Talk:Dread/@comment-84.43.133.22-20130802080209/@comment-13117751-20130802144457

I wouldn't put so much weight on the value of its starting polarities, since with the release of forma "polarity problems" are relatively simple to fix (obtaining the forma, on the other hand, can be the trickier part...but it's not impossible).

If you want to look at it stat-wise...the dread has better critical damage but the paris prime has better raw damage. Take note they both have the SAME critical chance. So the paris prime will have a consistently higher hit, whereas the dread will have higher spike hits.

However, this is considering you're shooting at a target with lower armor values. Since the paris prime ignores armor, it does arguably better against more or less everything in later-game / high-end content. It also makes fighting the more annoyingly-armored enemies (grineer, ancients, etc.) relatively simple compared to the dread which will require precision aiming (not always an option at short notice when rushed by multiple mobs).

You are correct, however, about the point regarding the paris prime being significantly more difficult to obtain. However I'd even go so far as to argue that the normal paris would be better than the dread due to the armor ignoring properties.