Carbineer Archive
Thread: Best type of carbine
You should either to get a Elite carbine or a Laser carbine IMO. The laser has nice max damage and has medium armor piercing. Its a tad slow but the armor piercing is nice.
The Elite is a faster and has better min damage. It has light armor piercing class, which helps.
I use three carbines. for different situations
1) DH17 Snub-nose: My main work horse. Sliced for damage I get 90-170 damage over2.6 seconds, plus the ham costs are not to bad.
2) Laser Carbine: Long range. Sliced for speed it does 40-250 damage over 2.9 seconds, Its optimal range is 49m. Most baddies have light armor anyway, so I sit back and shoot from a safe distance while my pets tank. HAM penalties are sever on this weapon
3) DXR6 Armor piercing at close range. Sliced for speed. 110-170 damage over 2.7 seconds. If I have to get close range and if my target has armor or energy resistance, this is my chioce. HAM penalties are not the best on this weapon.
1) DH17 Snub - 90-255 1.7 - Snubs gotta be our best competition against pistols
2) Laser - 39 - 340 3.7 - Probably our best competition with Riflemen
3) EE3 - 127 - 250 2.7
4) DXR6 - 117 - 212 2.0
I would have to say the DH17... Out of all of my weapons, I use those the most.
All of the weapons listedhere were made with krayt tissue, and are sliced with powerups, I am unable to log on right now.... all the damage values are accurate within 5 dmg,all speeds are accurate.
DH17 Snubnose - 120 - 430 dmg 2.1 speed +39 accuracy at ideal
DH17 Snubnose 89 - 315 dmg 1.4 speed +28 accuracy at ideal
DH17 Snubnose 105 - 300 dmg 1.7 speed +38 accuracy at ideal
Laser Carbine 60 - 455 dmg 2.8 speedAccuracy
DXR6 130 - 290 dmg 3.3 speed
Gaaah... Sorry about multiple posts, I hate it when it does that...
Anyway, as I was trying to say, DH17s, are my favorite all around weapon... they are fast, highly effective (even against armored NPCs, with a high enough damage rating) versital, and they only take one krayt tissue per gun, compared to the 5 for the laser, (unsure on that figure, but I know im close)
Right now composite armor has a light armor rating, so its effective in PVP... 600 dmg per shot average with cripple shot using the 120 - 430 snubnose.
In PVE situations, however, I always carry around a good laser carbine for those heavily armored NPCs. There are always situations where a DXR6 or an EE3 would be useful, however I rarely need to pull out either one.
Sharpfang
I find i like my DXR6 the most, i've had alot of different ones, dh17 laser, and the like, (havn't gotten to try elite) but This one is more constant, and hardly anything has acid armor... but it doenst have super high damage.
That's just my opinion though
DH17 Short...close range + speed (2.1) with no penalties for being 20m away. Great for PvP knockdowns.
EE3...2.2, 239max dmg, great for mid-range knockdowns and surprise spawns. I usually have the EE3 out and ready because of its speed and flexibility.
DX6...actually a slower, lower dmg gun, I like it because its acid. I only use this when the defeat is in the bag, and its clean up time. Plus, it looks cool.
Laser carbine...3.2 speed, 350max dmg, low Action Ham for repeated use of burst2 at ideal range (50m). Good for initiating vs. mobs and hunting big game.
I have a ton of Elites but they are all so generic that I usually just sell them for 1/2 of what I pay for them. Im a nut about my carbines and I always have about 10-20 high quality carbines on me at all times.
I usually shop for the best carbine of a given type...for example, I found a good EE3 on a weaponsmiths vendor today, so I bought 4 of them. Now Ill have a Master Smuggler slice all 4 and Ill keep the best two, selling off the two less than perfect carbines. Dont rely on vendors though - in my PA I use 2 different excellent weaponsmiths and then have 3 more that I work with weekly. Each one has strengths in what kind of carbine stats they can achieve, so I know one smithy will always deliver top notch DH17's for slicing, while Ill buy my 4-5 laser carbines from a local guy that works miracles.
krayt dh 17 (w/ slice and powerup) ... 120-380, 2.3
krayt laser (w/ slice and powerup) ... 50-400, 2.2