Talk:Snipetron Vandal/@comment-13426006-20130726035823/@comment-66.60.227.195-20130729205940

To be honest when people keep makign that "Lanka > SV" comparison they are only looking at shot-for-shot damage and leaving it at that.

This is probably true when your enemies are level 100+ but if you are doing anything else (which is pretty much every mission in the entire game content at the moment that ISNT high-wave defence) the SV is more than capable of one-shotting everything with even sub-par mods (i.e. serration level 5-6 + prettyMuchAnyOtherDamageTypes ).

For that reason I'd even go so far as to argue that the SV is BETTER than the Lanka for basic missions and/or solo play since the charge mechanica can get in the way of faster mobbing. If you're at a point where both rifles will one-shot their target, the Lanka's extra damage is unnecessary and the SV's higher rate of fire will win out in the simple ability to move from target to target faster.

Before you say "well simply put a speed trigger mod on the Lanka and there the SV loses", this is no different than the ridiculous argument "_____ gun is amazing when modded" because the SV can use the very same speed trigger mod and get better returns than the Lanka can.

So again, it's really situational. If the SV cannot one-shot or two-shot a target, then the Lanka is the better gun, yes. However, if both rifles will kill your target, then effectively their time-to-kill is the SAME, meaning the weapon with the higher rate of fire is superior...and that would be the SV.