Talk:Dread/@comment-173.79.105.11-20130604000355/@comment-99.224.197.191-20130606163747

Walls of texts are what ends up being research and debate when it comes to a particular weapon, reading everything about that weapon, your own opinion and the opinion of others, attempting to deffend both sides of the spectrum and not being biased, THESE are the ways you end up choosing which weapon is right for you.

I have both paris and dread, and paris by far is better for me because of it's gameplay, when I'm sliding and flipping through the air with paris and landing hits that 1hit ko anything no matter what faction, I feel all ninja like. For bosses I actually perch up on a box and sonar with banshee and use either paris or despair on that sonar spot, and since sonar doesn't always show up on an actual weakspot, paris is overall better than dread for a banshee user because no matter where the sonar spot appears, you will do full damage + sonar damage modfiers. For defense missions like xini, I perch up on the highest box and soundquake all the light infested + headshot toxic ancients as they come out the doors so that they don't ever reach the pod, my team can handle the things that slip past me, but I key in on those key targets.

Dread is more damage, paris is more utility, hitting weakpoints with dread will net you lots of damage if you know where they are to begin with, it has higher charge damage and crit damage, so yes it's more powerful, it's like comparing gram and scindo, one is faster has more DPS, while the other is slow, powerful and has more reach.

It all depends on your playstyle.

Will I use dread over paris? Probably not, my paris is potatoed and formad, given lots of love, it already does its job, so no need to invest in a different bow, but if you're wondering whether to use paris or dread, then that choice is yours to make.