Talk:Orthos Prime/@comment-54.240.196.185-20130930234601/@comment-89.223.33.219-20131003044602

As somebody who was looking forward to Orthos Prime since he started, and already has practically maxed Galatine, all I can say is - it sucks. Good in combination with Rhink on infested levels - you slice a few dozens mobs for 5-10k crits, end up with 40% damage and lowest kills. It's huge damage is an overkill, there is really NO need for it. Let alone the price - almost two second charge time with very slow animation, requiring 3 mods to make it even barely useable. It does have damn wide basic attack, but it's 35 damage, and it's charge attack has much less range... Maybe not as terrible as Reaper Prime and sorts, but still not that wide.

If you really don't want to farm for Orthos and just need a heavy swing - sure, Galatine is your cheap ticket. But if you have farmed for Orthos and just push your luck for the last 1-2 parts every now and then - save some mats. A fully-built Orthos will only lack some high-end charge damage, due to 400+crit, but will win anywhere else. In fact, with fast charges you will be able to charge almost any moment, not just sprint+1s charge of Galatine. Get reach and pressure point in place of crits - and you will have overall good weapon with high accent on charge without anything over the edge.