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Legendary Railgun

Discussion in 'Strategy Discussion' started by Clintastic, 27 Jul 2017.

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For a legendary railgun should I go for Cooldown or Dmg Perks?

  1. Cooldown

  2. Damage

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  1. Clintastic

    Clintastic Member

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    NOOOOOOOOO!!

    After about $300 and months of waiting I finally got a legendary weapon. I know many of you love the railgun but as an Enforcer (Who even at Mrk 7 only has 3 weapon slots with 3 points) It was probably the last thing I wanted.
    Sigh...

    Well I'm stuck with it and might as well try and learn how to use it... So my question to you more experienced Railgun users is should I go for Dmg perks or Cooldown perks??
     
  2. H.A.D.E.S

    H.A.D.E.S Well-Known Member

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    As you are using enforcer, go for cool down perk....It already does a lot of damage when used perfectly.... Otherwise railgun is of no use....Use it perfectly and u are all good.
     
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  3. Clintastic

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    Does anyone know what the rare and Epic cooldown perks equal? Here is what I have so far...

    Railgun Damage UC 3%
    Rare 5%
    Epic 8%
    Railgun Cooldown UC -2.50%
    Rare -5%
    Epic - ??
     
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  4. Kitterini

    Kitterini Well-Known Member

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    I see alot of players using poor setups to run whichever legendary they picked up. I suppose lowering the CD might be a good idea of a low # of weapons ship, for a shooter I'd go for % damage.
     
  5. Clintastic

    Clintastic Member

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    I agree... I don't want to be that guy LOL
     
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  6. Dirtylegs

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  8. GhostYasuo

    GhostYasuo Active Member

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    Yes there is guys.I had a rare railgun CD perk yesterday in my shop.It was -5% CD.
     
  9. Clintastic

    Clintastic Member

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    Must have been rare then yes?
    Thanks
     
  10. Jennyfur3810

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    Yeah it's a rare :)
     

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  11. Jennyfur3810

    Jennyfur3810 Active Member

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    Oh I just saw you're looking for a cool down... I'll let you know if I see one!
     
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  12. GhostYasuo

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    Yes sir it was a rare cooldown perk.I didn't take a screenshot because I thought people would have seen it and it was nothing special lol.
     
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  13. GhostYasuo

    GhostYasuo Active Member

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    @Clintastic finally lol Screenshot_20170817-120725.png only 3% tho.In thought I had seen it as 5%
     
  14. retryW

    retryW Well-Known Member

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    Anyone saying cooldown is just wrong. Cooldown of this weapon will ALWAYS be high. And the damage perks straight up out-scale the cooldown anyway.
    If you equip a cooldown and damage perk of the same rarity, you'll see that you get a higher dps (damage per second) than you do if you use the cooldown perk. You're also only ever going to be able to fire it off a couple of times, so when it does hit, you want it to hit HUGE.

    I use RG as my main weapon, and used to have all cooldown perks on it, since changing to all damage perks I am finding it a LOT better.
     
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  16. CaffeinatedChris

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    Correct. The Railgun defaults to a 22.2s cooldown. Even if you strapped three Epic perks (-4.5%, or 1 second each) that only takes you down to 19.2s.

    If your Railgun sits idle for three seconds on full charge, you've just wasted that time you saved. Better to fit a +Damage% perk and hit 13.5% harder on your first shot. Immediate payoff, especially for a weapon with a base damage of 1095.

    Seriously with even a couple upgrades, damage perks, and the related talents under Dr. Buzzkill (+10% damage, +20%, +10%) that thing's going to hit like a runaway freight train. You point that away from my little green lawnmower!
     
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  17. GhostYasuo

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    Haha lol.Yea I was searching for it from the day I read this thread XD
     
  18. Joey who

    Joey who Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't use railgun as a mk5+ enforcer even if it is legendary. 2 weapons would give out better dps with more accuracy
     
  19. BasedCarpen

    BasedCarpen Well-Known Member

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    I'm going against the herd here and saying cool down since it's your only other weapon, even assuming your 1 slot is a quick cool down you're going to be waiting on it alot. 3% cool down isn't much though
     
  20. Syla5

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    I am going to go against everyone and say don't use it!! As an enforcer you need 3 weapons, plenty out there that will easily fill the damage gap to the railgun.

    If you ever change up ship and go for speeder or defender or shooter then I would suggest damage perks. Cooldown reduction will be good enough from Dr. Buzzkill
     

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