Talk:RIA 50/@comment-25764976-20150216024722/@comment-1763304-20150216025445

Well, they both are sniper rifles, so aside from the thermal damage, I'm not sure what you mean by how they're "totally different."

Anyway, I think the reason people prefer it is simply because of that extra 500 base damage and the fact that it deals 1000 damage for three seconds after you hit a target, whereas the RIA 50 cannot.

I admit that I like both the RIA 50 and the HIKS S300, but the higher ammo cost of the [RED] RIA 50 is what makes me chose the HIKS S300 over it at the level 25 to 50 range. (I'm level 49.) The slower firing rate of the RIA 50 may be another reason; even if the RIA 50 has 10 overclocked, a HIKS S300 without overclocked still fires faster (if I remember right, it's been months since I've even found a RIA 50).