Talk:Rancor Hotspot/@comment-82.5.118.111-20141218133831/@comment-108.80.146.195-20141223071339

High rates of fire with decent damage can kill hordes just as fast. My tempest has one pierce, also has a 13 fire rate and 7 pellets each. thats 91 pellets doing 352 damage each. My hard thorn has a rate of fire of 16 and 5 flechettes each. thats 80 flechettes doing 354 damge. You pepper any group and they wont last one second. High rates of fire are for distributing damage evenly and not over killing single enemies. With this laser as long as you have halway decent aim, you can use its actual damage. example, the sublight which people love has great pierce just horrid rate of fire but high damage. Your using it on a open stage and zombies are spread out and low level. None of them are lined up. you kill 5 single shamblers. they had 300 health each. You only really caused 1500 damage that second. Pierce is good for saving on ammo, as long as you take time to let zombies fall in a row but its wasted a lot. It is nice to have 2 or 3 in it but a higher rate of fire is better