except the first, when you don't have enough dosh for the x2 scope (I go for the Longbow with a x2, or a Volt depending on the map and legend).
My ideal combo is x2 Hemlock + x3 G7. I've only been able to use the G7 since it came out of the care package really. Prior to that I really sucked with it,