Talk:Imperator Vandal/@comment-85.11.177.23-20141222225235/@comment-71.223.43.47-20141224031816

The amount of effective damage you do with the Velocitus is going to depend heavily on your skill with using it. A non-hitscan sniper rifle (a bow) is, subjectively, very difficult to use in an environment where your enemies are often several hundred meters away from you and simultaneously moving several hundred meters per second in some direction. While it can do a ridiculously devestating amount of damage to a single target, I find it less effective for dealing with crowds of enemies, which is largely what Archwing missions are about.

The imperator is a better general performer, and I think that fact alone has allowed it to remain popular despite the addition of newer guns that try to have more variable pros and cons.