Talk:Attica/@comment-86.158.73.33-20140415141342

For all of those who are ripping on the Attica I think you're missing the point of it.

It may not be as individually powerful as a bow, but it is also a cheaper weapon. It costs 100 less platinum than the standard Paris and it's components are in the whole easier to obtain (other than the forma, of course). It's standard eight shot magazine is plenty for the weapon considering others of its type are single shot only and thus require a reload every shot, essentially earning the weapon a place as being capable of decent ranged and crowd control abilities.

While its minimal impact damage may make it pretty wasteful against heavily-shielded targets like Moa, it is invaluable against physical blockers such as Shield Lancers, where its slight travel arc means that aiming just higher than the shield will propel the bolt over the guard and into the user's head. From there, its headshot damage is still considerably high and often earning an overkill with the amount of damage it does against standard Grineer. While I have not yet tested it against Corpus I imagine that its high piercing damage will also be useful when scoring headshots against Corpus Crewmen of all variants, where their helmets normally negate the damage with its high armour value.

While I will admit that in comparison to other weapons it is a niche creation, it is not necessary bad. After examining it in the store and even expecting the travel time with it being a crossbow, it only took a short while to make the mental transition between weapons, having grown used to the Burston and Grakata. When you're using a weapon so wildly different you can't just expect it to fit into your playstyle; you buy it to experience a different style of game. Instead of expecting to be able to fan the hammer and mow down opponents in front of you, make use of the magazine to get eight definite kills and perhaps double to sixteen with its penetration (I can confirm this works, though is buggy off-host). Take a little time to learn to start predicting enemy movements and thus tracking your shots and you will find that the Attica is an extremely potent, especially when combined with a Rifle Ammo Mutation mod, as it can draw from the most common ammunition type dropped.