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Thread: kinetic dmg weapons vs energy dmg weapons
Is the dmg output that much better with kinetic weapons as opposed to energy?
if i were a carbineer bh I should be using Nyms or another kinetic carb rather than a capped out E-11 or other high end energy carbine?
by the same token if I were a pistoleer bh would i be stuck using the obligatory capped out FWG5 rather than another weapon like ROTW loot?
thanks for your feedback.
i love using my fallen hyper rifle for the alpha strike. But when my action gets down to 1/5 i switch to my ALR.
yes the PSG sucks up a lot of your damage but if you sit there and do placed/ranged shot for a bit you will see that your damage will start going up. Once it levels out then start using your specials.
PSG's will stop absorbing damage after a bit. And it will be just like they didn't have one. So i would say its just up to you. Do you like the FWG5 more then your ROTW weapon?
Lord-R wrote:
i love using my fallen hyper rifle for the alpha strike. But when my action gets down to 1/5 i switch to my ALR.
yes the PSG sucks up a lot of your damage but if you sit there and do placed/ranged shot for a bit you will see that your damage will start going up. Once it levels out then start using your specials.
PSG's will stop absorbing damage after a bit. And it will be just like they didn't have one. So i would say its just up to you. Do you like the FWG5 more then your ROTW weapon?
yes.
sometimes the old school stuff still has its uses.
Lord-R wrote:
i love using my fallen hyper rifle for the alpha strike. But when my action gets down to 1/5 i switch to my ALR.
yes the PSG sucks up a lot of your damage but if you sit there and do placed/ranged shot for a bit you will see that your damage will start going up. Once it levels out then start using your specials.
PSG's will stop absorbing damage after a bit. And it will be just like they didn't have one. So i would say its just up to you. Do you like the FWG5 more then your ROTW weapon?
Does this mean that they can't be ADKed? I thought they could be even after CU.
i used the E11 against the non master defenders, vs force aura it rrrrips them! But the Nyms seemed to work on M Def marksO.O
CrulenTheFish wrote:
I am currently hunting a Nym's i have a 615 damage nyms with 173 elemental. I have a E11? With 1100 Damage, both same speed with a pup, i couldn't establish which was best vs jedi lol
I would agree with this, while not a MCarb, I do have enough to make Nym's practical. Perhaps, MDefs make you miss just enough so that their PSGs have time to regen between hits. I believethe best Nym you could find is around 357-714, 174 acid damage, and 2.25 speed.
Diversion wrote:
Does this mean that they can't be ADKed? I thought they could be even after CU.
Oh yeah what Dallow said is something you need to pay attention to if your going to use a Energy based weapon and try to do what i just described above.
you run into a MLS/Mdef your going to miss so much or have it blocked that this technique will not work in killing his/her PSG. thats when you should stick with a Kin based weapon.
i checked earlier this month ( october ).... you can still get as many nym's as you want provided you get the parts and give them to Nym. Also, as far as stats go. I have seen a thread in the carbineer forum where a lot of players listed the stats for the slugthrowers. These are the best individual unsliced stats i saw and no gun have more than two of them. 2.17 speed, 360-720 kinetic damage, 175 acid damage, 80 SAC.
Danto1 wrote:
Bowcaster is kinetic, I have damaged capped ones at 1183 (ish, I forget) and mod speed 1.7 ish. Very very nice to play with against most Jedi.
Friend of mine has some freakishly powerful bowcasters. One with over 1500 max damage.