Talk:Tiberon Prime/@comment-187.58.34.239-20180912065031/@comment-11798453-20181011101759

To the LT above Pie:

In regards to "Never saw anyone who would like burst fire weapons". I like burst fire weapons and can think of 3 of my friends off the top of my head that also like burst fire.

You also make accounting for punch-through seem like such a big ordeal when it really isn't. Plus you only have to sacrifice raw single target damage as opposed to burst DPS because of Primed Shred, and if you're hitting 2 targets with most shots then that might as well be a 90% damage increase so the use case definitely makes a difference.

Then there's the issue of effeciency and whether you only determine this in relation to the most common playstyle or if you include minority playstyles. Accessibility and how much of a skill ceiling there is has to be considered when balancing items and just because something is meta doesn't meen that it's statistically the most effective, just that it's highly effective relative to the skill needed to use it.