Talk:Soma Prime/@comment-25450485-20141217184321

I got the chance to use the Soma Prime quite a bit now.

It is quite fun to use, I use the following loadout:

Rifle ammo mutation (you will end up burning through the 800 shots quite fast otherwise)

Maxed serration

Point strike (to deal more critical hits)

Split chamber (because moar bullets for the same ammo spent)

Fanged Fusillade: Operation Gate Crash mod, gives 120% bonus to slash damage

Piercing Caliber: Operation Mutalist Incursion mod, gives 120% bonus to puncture damage

Shred: Gives 30% faster rate of fire and 1.2m punch through.

Vital Sense: 120% bonus crit damage (is quite badass since then a crit would deal 6.6x damage and with point strike, about 2 out of 3 shots are gonna be critical hits

I chose Shred over Speed trigger due to this weapon's lack of innate punch through and 1.2m punch through gets you a LOT of crowd control ability. Also, too high a fire rate would cause you to waste too much ammo since most enemies go down quite fast anyways.

Alternatively you can ditch the piercing caliber and Shred mod and replace it with Speed Trigger and Metal Auger.

OR you can ditch your ammo mutation entirely and switch it for something else. Then, however, I STRONGLY recommend you get yourself a stock of ammo restores if you are planning to do stuff with lots of enemies.

Also, if you are using the new Nova Prime, PLEASE make use of your Molecular Prime. I see quite a few people now who don't use it at all. Sure, until you level it up it won't be very impressive, but you need to use it to get it to the max level