Talk:Heartburn/@comment-25923864-20150112042216/@comment-202.166.75.182-20150117173800

Skyrunner's fanboyism with the Striker can get outta hand, but I have to agree with him and say that I fail to see how the Heartburn can compare to a Striker in any way.

First off, on damage per shot. Skyrunner is correct on the DPS of the 10*** striker with Tenacious and Deadly being 2000 per shot, at least, if you shoot for more than 1 second.

650 direct damage, 350 burn/2 seconds. The moment you keep firing for more than one second, the last second of residual burn (175 DPS) from your previous shots overlaps with the new burn (175 DPS) from your current shots, effectively creating 350 DPS on DoT. This means that a deadly/tenacious 10 striker will indeed do 2000 DPS (650x2 + 350x2) per shot on average.

And well, if you really wanna max the DPS of the striker, just use an auto-clicker, that solves everything. The last slot being free for your own upgrades creates far more DPS potential than the heartburn as well, because it lets you take adaptive or pinpoint to increase DPS vs resistant targets or overall DPS.

You're right to say that both of these guns have relatively low DPS, though the Heartburn's is significantly worse than the Striker's if a bit of effort is taken to maximize the Striker's DPS. Not to mention that greater movement penalty and longer reload time.