Talk:Phage/@comment-74.76.95.175-20140329002017/@comment-74.76.95.175-20140331022008

Trust me, I get it. I'm not a hater. Phage does do awesome damage, especially with Vicious Spread equipped. I'll give you you that. It's a really fun and potentially devastating gun for much of the game. But is it a great end-game gun?

Extended use has just served to reaffirm my initial impression that beam focus time + limited mobility = sitting duck, even with really tanky frames. On high to very high levels this is ridiculously apparent. Your awesome damage output handicapped by limited mobility and focus time WILL NOT offset incoming damage. And Vicious Spread just serves to exacerbate this.

Perhaps an acceptable solution is to use Vicious Spread while exploiting Phage's excellent ammo efficiency by pre-focusing the beams behind cover. I'll have to test this out.