Talk:Akmagnus/@comment-27.55.71.50-20150206055820/@comment-76.173.107.158-20150528065012

^ Saying that crit mods on pistols are crappy is completely incorrect. Crit mods on pistols are average, crit mods on melee suck, and crit mods on rifles are overpowered as heck. Believe it or not, but that Target Cracker mod actually raises your damage by just as much as that Pistol Gambit mod, due to how critical math works. There are actually about 10 secondaries that are considerably better with critical builds than without them, such as the Brakk, Pyrana, Lex, Lex Prime, Aklex, Magnus, Akmagnus, Vasto Prime, Aksomati, and Wipers/Wraipers (Wraith Twin Vipers). If you have Arcane Acenger-made arcanes, There are a few other very viable crit secondaries too, such as the Nukor.

Pretty much all of the weapons I just mentioned are mandatory to build for crit to get good use out of. What people don't realize is that 55% 3.2x damage is a 110% damage boost, meaning it's more than doubling your damage. Also, pistols get nearly to 2x multishot, meaning they shoot 3 rounds most of the time, so 55% is actually a lot less random than it sounds when it's on a secondary.