Talk:Dread/@comment-27.55.143.188-20130719101335/@comment-11753608-20130719122818

1.  Depends on the faction.

2.  Sniper type weapons are generally ineffective for defense because of the large number of mobs that are already alerted to your presence.

3.  If you insist on a sniper type weapon, get a Lanka, it is about 200% better than Dread having 250 armor pierce (which bypasses armor and does A LOT more damage).

3.  If you must use a dread, equip thunderbolt to add AOE effect for clumped mobs (or just use an ogris), and add an Piercing Hit mod for armored targets. Fire mods will also help against Medium Grineer (x1.25 multiplier) and Infested (x2 multiplier).

In the end, doing a lot of damage isn't rocket science - get multishot and a whole bunch of damage mods and rank them up. The only other way to combat the hordes of mobs coming at you with a slow weapon is to use Thunderbolt for AOE and rank up your fire rate. IMO, however, Dread is a horrible weapon for this game type.