Talk:Despair/@comment-46.151.136.15-20130827204113/@comment-14453986-20130829234438

Most people agree that Despair is better due to the extra base damage, the fact that armour piercing is better than armour ignore (since it means bonus base damage instead of unaffected base damage), and stagger is generally not helpful. It just means less accuracy, less headshots and wasted ammo; an exception to this would be dueling; stagger is extremely effective there. Since PvE > PvP in this game, Despair is superior in general.