Talk:Galatine Prime/@comment-180.181.77.205-20161014081015/@comment-37.6.200.184-20161105182832

@FINNER

Maybe when I said up to level 80 I was a bit too generous. I haven't used the Atterax since the old Draco was removed from the starchart. I used to go melee only Atterax on Draco when I wanted to forma my frames. So, due to me not having used it in a while I had some misconceptions.

That being said I want to correct certain things you said that are not true. I am assuming you aren't taking into account the modding of Atterax with Primed Reach because then the 1m difference in range you mention goes up to 5m difference. A primed reach Atterax (mine is only rank 9 so it wasn't to the full potential) can reach enemies 10m away, yes even the slide attack which does extend the whip, while the Galatine Prime with my Primed reach can only reach enemies 5m away.

Now let me clarify my initial point further. The level cap may be around 60 (depending on faction) where Atterax can one shot almost every enemy in range, therefore a slide attack with red crit can kill enemies twice as far as a similar attack from the Galatine Prime. Therefore the more enemies you kill in given time with an Atterax swing are more than a Galatine Prime swing. Obviously as you go higher in levels, Galatine Prime surpasses Atterax (even without Cleaving Whirlwind).

But it's all too circumstantial and maybe mostly usefull as a quick melee slide to win thing. I can raise the argument that a Primed Fury/Berserker/Tempo Royale Galatine Prime (when berserker is triggered and with the mobility of Tempo Royale) can compete with the reach of Atterax.

Ps.: You mentioned that the calculations have already been done. I would like to see a link, if you have kept it, since I am curious how the person calculated it and if it's accurate. But I feel that you mean the DPS per slide attack that does not take into account the reach factor.