Talk:Rubico Prime/@comment-31.1.147.108-20180925193830/@comment-148.63.236.113-20180926183107

that comparison is completely invalid, unless you're only trying to compare first shot damage. rubico starts by default at the 1.5x damage tier while lanka doesn't, but as everyone knows successive shots will increase it for both weapons, so using the first shot damage as the basis of a comparison is not accurate in the least. that means even the base DPS of that comparison is flawed

after that we get to its fire rate. yes, the rubico will fire over 3x as fast as a lanka will, but at 5 shots per magazine, you will empty your clip in roughly 1.3 seconds, and spend the next 2 seconds reloading. in a situation where you're firing as fast as you can to compete with the lanka, you will spend almost 2x more time reloading this weapon than firing it, with each reload breaking the combo counter

so to make the rubico more viable, you'll need to use up one arcane slot so its reload speed isn't as bad, at which point you will still spend about as much time shooting as you will reloading. all while still having a definite possibility to miss the remaining time window to retain the rubico prime's superior combo count stats.

and, of course, if you're sacrificing an arcane slot to cover for rubico's shortcomings, the only fair comparison would be against a build that sacrifices an arcane shot to help the lanka as well, which would widen the still considerable remaining gap once more

tl;dr: rubico prime is pretty great and a blast to use, but it definitely won't replace the lanka when it comes to eidolon hunting, not by a long shot