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i was wondering which type of flamethrowe is best. a low speed one, say 3.4 seconds. or a high damage one, only 945 max damage stat. i have flame 4 so i'm maxed out on speed. it seems like i fire alot faster than every 4 seconds. should i get a 1k+ damage one. is there that much difference than 950? or stick with low speed. i'd rather fire for 1.5k to 3k damage every 2 seconds but it depends which everyone else has tried and thinks is best. thanks.

I have a 3.2 speed one and a 1060 dmg one, I prefer the speed one because I fire specials 7-8 secondss, and with the high dmg I fire 10-15 seconds.

I agree...provisionally. The speed one I have is preferable to the damage one because I get out way more damage per second.

That said, once the HAM costs work on special moves, the flamethrower will be a HAM heavy weapon. Then I may try to do the most damage per point of HAM cost.

It's like they've always said... Speed Kills. sure, I don't do the big up front damage, but on the occasions when I do miss they only get in 3-4 strikes back before I can toast them again.

find the highest base damage/lowest speed flamer you can get, then slice for speed.

Lynch, Commando of Flurry

It depends for group PvP and PvE speed is best but for that 2 shot killer lowblow/flame 2 its best to us the highest damage possible becuase it doesnt matter to much if you miss.

Aye speed, there isnt a lot that survives flamesingle 2, and whatever does usually goes down on the second one, whipping them out fast is better than whipping out one big one, besides our accuracy still aint great.. speed is the compensation... if we miss more, just make sure you get more shots

Speed, I have a 1118 dmg flamethrower but I don't even use it anymore. I use my 3.2, 819 FT instead

You need two: A fast one and a heavy hitter.
For pvp against players, one hit with flame single 2 is enough to take out allmost everybody, even with a really low damage flamethrower. If they survive the first hit, so much better, they'll get bad wounds before going incap.
But if you miss, you can shoot at them again much faster, and perhaps even more important, you can heal yourself much faster as well.
Against at-st's, a heavy hitter is the way to go. You might just have one hit before dying, that should count. If you have time to apply more shots, you really want it to go down with a flame single 2/flame single 1/flame cone 1 combo. You might not be able to apply more dots after the first ones run out.

Its seems to me that, speed would be better for PvE, and damage would be better for PvP. Becausemost players haveunder 1000 ham, unless buffed, but many creatures have more than 1000 ham.