Talk:Prime Laser Rifle/@comment-71.71.123.149-20150413013846

I see so many comments about how the gun is "barely an improvement" and how it's still one of the worst sentinel weapons.

Excuse me, but that is mathematically inaccurate. I will explain how, with actual numbers and evidence.

First thing's first, I HAVE to agree, the regular laser rifle is absolute trash. However, I have to contend one thing: It isn't useless. Now, compared to any other sentinel weapon, yes, it is so far below average. But, its DPS isn't 0. If you were to forma the weapon 5-6 times (Don't), you can get the sustained DPS all the way up to a whopping 980 (I used Warframe Builder for all of these DPS results, when I calculated them myself by hand, they were only off by a negligible amount). This is so small compared to the other sentinel weapons. The Sweeper and Deth Rifle EASILY outmatch this gun. But, this gun still deals damage.

Now, let's talk about the Deth Rifle and the Sweeper. When I played around with them, the highest sustained DPS I could get for either of them is about 1844 for the Sweeper and 2070 for the Deth Rifle. The Sweeper is best for status IMHO, but I can't say its DPS is bad.

So, what did I get for the Primed Laser Rifle? First thing to remember is this: the Primed Laser Rifle works best with a crit build, which I think a lot of people might not realise. Anyway, I got it all the way up to 2069. More than twice the DPS of the original. That is a HUGE improvement. That is a MASSIVE improvement. My Wyrm Prime with the Primed Laser Rifle decimates level 30 enemies without a problem, and I haven't even finished my build yet.

But there is another reason to use this gun, and that is a mod called Fired Up. Fired Up gives a thing called Overheat Damage. Overheat Damage is a damage bonus that results from a sentinel weapon being fired continuously. Every sentinel weapon has its own amount of time it has to be fired for the Overheat Damage to start, and for it to end. The Laser Rifle and Primed Laser Rifle (supposedly) have the best stats in this, meaning they'd get the biggest bonus from it.

And that's why the Primed Laser Rifle is probably the most underrated weapon that I have seen in Warframe.