MrSuperAwesome Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 I was thinking about farming for the orthos prime, but now that they've released the Galatine, I'm not so sure... I'll be using it for a charge build, and the orthos prime has a slightly higher charge DPS, but it's quite a bit harder to obtain. Thoughts?
Wriith Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 Level the Galatine for fun/lools/mastery, then swap to the Orthos Prime when you get it.
Thor Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 If you're interested in the straight numbers, I did some calculations https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/113838-to-people-saying-the-galatine-is-op/?p=1321699/'>over here (GottFaust has the unmodded numbers here). The AOE range is still up for debate though. My personal opinion: I'm more attracted to the greatsword, regardless of bigger numbers. Plus I'm a little burnt out on Void at the moment (I just need one more Orthos Prime blade, but eeeeeeeuuuugh. Maybe later.).
jrkong Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 If you're interested in the straight numbers, I did some calculations over here (GottFaust has the unmodded numbers here). The AOE range is still up for debate though. My personal opinion: I'm more attracted to the greatsword, regardless of bigger numbers. Plus I'm a little burnt out on Void at the moment (I just need one more Orthos Prime blade, but eeeeeeeuuuugh. Maybe later.). I never liked Orthos to begin with so Galatine is my obvious choice.
MaxImpact Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 Basically, after a certain point (this is different for various factions), the Orthos Prime's 200 charge damage won't 1-shot stuff. After that point, use the Galatine. That's the simple way I look at it.
shut Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) Galatine beats Orthos Prime in both Damage Per Charge (at least 200% of every other melee in the game) and Charge DPS (~13% better than Orthos Prime). If you're looking for a charge-built weapon, then Galatine is the best in the game, hands down. The only things that Orthos Prime beat Galatine at are: -Normal Attack DPS (although both are useless once your enemies reach about level 20. Plus, Galatine is faster and has a high vertical reach on its second swing, making it better for applying Freeze and other elementals to enemies and swatting low-flying Ospreys down) -Range (although Galatine's range is still nothing to sniff at. Plus, you can run around while charging Galatine, allowing for easy positioning to hit the maximum number of targets, especially with a Reach mod.) Edited September 28, 2013 by SortaRandom
Lord_zasca Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 Galitine. even if the oroths prime beats it in stats it is 10 times harder to get
EganMC Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 I can easily pop 3 Orthos Prime charge attacks before I can pop one with this Greatsword. I love the Sword so much, but I don't see what's so special...
HailCreation Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 Orthos prime is better suited for regular attacks. It swings faster, and does over twice the damage. Galatine is better suited for charge attacks.
Phoenix86 Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 They are both top weapons but you need something to avoid being interrupted if you are going to use the Galatine (something like Invisibility or Iron Skin) else go Orthos Prime, it is excellent anyway
Darzk Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Of course if you can one shot something with the Orthos Prime the Galatine is so much worse. So lessers up to ~80 (iirc, been a while since I used heavy melee) are gonna be cleared far faster with the Orthos Prime than the Galatine, only gonna make a difference against heavies.
fatpig84 Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) Most important thing about Orthos Prime over any other melee weapons. It's range with a max reach you can kite Ancients with it. And that includes Toxic ancients. Galatine doesn't seem so, in fact the hit box is smaller than the weapon look itself. Galatine however replaces the Gram nearly completely since the DPS gulf is too big. Edited September 30, 2013 by fatpig84
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I was thinking about farming for the orthos prime, but now that they've released the Galatine, I'm not so sure...
I'll be using it for a charge build, and the orthos prime has a slightly higher charge DPS, but it's quite a bit harder to obtain. Thoughts?
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