Talk:RIA 40/@comment-50.136.154.21-20141218203359/@comment-25461088-20150525151506

The problem with Race Modded is that it takes more effort (Fast Reload, Nimble, Titan IDS 01s) to go with it in order to get a similar effect, and with the reload cap you'll most likely have wasted that slot once you get into late-game.

Skeletonized isn't a good choice either since there's so many ways to increase speed, but so little ways to augment a gun. (I practically live by that motto) Not to mention that it's a defense weapon, and you're supposed to stand still and obliterate everything around you WITHOUT MOVING, so Skeletonizing it defeats the purpose. You should only Skeletonize a 3100 or Proposition (and even so I wouldn't recommend). Pretty much the only gun that I WOULD recommend to have Skeletonized is a T40, simply because it drops later than a Striker, and so, you have a higher chance in the long run to get that instead, and so Skeletonizing that makes a nice Striker substitute.

Capacity allows for sustained fire in the case of most guns, (you wouldn't want to drain your whole mag in a tenth of a second) near-eternal fire in the case of LMGs. Also in the case of said LMGs, reloading is hell, so you'll want to obliterate everything BEFORE you reload. (Why not get Race Modded? See the first paragraph) This is especially with the RIA 40, which is weak, consdering it's basically an HVM 008 with minor buffs, so you need to fire for as long as possible in order to destroy everything in front of you.