Talk:Synapse/@comment-50.82.42.240-20140614221831/@comment-50.113.40.245-20140619042255

Well, let's put it this way:

A:  The Amprex uses twice as much ammo (and is the ammo hoggiest weapon in the game) to put out marginally higher burst damage, and slightly lower sustained damage than the Synapse.

B:  The primary reason why crit-focused primaries are better than other weapons... headshots/weakshots, which give an 8x multiplier for crit shots, compared to the 2x they give for non-crit shots. This means that accurate crit focused weapons will rape the world in competent hands, even compared to huge base numbers like the Boltor Prime... which gets utterly annihilated by the Synapse, Soma, Latron Prime, and Sybaris.

C:  Amprex is generally only going to headshot the first target, assuming you aim at its head. All subsequent bounces will be targeted approximately at center of mass... and be tremendously unlikely to be headshots.

This means that not only does Amprex not do much more damage to crowds than Synapse, but it's also vastly less efficient at doing said damage.

The Amprex is not at all superior, only for groups of enemies, in short missions, with a player that doesn't consistently aim for and achieve weak point shots.