Talk:Grakata/@comment-85.11.148.102-20130919092411

The Grakata's design is what got me into crafting it. First of all I want to enjoy the looks and then consider the stats. Two days ago when, I looked at the critical chance buff, I felt so glad that the time spent on this weapon wasn't for nothing (level 30, a potato and three formas). I had such high hopes that this is the -one- deserved buff that's going to make the Grakata viable as a lategame SMG.

Little did I know what the Soma is packing. Namely because it looked so bizarre to me that I never bothered to check its stats. Eventually out of curiousity and after watching a Rhino shred through an army of chargers with one mag only, I went over them. And then I felt like an idiot. A moron that thinks he's made progress with his paintball gun.

Lets ignore Soma's ridiculous crit and damage output and focus on the larger magazine and the wonderful next to no recoil. As a Grakata user I don't mind the 20 rounds per second even that's a bit over the top. A Soma can easily fire a rain of bullets without any trigger control to compensate for better accuracy, whereas the Grakata has to be burst fired if you don't want your aim to kick up to the sky. Unless you're firring from pointblank range which is stupid because then I'd use a shotgun. Funny bit is I think the Soma is an okay weapon that's totally viable in the late game. Sad part is I've no idea what to do with my Grakata after seeing how much weaker it is in comparison to the Soma.

Please, it hurts my eyes to watch the infinite amount of numbers that appear over a heavy gunner only to realize that I barely got its health half way down. Don't allow the Grakata to become a redundant piece of gimmickry tech.