Oh yeah, same here. I love gear with massive drawbacks you need to work around, so the double edged sickle was right up my alley and quickly became my favorite primary. Not just a heavy pen primary, but a heavy pen assault rifle with infinite ammo and near perfect accuracy. The constant screams of freedom coming out of my character as I burn with passion is an added bonus. Fortunately for me I've always liked fire-based weapons in helldivers (freedom's flame was even my first warbond) so I already had the salamander armor by the time I needed it.

If you can get a friend to carry the stim pistol around for you it's even more crazy fun.