Talk:Braton Prime/@comment-178.37.167.199-20130825133922/@comment-98.15.240.98-20130912050009

you guys should note that if a weapon has 100% armor piercing damage, it will work just like an armor-ignoring weapon. The armor piercing damage, like several above have stated, is an elemental damage. At 100%, it will completely ignore armor scalings. That is why Despair will ignore the armor of all enemies, because it is 100% armor piercing damage. But because it is the armor pierce element, it will also do 50% less damage to light infested, who are resistant to that particular element. Shotguns with max Flechette and max Accelerated Blast will have 150% armor piercing. That means it will ignore the armor of enemies, and it will have extra armor piercing damage onto the enemy.

As much as I like rifles, the braton can only recieve up to 60% armor piercing. It is a very versatile gun, yes, and much better than most of the rifles in the game. But because it is a bullet type damage, it is really at a big disadvantage to more of the situational weapons in the game, such as Despair, Torid, Acrid, and Flux Rifle. This weapon will never be the best (it will only be a good weapon, not the best). And honestly, rifles (and all weapons that use rifle mods) are potentially the best primaries in the game. But notice how I said potentially. In my opinion, the Boltor is crazy crazy good, great for high level defense. But to make it shine like a high level defense, you will need a max or nearly maxed Serration, Max Split Chamber, and max elemental mods. And maybe a high Speed Trigger. But to make it like this would take a lot of time and formas. I am a lazy person, so I went down the shotgun path lol, but idc because my Strun Wraith still one shots high level mobs, and still does very well in high level defense. And Despair/Acrid are the two best secondaries, which I always use as backup. (Dual Vastos are actually decent too with Max Barrel Diffusion, Max Lethal Torrent, and at least 180% dmg Hornet Strike).