Talk:Mesa/@comment-74.37.192.3-20151026150144/@comment-50.149.183.116-20151029100715

"The Soma can also fill the BB's charge alarmingly fast, taking as few as 8 to 10 shots."

Double checking it just 'feels' like its that fast. It takes a minimum of 12 shots to fill BB's charge due to the restriction of how much damage any one bullet can contribute. (140 at max rank.) So before anyone says, "Why not just use a sniper rifle or a bow if crits are so great?" Because this... You need to fire 12 arrows or 12 sniper rifle shots... In that time the Soma could have rapid fired out several fully charged BBs in a single clip for substantially more damage for no substantial gain in single shot output. Sniper rifles and bows don't do enough base damage to compare to the absurd bonuses granted by BB for them to over come the Soma's raw crit multipliers. ESPECIALLY on headshots.