Talk:Soma/@comment-18956603-20131005165426/@comment-89.223.33.219-20131007144131

Throwns?! Better than ACRID? I really would like to insert a drug joke here, but I doubt it will be effective. Sure, Despair can be a solid choice among starting weapons, and Hikou is technically better than Kunai due to Serrated damage(effectively being mini-Flux), but even then it's not nearly as good as Acrid.

If any weapon could take the place of Acrid's raw damage per ammo, that would be Twin Gremlins. 30 Physics Impact damage, good ammo management and precision\range, easy to use(let alone the looks). Totally beats Hikou, and therefore Kunai, and while does not get so much burst as Despair - it's a gun. You can shoot it. You don't have to screw your aim with the projective, guessing how the enemy will move, and eventually play it like shotgun - hitting stuff only in close range.

Acrid also works shitty, but not as bad as thrown, and... well, it justifies almost any inconvenience with sheer damage(2\4 ticks after impact - more damage than despair).

Also the poster is wrong and biased(as any comment troll, including me). StrunW is by definition not a noob weapon, as it includes only noobs that started within 2 days and even Knew\Cared to try the event. Soma... will get mastery nerf soon. Galatine is NOT so good, jesus. Even if it takes just potato and one forma to max, in real application it doesn't outperform something as simple as Fragor or Dual Ether, let alone Orthos Prime or Dual Ichor for endgame. It's a weapon which ONLY does heavy charge crits with HUGE charge time and relatively low range. It's whole build must revolve around making it even USEABLE and rely on crits. For a new player without warframe with high rank of Redirection\Vigor or potato for performance - Galatine would be a ticket to get killed while charging.