Talk:Vulkar/@comment-5857935-20131126184828/@comment-5857935-20131129074836

Pick any other sniper rifle and put Cold+Electric (Magnetic) on it = pop shields with any rifle better than Vectis alone.

Sure, you could put Magnetic on the Vulkar and really put a hurting on shields.

But really, sniper weapons are pretty lackluster against shielded enemies, their slow follow-up (firing rate and reloads) give shields potential time to recharge. I much prefer a weapon that can sustain damage output to put and keep shields down, and then follow-up by killing the target. The other sniper weapons aren't great against shields, but they're much more capable of dropping targets outright.

Back before the sniper weapons had armor-ignoring/penetrating damage they were pretty worthless, the Vulkar is a throw-back to those heady days. If your sniper rifle doesn't put a target down in 1-2 shots, then you should stop using rubber bullets.