Talk:Dread/@comment-173.79.105.11-20130604000355/@comment-4555176-20130604070253

Well, Vs. heavy/medium grineer the damage starts to drop off, but you generally won't notice on the mediums at all given their small health pool. Pretty much every other enemy type will continue to take full dmg from both Dread and Paris, the exception being ancient because the spot Paris is required to hit has resistances to some elemental mods that scale.

Not really sure why DE decided against AP on Dread, but maybe they didn't want people to ignore non AP weapons because of face value? Dread itself is certaintly a good example of a non AP weapon that shines in its own way, and it isn't the only one. In the end the wapon you choose is usually playstyle dependent, but I feel too many people make a habit of trying to pick the "best" weapon, and AP is a very tempting thing to throw at people.

If you haven't already or you would like to, me and several others posted damage numbers down below, the one commentor even went so far as to show total dmg vs each enemy type so you can see how things flesh out a bit. I know that isn't quit the same as trying it yourself, but it gives a rough idea at least.