Talk:Karak/@comment-24.233.73.197-20141227054610

This is actually a decent weapon. It's a nice upgrade from the braton due to its ok dps, and doesn't require formas and 70 drain's worth of mods to make it do damage. You don't need a crit build. Just stick random elementals and serration on it.

Of course all I do right now is use melee unless ranged is absolutely necessary. Ranged is rarely necessary and is only in cases like ospreys, nullifiers, or maybe 2 man or solo missions with my excalibur. Melee is just so strong early on due to the AoE, and higher dps due to not having to reload, and slide attacks are a lot of fun, and stunlock and knockdown are vital against some enemies. In the end, it's your dps that determines whether you beat a survival or defense mission. Since most enemies will eventually get close to you.