Talk:CM 800 Jupiter/@comment-73.12.186.85-20150530002808/@comment-26261967-20150618103729

The Damage dealt is multiplied by how many zeds the shot arcs to. With a Pierce of 5, that's a base of 5x against a large horde. With RIA, you may get massive damage if they're all in a straight line, but good luck hanging your hat on that in Apocalypse or Nightmare mode. RIA *would* be a good bossing weapon if it had some sort of DoT or a higher rate of fire, but it would suck balls for crowd control under any circumstances.

Case in point: my Level 40 Medic (on Mobile) wouldn't have made it through 21 Waves in Apocalypse without his Standard 10*** Jupiter, and all it has on it right now is 9 Deadly and 8 Overclocked. Packing an RIA would have left him swarmed and dead for most of the match.