soultaker65 wrote...
The Hornet, Talon, Scorpion, Hurricane, Scimitar, Eviscerator, Katana and Arc Pistol will all do good damage and keep your cooldown low.
Not really.
The Hornet is only truly effective if you have a recoil dampener and a high-level HVB attached, even then, it's nothing special, perhaps an above-average automatic weapon, but that's it. Hurricane is similar, it requires both mods to be good, but then it loses the other amazing mods for SMGs.
Scorpion is too reliant on splash damage and impact shots to be a reliable sidearm, it's too difficult to quickly pop-shot with, hence why it sees little use outside of specialist users who can handle with the above. Plus even at level X you still don't hit Carnifex weight, which means you have to compensate somewhere in mods if you want to keep your powers firing at max speed.
All the highlighted shotguns have too low damage and dependance on a choke to be effective. Even with the choke, chances are that you'll lose maybe 25% of your shells, which means that you may as well take 25% of your damage off that. Same reason that a Pirahna isn't godlike when you give it a non-accuracy buffing class. Also, none of those actually hit the weight of an M-6, weighing an extra 20 more, so they don't really have the right weight either.
As said before, the Arc Pistol is well-regarded as a pain to use properly. It gives a bit more output than an M-6, but costs you a bit of recharge speed, as well as accurate crosshairs and more.
The Carnifex is a more effective, adaptable solution to a primary problem. Mods can be used to make it perfect for the user, the weight is perfect to allow for use of powers without any cost whatsoever, damage is decent, and it lets out its damage in quick bursts, not in sustained bursts. (quick bursts are much better, as you get some good power while firing off powers as fast as possible. getting 1-2 shots out before firing a power.
Modifié par GroverA125, 19 août 2012 - 05:02 .