Talk:Paris Prime/@comment-124.179.74.185-20130808060637/@comment-13117751-20130808172649

Actually, since the introduction of high-level enemies in even basic missions alogn with the incredible defence scaling, I'd go so far as to say the Paris (normal) is better than the dread simply due to the fact that armor is not applied to its damage (in most cases).

The dread is better than the paris at one thing and pretty much one thing only, and that's killing light infested (due to its 3x multiplier from slashing damage). Past that, the paris, even with its lower base damage, is superior against pretty much any other target past level ~40-50. It's also more 'new-player-friendly' since it takes an expert marksman with a dread to be able to continuously address and hit unarmored points on a target if he wants his damage to matter, whereas the paris user can simply shoot anywhere for un-reduced damage.

Having said that, the paris prime definitely outclasses the dread. Sure, you won't do as much critical damage with it, but its damage is considerably more stable and will perform better than the dread at, again, all but light infested.