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Message Edited by SaQa on 10-31-2005 10:46 PM

Message Edited by SaQa on 10-31-200510:47 PM

Message Edited by SaQa on 10-31-2005 10:47 PM

this rifle is only gonna be used for pve does that matter in my picking of rifle

First, it should be sac capped (82 sac)

Second, I look for DPS** (many people discount DPS but I think it's a good overall guide)

**Why DPS, well in the long run when you alternate shots to get around cool-downs, what you want is to do as much damage in a small about of time as it possible, thus DPS....

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Rinviero wrote:

First, it should be sac capped (82 sac)

Second, I look for DPS** (many people discount DPS but I think it's a good overall guide)

**Why DPS, well in the long run when you alternate shots to get around cool-downs, what you want is to do as much damage in a small about of time as it possible, thus DPS....

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DPS is not a stat to base a gun on EVER oh wise Ackehece will back me up(BETTER )

ALR would be best

Always base gun on capped sac speed and damage those are the 3 important stats

First, you want to find a good rifle that will work for you. Get one that is crafted with the SAC capped and the Dammaged Capped. Then Slice for speed. I suggest an ALR or Trando. Go here to see stats and caps. And talk to different weaponsmiths to see what you can get. BTW if you go loot your own trando barrel you'll save millions

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StarPilot3000 wrote:

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Rinviero wrote:

First, it should be sac capped (82 sac)

Second, I look for DPS** (many people discount DPS but I think it's a good overall guide)

**Why DPS, well in the long run when you alternate shots to get around cool-downs, what you want is to do as much damage in a small about of time as it possible, thus DPS....

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DPS is not a stat to base a gun on EVER oh wise Ackehece will back me up(BETTER )

ALR would be best

Always base gun on capped sac speed and damage those are the 3 important stats

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Take aside the fact we agree that SAC is primary.....

The thing I find funny about your comment is, you say that you should never base a gun on DPS, but you should instead look at the damage and speed.... umm, thats just another way to say DPS....

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Rinviero wrote:

Take aside the fact we agree that SAC is primary.....

The thing I find funny about your comment is, you say that you should never base a gun on DPS, but you should instead look at the damage and speed.... umm, thats just another way to say DPS....

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thx to all for the fine answers now i got something to go for

DPS can work as a rough indicator of a guy. Ex: you'd not buy a 200 DBS gun unless it had some special feature, while most "uber" guns are at least 300 DPS. But more important to look at individual stats.

As for the gun, get an ALR with some nice cells (+180/-.79/-8) and if you have the money (you probably won't) get a pre-nerf scope.

You can have a weapon with really quick refire rate, obscenely high SAC, and low damage, and its DPS would be huge. Doesn't mean its a good weapon, and in that case DPS is NOT a good rough indicator of value.

I've seen so many weaponsmiths put full speed slices and speed powerups on their weapons on their vendor so they're advertising 450-500 base DPS weapons that are essentially worthless.

For me, SAC and Damage are of prime importance. Speed shouldn't be neglected, but there's a point at which speed is just a measure of how fast you want your action to drain.

Message Edited by Iridescence on 11-01-2005 11:27 AM

Ok, I'll qualify what I said a bit then: Most guns you will want to buy follow 275 < DPS < 375. Anything lower needs something special (biggest thing here is a kinetic rifle, or high min dmg), and anything higher will have a catch; either a PuP or a horrible SAC. I just use this when browsing vendors to quickly narrow my searches, so I only look at DPS first, and if that seems ok, then I move onto the other stats. Your way of doing it may be different.