Talk:Larva Burst/@comment-30023704-20180127131008/@comment-34103815-20180129021417

Just to clear out any possible misunderstandings, I believe this augment is useful because of the recasting feature, the toxin damage is just an extra bonus that's sort of useful I guess.

So, as to Larva Burst detonation not giving mutation stacks, as you mentioned, the damage is too low/falls off anyway, meaning you probably won't detonate to try and get kills but for other reasons. Since they don't die, all you gotta die is just throw in another Larva and spam Virulence and get Mutation Stacks. You'll only need to detonate Larva if enemies start swarming you with a larva active so you can throw in another Larva. (Also, what did you mean with "No augmented stats, only use 1 ability on 4"? Didn't quite get what you meant there.)

Also, yes, that's a fair point that with competent gear and teammates, dealing with stuck enemies shouldn't be a problem, can't argue with that.

The thing is though, DE can't make the augment too OP for the sake of balance and all (to make sure all frames are played I guess? (RIP Zephyr)). Yes, I agree that making Larva Burst detonation collect stacks or make the damage stack with Mutation stacks, preferably the former, would be an amazing addition to the augment, But we can't get everything in life.

I think your main point of criticism here is that it can't be compared to/compete with Virulence, less damage that doesn't stack with Mutation stacks, doesn't gain stacks or return energy and all. To that I say, yes, it can't be compared to Virulence. And it shouldn't, really, because the main point of this augment IMO isn't damage, it's that reactivation gimmick. As I mentioned earlier, building Nidus before this augment is a dilemma between duration for his Parasitic Link and Ravenous and his Larva since Larva with too high a duration doesn't allow you to respond to new threats if they arrive while your Larva is active. This means either an ineffective Larva or a low duration Parasitic Link/Ravenous, which means you gotta spend more Mutation Stacks to keep those abilities active. Now with this augment, you don't have to worry as much. If new enemies show up, you can simply detonate your Larva and throw in a new one, pulling in said new enemies.

That's all I have to say. Have a nice day!