Talk:Donderbus/@comment-26512782-20160717030214/@comment-26512782-20160717081747

An HVM 004 is semi automatic, so it can't get max DPS legitimately (that and it'll give you CTS). It also doesn't level up your masteries any faster nor does it get you more xp from zombie kills (or any other premium bonuses).

The Donderbus looks statistically worse than the HVM 004, but that's just not true. The Donderbus comes in the package 8*** (which is very impressive for low levels, especially since you can aug it for free), whereas an HVM 004 will not necessarily be a high grade if you find one. Even if it is at a high grade and you somehow can scrabble together the money to fully augment it with the right augs, the lack of Overclocked on the 004 that you can fufill on the Donderbus means that the latter has a higher augmented and pirece DPS than the former.

So no, should you buy a Donderbus, getting an HVM 004 would not have done what you'd buy a Donderbus for in the first place.