Talk:Cernos Prime/@comment-104.173.87.242-20170531113011/@comment-4448946-20170826054914

-Multishot is an awful idea.

The listed damage on a weapon is actually a secondary stat, meaning it is produced using other stats. The game runs a formula of damage per pellet * Pellet Count and outputs the results as damage.

In this case Damage per Pellet is 120 and Pellet Count is 3, giving us a damage value of 360. If you use a -multishot mod you reduce the pellet count but the per pellet damage remains unchanged. So, -66.66% multishot would get you Pellet Count of ~1 but Damage per Pellet of 120, for a total damage of 120.