Talk:Paracyst/@comment-119.64.87.243-20150315032752/@comment-98.89.13.81-20150523041754

^ This right here.

It's worth keeping in mind that the fact that it's Toxin damage - which does 50% bonus against ferrite and bypasses shields entirely - which really compensates for the seemingly lower DPS. In other words, it's only "lower damage" against infested, actually, since with the 50% damage bonus against Ferrite it's really doing 37.5 per bullet in EFFECTIVE damage, rather than the listed 25.0. And against Corpus, it's basically 2x due to ignoring shields.

And then you can also mod for Corrosive with Malignant Force + High Voltage and melt armor about 2/3 of each burst. I mean, just 2 bursts will usually strip all of a target's armor. The fact that there's no physical damage eating up half your procs is a powerful strength, too. If you really must take this gun against Infested, you can also always mod it for Gas damage. Once again, the innate Toxin gives you a LOT of options - more than even Electricity, really.

The only geniune weakness of the Paracyst is the lack of a zoom, which the grappling hook does not make up for. Assuming you have very good hipfire aim, there is no good reason not to get this gun. Numerical DPS and Effective DPS aren't the same, and this gun is a prime example of Effective DPS that's far higher than it may appear.