Talk:Dual Ether/@comment-184.23.128.196-20130418084359/@comment-70.126.43.116-20130419040254

I am the person who left that long comment endorsing the DE.

I do see your point about raw damage being higher on the DHS, and I did say in my post that if 1-shotting everything is what you are after, then DHS is probably for you.

My main reasoning against not liking having to charge attack everything is that I and my friends farm Eris Defense quite a bit, vs. Infested, and when that mob of death comes in, with all the Exploder guys, good luck getting your charge attacks off. Like I said, I used the DHS as my weapon of choice until the DE came out, and I noticed that the inordinate damage the charge attacks do is really nice, but I didn't like HAVING to charge attack, especially when you are in the middle of the shit show vs. Infested around the Core.

A lot of us find that the Ancient Infested, especially the Disruptors, are the most problematic enemy in game (second maybe to the Seekers' deployed attacks) and those Disruptors, or any other Ancient can be completely locked down to the point that you can actually toy with them. With the DE you can lock down 3-4 Ancients at the same time just by running around hitting them once. That versatility is well worth the slightly lower DPS gained from charge attacking with the DHS, in my opinion. Plus it's not like the damage on them is gimped, especially vs. Infested and Grineer. It's just, you aren't 1-shotting things. But then again, you NEVER get interrupted using the DE, as you will sometimes when charging up your charge attack. Instead, YOU are the one doing the interrupting, cuz the DE have 100% stagger rate.

You also mentioned the mod slots being used in the DE. I have a low-level Killing Blow in my DE and no Reflex Coil at all. Killing Blow is only in there as an after thought, because I barely ever use the charge attack anyway. I have Fury and Pressure Point maxed, instead, and seriously, with maxed Fury the DE are just ridiculous.

At the end of the day, as I eluded to in my original post, if it's 1-shotting things alone you are after, then the DHS is for you. Still, you won't be able to 1-shot the Ancients or the heavy Grineer with it. Plus, I gotta say, slicing and dicing things blindingly fast with the DE really feels...I dunno...cooler...more like a ninja.