Talk:Phage/@comment-50.191.46.166-20140304215013/@comment-24380741-20140305191628

Ingis is a flamethrower. It deals fire damage which can be combined with the other elements to make gas (Fire+Poison), Blast (Fire+Ice), and radiation (Fire+Electricity). It both metaphorically and technically burns through ammo. It pairs very well with Ember's Accelerant power. The rifle multishot mechanic makes the Ignis spew "particle projectiles" whereby each particle may or may not have be paired with another particle (free of charge).

I do not have the Phage, but from what I can tell, it is very different weapon. It is very ammo efficient when compared to the Ingis. The Phage is considered (for game purposes) as a shotgun, thus it uses a different set of mods, and the multishot mechanic works somewhat differently. The Phage just shoots more tentacles (free of charge). The signature feature of the Phage, the zooming mechanism, for better or worse, highly affects the gun's performance. It allows the user to adapt to circumstances, but takes time to change it from "I slightly hate all of you!" to "I really hate just one or you!" The Phage also deals viral damage right off the bat. Viral damage is cannot be combined with other elements meaning that you are stuck with it and can only add standalone elements, whereas for the Ingis you have to combine elements before you can add any standalone elements.

I hope this cursory overview helps.