Talk:Pilfering Swarm/@comment-24.159.54.201-20150806145605/@comment-70.48.187.156-20150806160314

Anyone who's ever actually used Pilerfing Swarm knows this is a nerf. The spawn points for the tentacles are random. The reason you maximize str/eff is because it minimizes duration, so even if your tentacles spawn in a bad place, you can reuse it 3s later. That, coupled with 4x loot and 2500 damage made this amazing at farming at low-mid tier levels.

Now? It's just useless. Damage too low to justify using strength. Tracking too unreliable to maximize duration. Range just makes the tracking even worse. Eff... kinda useless without everything else, huh?

Why anyone would waste a slot for a Hydroid, when they can get a Nekros and a frame that can actually do something for endless survival now is beyond me.