Hello!
The Prime version of the single Lex pistol is still bugged.
Lex Prime got an undocumented dmg buff since Update 32.3: Citrine's Last Wish (2023-02-15).
There might be a chance that this was intentional, but i don't think so.
I want to elaborate how this bug could have happened:
There had been "premature" Incarnon-system related issues before Duviri Paradox Update even got released.
- The normal Braton had innate 3m of Punch Through all of a sudden with U32.2 Lua's Prey update.
As i had reported here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1338385-regular-braton-suddenly-has-3m-punch-through
- The Boltors had a premature Incarnon modes before that system was even introduced.
Here is a smol video of how this looked like on the regular one: https://i.imgur.com/RvKC971.mp4
Both issues were fixed a while later, but were not documented in any patch notes.
- The problem with single Lex Prime since U32.3 still is:
It has unmodded total dmg value of 180 instead of 150 since Citrine's Last Wish Update.
It has always been 150 dmg in the past! The dmg type distribution stayed the same.
The Aklex Prime is still at 150 total dmg per shot, for example.
The wiki entry for Lex Prime was updated last year:
180 dmg compared to 150 is a straight 20% increase.
A value that is represented in actual Incanron evolutions of weapons we have today in the game.
So it can be assumed this change was also an Incarnon related issue.
- If this change was intended by the guys at Digital Extremes, please let us know!
Why do i even report this seemingly insignificant issue?
A buff is a good thing after all, right?!
The dmg increase translated 1-to-1 into Warframe's PvP system and the Lex Prime is simply too strong now.
The dmg value went from 78 to 93.6, same 20% increase, dmg distribution stayed the same
We all love this gun and want to fairly use it again, it is considered "broken" in this state.
Both single Lex' had been staples in the PvP related game modes since their inception and we never stopped using these guns.
We really love this thing and wanna play it like we used to.
Thanks for your time.
Best regards,
rude_Olph