Talk:Karak/@comment-67.164.52.98-20131219223043/@comment-203.219.240.157-20131220130946

The problem with gorgon though is that even in single fire or short burst, the weapon is woefully inaccurate at anything but very short range, try hitting grineer's head for example with gorgon in single fire and gauge how far away you can be from the target while still being able to do this with practical rate, the amount of bullet you waste essentially is massive if you do not hit center of mass of the target or move really close to them.

Karak and Soma on the other hand have sufficient accuracy and low spread that you can place your aim at the head level of one mob on the pack, then go full auto... and simply sweep the fire sideways while keeping the height constant, you then rake the entire group with most of the bullets going essentially at head level.

With Soma... and full magazine, this allows you to obliterate high level cluster of foes (like late Survival for example) in quick succession, Karak doesn't quite have as much damage potential before the magazine runs out but can do so in smaller scale.

Gorgon... will end up missing the majority of the shots if it attempts to do so unless you get really really close, it's only alternative is firing at their body or center mass instead  which makes it's overall DPS woeful compared to the assault rifles that can just burst the head of the target full auto doing obscene damage to them. Add the crippling spool up time (unless you spend mods to compensate it which cuts mod slots that could be used for something else) and the weapon just doesn't compare to the regular assault rifles (not even Soma or Karak) in the majority of the combat situation in the game.