Talk:Opticor Vandal/@comment-172.97.248.253-20191005095529

There's no denying that the lower power per hit is a loss. You won't disintegrate things as easily when stealthing about, and that's not nothing especially when stealth matters.

However: If you're willing to give this weapon a proper chance - and given it's free from an event why the hell not - what you'll find is a versatile variation that offers 1.2x the DPS (it would be a bit more given the crit/status changes but it doesn't have 2.5x the magazine size or 40% of the reload time either) of its elder sibling, with a full 50% of the area splash per blast, in a far more controllable package.

Where the Opticor is a slow, unwieldy powerhouse, the Vandal is a wieldy general purpose beam cannon.