Talk:Hate/@comment-66.191.248.182-20130525002411

I managed to get the blueprints for Hate within an hour or two of the update. Here's a small review of it with a few answers to asked questions. I can't verify any of these claims with numbers though, so please correct any information:

Swing Time: After I finished building it, I immediately noticed that it seems to both swing and charge very fast compared to the Scindo I had been using. It deals the same amount of base damage and base charge damage with a relatively lower swing and/or charge time. (This means that I no longer have to have mods to increase weapon speed, freeing capacity for additional damage mods, further increasing DPS.)

AoE: It also seems to have an AoE that is comparable to Scindo as well.

Screen Shake: Hate also lacks the characteristic screen shaking of Scindo and Fragor.

Comparison to other Stalker weapons: The other Stalker weapons have higher base damages than their Tenno counterparts, but it appears that Hate is capable of dealing more DPS than the Scindo or Fraggor with either charged or uncharged attacks. I have no idea of its DPS or abilities when compared to Dual Ether or Dual Heat Swords.

Critical Hits: I've noticed that I'm now hitting many critical hits with Hate as compared to Scindo, but again, I have no numbers to back this up with.

Animations: Hate appears to have new animations for charging and slashing, but the finishing moves and AoE jump attacks appear similar to Scindo.

Closing Thoughts: As of now, my Hate is level 11 or so, and is quickly becoming one of my favorite melee weapons.