Re Balancing The Galatine

[phoenix1992]

Hello, fellow space ninjas.

I want to start with an disclaimer - I love my Galatine, and I hug her tight. Yet that does not mean that the weapon should stay like that in my point of view.

Galatine - what is it, what are the pros, cons and the issue for me.

Galtine is an heavy blade - one of the 4 available in the game (to my knowledge: Scindo, Scindo Prime, Gram and Galatine), she requires MR 3 rank and considered an multipurpose melee.

Pros - Enormous range, Not so bad basic stats, Not racist towards enemies, Does not need so many rare mods, Cleaving whirlwind provides almost 360 hit coverage.
Cons - Slow, Impact and Puncture damage is low, stance mods are not easy to find.

Here is my build for this weapon:


You may notice that the mods are mild, and I only needed forma for the stance. With this build the weapon just cleaves trough enemies up to 50 level with little to no stops. I don't think it should be like that - such brute force that can carry on for so long should not be on MR3, or the recipe should be an Dojo research. Also the slot capacity - 9 left, without any forma and the weapon still stays strong (as strong as to get you to T4 towers and keep it up). Now if/when we get our hands on Primed Fury, this will become even more strong weapon and the last official drawback on it will disappear.

Please, say state your opinions as well.

Edited November 21, 2015 by phoenix1992

[Gelkor]

Galatine is fine, Scindo Prime is way worse. I'll stick with Orthos Prime.

[Bizzaro21]

it does that cuz viral damage and crit build u have on.... also, it`s fuggin slow even if with fury on, so I think its balanced

 

and nah slash damage falls off pretty badly and quickly against armored enemies, scindo p in t4 hardly ever kills a level 60 gunner (using tempo royale)

 

heavy weapons are not overpowered, it`s the other weapons that are underpowered

[Eminem2420]

Its fine the way it is imo

[KiloFoxx]

wow, we have quite different builds. though I can see how the Viral helps, even if I don't use it personally.

Honestly, the Galatine should stay as-is. It's nice to have a weapon you won't get laughed at for bringing to high-level play that nearly anyone can access. Granted I've been MR19 for a while now and that's not an issue for me, but for newer players it's nice to have something reliable by your side (or err... on your back) that'll support you up to and through high level play. it's very satisfying to look at the high-level OP players and see "Wait, they're using THAT weapon. I CAN BUILD THAT!" and then using it yourself to have something you won't need to change out very often

 

I'm VERY excited for Primed Fury when it comes out, because it'll make my Eternal War Valk a cacophony of destruction

[Magneu]

You have Heavy Trauma...on the Galatine...my brain just had heavy trauma.

[KotoKuraken]

Oh my...

That build hurts my eyes

Make it stop, I never thought I'd see such a horrible build

[Kthal]

You are using Heavy Trauma and Rending Strike on a Slash based weapon...

 

Those mods add damage based on the damage of their type, so Heavy Trauma adding +90% Impact to a base of 10 damage will only increase damage by 9 points, for example. I strongly suggest switching those two mods out for basically anything.

[Bizzaro21]

Oh my...

That build hurts my eyes

Make it stop, I never thought I'd see such a horrible build

while not cool, I agree with the idea of your post

[(XBOX)Master4733]

Just a tip, don't use the slash impact and puncture mods, go for elements, speed, some reach, and damage mods

[venon23]

DE is change the MR rec. from a few weapons maybe they see that

Edited November 21, 2015 by venon23

[phoenix1992]

You see weapon with mild (bad) mods, that still does the trick. For me this is kinda not okay for MR3 and easy recipe.

PS: Swapped Heavy Trauma for reach - the reason why it had heavy trauma was for mod fodder after formating the Stance slot- did not have anything to put in there, put Trauma.

Edited November 21, 2015 by phoenix1992

[venon23]

Oh my...

That build hurts my eyes

Make it stop, I never thought I'd see such a horrible build

that heavy trauma llol

[DrewEcho]

Sigh this guy cant be serious right? No, really? This is just down right bad... mine eyes... they burn!

[(XBOX)Master4733]

Man some of us are elitist and caring when we see a build that's ehhXD

[venon23]

You see weapon with mild (bad) mods, that still does the trick. For me this is kinda not okay for MR3 and easy recipe.

most of meele weapons work more or less till enemys lvl 50 with halfbaked buidls  a MR3 will get one shoted with a enemy lvl 50  so dont worry

 

[phoenix1992]

It is mine mistake that, I putted Heavy Trauma in there - yet the build still works, and my very issue is that it should not be able to perform at all against mid to high tier mobs.

[(XBOX)Master4733]

most of meele weapons work more or less till enemys lvl 50 with halfbaked buidls a MR3 will get one shoted with a enemy lvl 50 so dont worry

Mine works level +100 it's a decent build with the skill to make it work

[venon23]

Mine works level +100 it's a decent build with the skill to make it work

but u are not MR 3 and dont have a halfbaked build for sure...

and enemy s100+ u have weapons that work better then gelatine

Edited November 21, 2015 by venon23

[(XBOX)Master4733]

but u are not MR 3 and dont have a halfbaked build for sure

I'm mr16 and mod when I'm half asleep and cring when I retook at my own builds

[Kai_Shiba]

The weapon is fine as it is.

[Flowen231]

Please for the love of god, we already have enough of a pointless nerf community on the forums. Melee weapons tend to deal substantially less damage than ranged weapons in this game, they tend to put you in a more risky position than ranged weapons, and they are generally impractical unless you are using one of the few frames suited to melee. The Galatine of all things does not need a nerf.

[Pride]

with a build like this imagine how OP he would think it is if he was modding properly? then again maybe its because the builds on his other weapons are even worse that he thinks this is OP.

[TheBrsrkr]

Soon there will be an MR requirement rework. It's been in planning for a while now.

[--Sensei--]

Rending strike......... heavy trauma.........

 

What.........?

 

I don't even.....