Talk:Karak/@comment-95.68.108.105-20140505115319/@comment-50.103.1.91-20140607203202

"1 first thing, DONT COMPARE SHOP WEAPONS (or clan weapons) TO PRIME VARIATS"

Actually, some market weapons are extremely powerful; enough to be directly comparable to research and prime weapons. Hell, some research weapons are utter garbage flat out (Prova and Supra spring to mind).

If you're going to confine the context of the argument, at least set bounds that actually make sense.

Objectively, Karak is shit compared to a lot of weapons. It's shit even compared to other weapons within its availability. That said, it's not "useless" per say; It's an intermediary weapon designed to help new players move away from the AWFUL starter weapons (Mastery rank 2 is nothing; I farted that out in my second day of Warframe).

If you're looking for a hitscan rifle with decent performance for lowbie worlds, Karak is fine. (I'd go with a regular Boltor at that level, but that isn't hitscan. Alternatively, Burston works great for that too.)