Talk:RIA 20 Striker/@comment-49.150.202.227-20141203132841/@comment-24659969-20141203134907

Are you playing this gun on mobile?? In mobile sure this gun is a lot weaker. But on desktop this gun is one of the most powerful early and still reliable up to level 70's where you will start getting red Stripper, HIKS or Hornet.

To compare, base DPS.

RIA 30 Strikeforce (shotgun) : ( 320 + 160 DoT ) x 10 pellets x 1 RPS = 4800 DPS

Stripper (Shotgun desktop) : ( 90 + 320 DoT) x 6 pellets x 4 RPS = 9840 DPS

Stripper (Shotgun mobile) : ( 90 + 320 DoT) x 6 pellets x 5 RPS = 12300 DPS

RIA 20 Striker (desktop) : ( 650 + 350 DoT ) x 8 RPS = 8000 DPS

RIA 20 Striker (mobile) : (650 + 350 DoT ) x 4 RPS = 4000 DPS

This ONLY if you able to hit all pellets from the shotgun means you have to be in point-blank range while striker user can relax keeping range and still have maximum DPS.

Now if you count reload time, firing sustain and such.... Your shotgun needs to have at least 6~8 pellets hit average. Well then, if you are a heavy you wont have problem getting into that range, but playing as more fragile class such as assault or medic means trouble later on. Also you can obtain this gun very early compared to other high-tier / best guns. You can obtain red striker as early as level 20, while you only will start finding red stripper on 40, red HIKS on 55

So the fact is true this gun is "among the best guns" FOR EARLY and recommended to pick up. But it is not the best gun out of the best guns.

Newbie ais not noob'z