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.
Live as you want, life is only a moment in time, don't waste it.
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.
The wise are instructed by reason, the average by experience, the stupid by necessity, and the brute by instinct. -Cicero
1. Bugdamage is a lot higher.... 600+ each and it´s an AOEOriginally Posted by DustOfDeath
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
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.” ― Sun Tzu
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.
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
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.” ― Sun Tzu
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?
The wise are instructed by reason, the average by experience, the stupid by necessity, and the brute by instinct. -Cicero
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.
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.” ― Sun Tzu
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.
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