Talk:Orthos Prime/@comment-99.64.58.128-20131207110310

so ive been doing some testing around with both orthos prime and galatine, the 2 most powerful high tier melee weapons, and this is wat ive come up with:

gal has a total base dmg of 35, to op's 60, but gal has a faster swing speed, 1.5 vs 1.3

op has a charge attack of 200, to gal's 400, with op have a faster charge time

so in a nutshell, gal has half of op's base dmg, but fater swing speed, and op has half of gal's charge dmg, with a faster charge speed, making orthos prime superior for base dmg, and gal for charge damage.

so y r we still arguing about this? because some of u choose to believe that because orthos has such a faster charge speed, that it can out dps gal, so ive tested to see just how fast op is wen moded right, i can get a charge off every second, give or take(tested using the timer in survival), so it shoud take, in theory, about 2 seconds for op to get off 2 charge attacks to catch up to gal's 1 hit tko.

still not convinced that these 2 weps r equal in their own ways? ok, well how bout this:

as i was testing both these weapons, i noticed something that clearly gave 1 of these weapons an advantage. orthos has a range advantage of gal, but barely, as i was doing charge attacks, i noticed that i was not hitting enemies behind me, so i tested that, finding a crate to test on by putting my back to it and letting off a charge attack, it did not break, i tries again at slightly different angles, but still with my back to it, with the same results. then i went and tested with gal, putting my back to the crate and letting of a charge, the crate was destroyed.

so orthos can slightly outrange gal, but can only hit in a 180% arch, while gal can hit in a 360% arch.

the ability to hit everything around u, seen or unseen, can not be overlooked in judgeing these 2 weapons, but i did not write all this, along with the time and effort testing these 2, to say 1 weapon is the best over the other, no, i keep to my statement that these 2 r the best high tier melee weapons, im just saying each is better then the other in their own areas, orthos is for speed, galatine is for power.