Infectors

While I did manage to find one good blue one during the beta, I feel that infectors were the weakest guns of all.
Especially with the small clips and non existant bulltet damages that have a 20% chance to sprout a bug. While im assuming the rarest of them would be quite op, the regular ones are hardly worth using. However I still love the idea and will stick with a rare infector during the real game, and a green automatic grenade launcher of doom as my secondary. What's your thought on infectors? Also, I think I was the only one to use them in pvp as they are quite effective against snipers.

I scored one early on, have to agree, it didn't seem to be doing much damage at all, but the parasite idea is great. Don't they also have a slow/snare component to them? I think they're probably more suited to a coordinated team effort, than a solo weapon, in the way a BMG might be.

only achieved 219 EGO in beta 3 but i got a good purple one
most of the time it takes time to do mass damage in normal minion combats.
in co-op it achieve me the lowest Damage in total....since b4 the lovely bug can hatch out the enemies are already dead.....
but it is brilliant in Arkfall and boss combat as long as the target is single and high-hp
basically it feels like a DOT style weapon which requires a lot time to do actual effort.

and it's a great tag gun to track cloaks and underground moving target if you turn the damages number on.

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Originally Posted by Bee

While I did manage to find one good blue one during the beta, I feel that infectors were the weakest guns of all.
Especially with the small clips and non existant bulltet damages that have a 20% chance to sprout a bug. While im assuming the rarest of them would be quite op, the regular ones are hardly worth using. However I still love the idea and will stick with a rare infector during the real game, and a green automatic grenade launcher of doom as my secondary. What's your thought on infectors? Also, I think I was the only one to use them in pvp as they are quite effective against snipers.

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This gun is one of the most powerful weapons in the game if you're up against a lot of targets in a confined space. Once the bugs kill their target, any left over bugs move to the nearest enemy. You can literally clear an entire room with just a few shots of an infector.

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Originally Posted by Gradius

This gun is one of the most powerful weapons in the game if you're up against a lot of targets in a confined space. Once the bugs kill their target, any left over bugs move to the nearest enemy. You can literally clear an entire room with just a few shots of an infector.

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sadly there is a maximum limit for bug-eggs on 1 target at the same time....
and the bugs are quite slow, and sometimes they use Apple map as their navigation......
sigh....hope they can buff it.

I got to EGO 200 something but I never saw an infector.

It might have just been the ones I have found, but did yours take 5 shots to spawn one bug? And have a clip size of 15-17? That's seems quite small and we have nothing really to help us in our ego's. If we had some kind of ego boost, like a larger clip or more bug damage I'd say it's fair but as of now every gun but the infector can benefit from egos.

If 4 bugs come out of a dead opponent, or a clip size of 25, I think it would be fair. Especially in pvp.

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Originally Posted by cassell

I got to EGO 200 something but I never saw an infector.

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I think they start coming at lvl 200

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Originally Posted by cassell

I got to EGO 200 something but I never saw an infector.

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i use hale the bits on t4 lock box and only get 1 purple infector......

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Originally Posted by Bee

It might have just been the ones I have found, but did yours take 5 shots to spawn one bug? And have a clip size of 15-17? That's seems quite small and we have nothing really to help us in our ego's. If we had some kind of ego boost, like a larger clip or more bug damage I'd say it's fair but as of now every gun but the infector can benefit from egos.

If 4 bugs come out of a dead opponent, or a clip size of 25, I think it would be fair. Especially in pvp.

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i was overcharged with the extra ammo perk so i got around 20 per reload
if you shoot all ammo at 1 target, there are only around 6 eggs will be on the target, which i think is a limit on eggs per target
if the bugs can come from dead infected bodies that would be great..... i'm happy even it's just 2 bugs.

I can't comment as I've never gotten to try one:(

Could someone please consider trading me one (it won't do you any good after tonight anyways).

PM me if you're willing to trade me one on PS3 :)

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Originally Posted by shepherdLou

sadly there is a maximum limit for bug-eggs on 1 target at the same time....
and the bugs are quite slow, and sometimes they use Apple map as their navigation......
sigh....hope they can buff it.

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1. the max limit eggs ist just for the amount of bugs that spawn on death.... but there is no limit on active bugs.
2. Most infector spawn a bug each 5th bullet on a infected target (incubator spawns 2 bugs each 5th bullet on infected targets, but does no extra damage) so you need to keep fireing on it even if it got tier 3 of infection. (except the cranker which should infect as many targets as possible because its a dot weapon, and outbreaker, it has high burst each 5th bullet, but only spawns bugs on death)
3. each bug that explodes makes AOE
4. bugs are actually realy fast and you can only escape with blur
5. they nagivation is great. they dont walk where you want them, because they are like zombies and just want to eat so that they simply attack random targets and explode then.
6. Infectors are one of the strongest weapons ingame if you use each type right..... every single infector handles different and has its own behavior (and there are many different ones like : Infector, Afflictor, Outbreaker, Invader, Incubator, Innuculator, etc....)

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Originally Posted by Bee

It might have just been the ones I have found, but did yours take 5 shots to spawn one bug? And have a clip size of 15-17? That's seems quite small and we have nothing really to help us in our ego's. If we had some kind of ego boost, like a larger clip or more bug damage I'd say it's fair but as of now every gun but the infector can benefit from egos.

If 4 bugs come out of a dead opponent, or a clip size of 25, I think it would be fair. Especially in pvp.

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The one I was using fires 5 shots at a time, like a shotgun. I was able to load a target with eggs in 1 shot. I could effective kill a player with 3 shots from the infector, 4 if they had a better shield. Then the bugs would run around and attack others nearby. I think my best kill in pvp was when I killed 1 enemy player and the bugs ran off and killed 3 more players that were already weakened by a grenade I threw.

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Originally Posted by Bee

It might have just been the ones I have found, but did yours take 5 shots to spawn one bug? And have a clip size of 15-17? That's seems quite small and we have nothing really to help us in our ego's. If we had some kind of ego boost, like a larger clip or more bug damage I'd say it's fair but as of now every gun but the infector can benefit from egos.

If 4 bugs come out of a dead opponent, or a clip size of 25, I think it would be fair. Especially in pvp.

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Standard magazine size of infector is 20 ;)

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Originally Posted by Aeekto

1. the max limit eggs ist just for the amount of bugs that spawn on death.... but there is no limit on active bugs.
2. Most infector spawn a bug each 5th bullet on a infected target (incubator spawns 2 bugs each 5th bullet on infected targets, but does no extra damage) so you need to keep fireing on it even if it got tier 3 of infection. (except the cranker which should infect as many targets as possible because its a dot weapon, and outbreaker, it has high burst each 5th bullet, but only spawns bugs on death)
3. each bug that explodes makes AOE
4. bugs are actually realy fast and you can only escape with blur
5. they nagivation is great. they dont walk where you want them, because they are like zombies and just want to eat so that they simply attack random targets and explode then.
6. Infectors are one of the strongest weapons ingame if you use each type right..... every single infector handles different and has its own b
behavior (and there are many different ones like : Infector, Afflictor, Outbreaker, Invader, Incubator, Innuculator, etc....)

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thanks 4 the tips
for my experience it's quite difficult for them to catch a sprinting player
and about the navi what i mean is it's a little absurd they dont go to the main target in ark fall...

I got an infector at EGO 125 i really wasnt impressed

I found one pretty early, and eventually quit using it cause it made PvE too easy. The one I had the bug dmg was very high (like 150). After infecting a target enough, they couldn't fight back, so not only did it do damage, spawn bugs that did damage and draw fire, but the targets I infected were shut down.

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Originally Posted by Cortechs

I found one pretty early, and eventually quit using it cause it made PvE too easy. The one I had the bug dmg was very high (like 150). After infecting a target enough, they couldn't fight back, so not only did it do damage, spawn bugs that did damage and draw fire, but the targets I infected were shut down.

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Now that sounds ridiculous, as my bug damage on the 3 infectors I found were 5 or 0. It makes me feel better that their are better infectors out there, especially one that spawns 2 bugs per 5 shots which sounds reasonable by all means. Still wish the ego incorporated it somehow a bit better though, but I cant complain I guess I'll just build a ton of health to soak up bullets.:p

Infectors are weak?
I can't agree with that.

The ones who spawn bugs are quite good in PvP.
They not only deal a good amount of damage, they also block your enemies vision.
Just hit him a few times, then hide behind some box and wait till the bulges grow.

However those that don't spawn bugs really don't have a place in PvP.
Instead they deal maximum DPS to high-armor targets in PvE (I found one with 172 damage/dot-tick as well as an extended magazine and high rof; it made monarchs melt like snow).

I had found loads of em, some with parasites, some that seek out the target and do DoT. They really seem to kick butt in pvp.

pvp perhaps, pvp nothing - majority of them are quite weak compared to other weapons - i used afflictor, modded one for a while and gave up cuz the white standard no mod LMG just kileld everythign way faster.

the 4dmg per shot and like 150 smthing bug damage (at a slow rate aswell) cant compete with 8x400 dmg/sec.

So perhasp a base damage boost a little to 10 and extra effect (slow?). It just cant compete with many other weapons in pve.

had a purple that required like 248 ego.... i got number one in a mother of hellbugs arkfall (fat goo spitting bug) using mainly that. the weapon is a DOT basically. the bullet damage is low, but when the egg hatches the enemy takes damage, and then when the bug attacks they take more damage. so its basically a 3 step process.

step 1- hit the target (3? 5?) times = something like 20 damage.
step 2- egg hatches = enemy suffers whatever bug damage the gun has
step 3- bug attacks, target suffers bug damage again.

one vs one in a straight damage fight, this is not the gun. but for prolonged fights, this gun can really be effective, especially if you can aim half decently.

As some have pointed out, I only found it useful during arkfalls. I've decided to change my pre order from Game Stop to Best Buy because of it. The BMG's were pretty sweet.

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Originally Posted by DustOfDeath

pvp perhaps, pvp nothing - majority of them are quite weak compared to other weapons - i used afflictor, modded one for a while and gave up cuz the white standard no mod LMG just kileld everythign way faster.

the 4dmg per shot and like 150 smthing bug damage (at a slow rate aswell) cant compete with 8x400 dmg/sec.

So perhasp a base damage boost a little to 10 and extra effect (slow?). It just cant compete with many other weapons in pve.

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1. Bugdamage is a lot higher.... 600+ each and it´s an AOE
2. Most infector do 5 damage each bullet, but each 5th bullet some extra damage (most 650+, depends how high your mastery is...with max mastery without mods its 699 damage, and the Outbreaker 900+ damage each 5th bullet because he doesnt spawn bugs if you keep fireing)
3. Infector don´t need any buffs because they are allready one of the strongest weapons ingame if you know how they work and how to use them.
4. The only thing that needs a change is, that bugdamage should count for rankings...... then will people maybe finally see how strong that weapon realy ist ;)

I had alot of success with one particular infector; called 'Canker'

It would spawn bugs only when the infected target died, however the dot damamge was nice. I would juice up the target, then change to shotgun...blam. Bugs spawned--weapon description showed bug damage as 152, and they insta-gibbed about whatever was in range.

Of course, the range on that one was quite limited. Description said '17'.

I found another one which had much greater range for the bugs, but much lower damage. It would spawn bugs on still-living targets, however.

Fun stuff, catering to a variety of play styles.

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Originally Posted by Warspawn

I had alot of success with one particular infector; called 'Canker'

It would spawn bugs only when the infected target died, however the dot damamge was nice. I would juice up the target, then change to shotgun...blam. Bugs spawned--weapon description showed bug damage as 152, and they insta-gibbed about whatever was in range.

Of course, the range on that one was quite limited. Description said '17'.

I found another one which had much greater range for the bugs, but much lower damage. It would spawn bugs on still-living targets, however.

Fun stuff, catering to a variety of play styles.

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The bug-damage that you see at the stats is actually the DoT-Damage. (canker should have been 172 dot-damage during beta)
All bugs do around 600 damage on explosion ;)

You guys figured them out better than I did.. So, what about the Sporeshot pre order? I can't seem to find what kind it is. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Cervid

You guys figured them out better than I did.. So, what about the Sporeshot pre order? I can't seem to find what kind it is. Any ideas?

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I realy dont know..... i know every positive and negative of every single infector (even some orange versions) but not the spore-shot because i never could test it and don´t know how it will be like (more like a Infector, Afflictor, Outbreaker, Invader, Incubator, Innuculator, or one of the orange ones with special names)
If it´s more like a Innuculator, then a lot of people will be disappointed because its not easy to handle..... but on the other side it got the standard skin like Afflictor, Outbreaker, Infector so it think i will be more like on of these.

Please buff infectors! coolest gun in the game

i saw one of the preorders was a infector sniper rifle i hope im able to find one in the xbox verison.

I didn't find them to be weak at all. I got one with a longer range, paired it with a good burst fire AR, and was able to take care of large groups from a distance by myself.