Talk:Glaive/@comment-50.128.150.142-20130502182040

Just got this and so far I am impressed although it has a few issues.

Unlike alot of people I don't have an issue with the throw hitting and hitting at long distances. It also does insane damage in my opinion. I was one hitting level 29 Corpus and Griner with it without issue and iit was only level 5 at the time. Also even though the delay on it returning is a bit long, you effectively have a good damaging ammoless ranged weapon.

The issues are that it kinda sucks as a pure melee weapon and once thrown you are without any melee for around 3-5 seconds which can be an issue at times. Also the charge up time leaves you exposed for quite some time before firing. Lastly, the charge up can be interrupted so there is no way to throw this if your surrounds by say infested. Also it has a fairly extensive learning curve and will take some time to get good use out of it. In fact I would highly recommend most people run some level 1-5 missions solo with it so you can train a bit before entering high level combat.

Overall I find the Glaive to be a major trade off that gives you a excellent, silent, ammoless ranged weapon at the expense of having to deal with very mediocer melee at the best. Mileage will vary but so far I am loving it.