Talk:Dual Cestra/@comment-6965744-20140329123630/@comment-93.100.52.231-20140413040808

Don't give a shit about Cestra, but I hardly see Akbolto as a potent weapon. Perhaps if you stayed for so long and witnessed the dark times of armor-ignore, Akbolto may be potatoed and formaed and may stay as a "used-to" weapon and a relic of nostalgy, just like Acrid is for some. But even prior to Damage 2.0, there were Twin Gremlins, the gun variant of Galatine. They outclass Akbolto in almost everything but raw damage, and are much more stylish and covenient to use.

Cestras are more like Spectra, a gun version of main rifle. Cestra-Dera(Supra\Tetra), Spectra-Flux. Therefore they have same strengths and weaknesses, same idea and application.

In my opinion, even though I have yet to build it, as classy as they may be, they aren't endgame weapons. Even Akstiletto is a better use of Forma. Less damage, may be slightly less sustained damage, but possibility of crit, better accuracy and status chance. Still, both are shadowed by Gremlins, that have fair reload, mag, damage, crit and status. All in one piece, mod as you like.

But even Gremins aren't endgame. It's no secret that good secondary is Detron\Brakk\Marelok\Tysis. They can perform either by damage type, status or pure firepower.

Other weapons, be it bolt, energy shard or bullet... if they have less than 100 damage without something groundbreaking(Tysis' status) to back it up - they are a waste of ammo. That is includes hard-hitters like Vasto\Lex and crit Magnus.