Talk:Gorgon/@comment-9695814-20140117013041/@comment-71.220.64.95-20140302030106

To the guy two posts above. Nope. Go ahead and take any other weapon and put optimal build on it, and compare the two. Gorgon vs Soma for example:

3 Forma Soma. http://goo.gl/msKbYV

Standard Crit Build, Vital Sense + Point Strike + Hammer Shot. Standard Rifle Mods, Serration + Split Chamber, followed by Rifle Ammo Mutation because it's an ammo eater. Threw in Heavy Caliber to match up more closely with Gorgon's accuracy, and Hellfire for the random final slot. This is for an all-round damage dealing build.

6 Forma Gorgon. http://goo.gl/0wrQyG

Serration + Split Chamber + Rifle Ammo Mutation. Followed by basic 4 rainbow mods + Vile Precision so you can actually hit something with it.

Or alternatively, same thing, but Vile Precision switched out for Wildfire / Malignant Force / Speed Trigger. Optimal DPS would use Speed Trigger. That would also allow you to drop one Forma, for a 5 Forma Gorgon.

http://goo.gl/qiYdH0

Now, comparing to the two DPS-efficient builds (3 Forma Soma vs 5 Forma Gorgon).

Soma:

Damage per Shot: 81.70 + 75% Crit for 8.8x. (81.7*75%*8.8)+(81.7*25%). Averages out to 535.135 per shot.

Fire Rate of 15.0

Without reloading, "Burst DPS": 535.135*15*1.90(Multishot). Rounded to nearest integer, = 15,251 DPS.

With reloading, "Sustained DPS": 6+2/3 seconds to empty clip + 3 second reload time = 9+2/3 seconds for a rotation. 180/29 rotations per minute. 1 rotation = 53513.5 damage (in one 100 bullet clip). X 180/29 rotations per minute, then divide by 60 seconds. Rounded to nearest full integer, = 5,536 DPS.

With an Accuracy of 12.87 still.

Gorgon:

Damage per Shot: 304.76 + 10% Crit for 1.5x. (304.76*10%*1.5)+(304.76*90%). Averages out to be 319.998 per shot.

Fire Rate of 20.0, but not accounting for spin-up time.

Without reloading, "Burst DPS": 319.998*20*1.90(Multishot). Rounded to nearest integer, = 12,160 DPS.

With reloading, "Sustained DPS": 4.5 seconds to empty clip + 4.2 second reload time = 8.7 seconds for a rotation. 200/29 rotations per minute. 1 rotation = 28,799.82 damage (in one 90 bullet clip). X 200/29 rotations per minute, then divide by 60 seconds. Rounded to nearest full integr, = 3,310 DPS.

With an Accuracy of.....8.3?

Results.

Gorgon does 2/3 of Soma's Burst DPS, and almost half of the Soma's Sustained DPS. All of this while: being less ammo efficient (averages less damage per bullet), only 2/3 of the Soma's accuracy, lower magazine capacity, slower reload speed, and a wind up time. If wind up time was considered, Burst DPS would take a plummet, probably much closer to the difference in Sustained DPS. Sustained DPS would not significantly change however. You can go ahead and try to find a build that matches closer to Soma's DPS using the Gorgon.