Thread:GoldenApple NB/@comment-183.178.157.212-20150414145329

Hey Golden, its Bryan here. We've found recently that the arc of all arcing weapons actually has an effect on the damage of the gun. When hitting a sole target with the guns, they deal standard damage. However, each time it arcs to a zombie, it hits the involved zombies again. For instance, if the RED Gigavolt hits a zombie, it deals 420 damage. When it arcs to 3 zombies (not counting the first zombie), all zombies will be hit for 3 more times, essentially meaning the damage is tripled. So if a Jupiter successfully uses all of its pierce to arc, the damage should be 2,750 for each of the 6 zombies involved in the hit.

This can explain 1) Why all arcing weapons are excellent crowd handlers, 2) Why these weapons have below-average damage but in actual gameplay can rip through hordes, and c) Why they all lag sooo badly when firing at a large crowd.

Just hope you know. Help spread it around, will ya? If you happen to see anyone dissing off the Jupi or the Giga as being weak... 