Talk:Opticor Vandal/@comment-92.196.87.141-20190309075053

This variant of the Opticor is definetely quite a bit better then the normal Opticor except of the one-hit aspect:

"Opticor Vandal, compared to Opticor: Already this shows a better DPS and the increased magazine size together with the accelerated reloading increase the DPS even more! And there we aren't even talking about the increased crit chance, crit multiplier and status chance!
 * Lower charge attack damage (400.0 vs. 1000.0)
 * Faster charge time (0.6 s vs. 2.0 s)"

And there is something you shouldn't forget: The usability: When using the normal Opticor, you usually had a reason to curse when missing the enemy, releasing the trigger before it charged up enough or when the timing for a fully charged shot went wrong. The chargetime self also made it also unsuatable for killing enemies exactly the moment you see them comming around the corner. And usually enemies got overkilled which is a waste of DPS! It was merely a sniper rifle without scope! This variant meanwhile makes you more versaile and flexible: A misshot hurts less and you can spread the DPS better over several enemies instead of putting it on one and getting killed by the remaining enemies!

It may have a lot of damage less per shot, but there a few cases where this aspect is useful: Sentients... and what/ where else?