Shin Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 when the armor 2.0 comes, not every unit will have tons of armor. You'll need to mod your dakra with AP in that patch its a good weapon while its true it can be buffed critrate wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EinRyu Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 It has indeed been a long time. All weapons need to be brought up to Fang Prime/Galatine/Orthos tier and even more so. Melee should be a viable option for when one prefers to slice everything as opposed to shooting everything. Dual Ichor Tier... I mean honestly if Dual Ichor got a DoT I'm pretty sure they'd be the Acrid of Melee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EinRyu Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The important question is: is Dakra Prime better than Cronus? Because in loot tables it's classified as PrimeCronus If it's better then it doesn't need a buff and it serves the purpose of Prime being superior to regular version Cronus doesn't need MR6 now does it?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otaiken Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Can we just postpone the whole balance discussion till the new armor system comes? It's pointless to balance for system that might be completely removed shortly. Also, Dakra staggers enemies on basic hit and has decent AoE knock-down on jump attack, on top of that it has excellent polarities (V and --) and that saves you forma/potato. You have to list everything when comparing weapons, some people use melee as a means of crowd control and to those Orthos Prime is inferior choice to Dakra. And imho all Dakra needs to become prestigious weapon is to have its own animation set with specific bonuses. Not only would that look cool, it could also provide some interesting mechanics potential. Give it rapier-like animation set that scales dmg with each swing and ends in armor ignoring thrust with 125-150% dmg. There, Dakra is instantly cooler and stronger. Edited October 1, 2013 by LocoWithGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon_Slayer Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Latron and Latron Prime is pure junk. I can kick your Tenno arse with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon_Slayer Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) Can we just postpone the whole balance discussion till the new armor system comes? It's pointless to balance for system that might be completely removed shortly. Also, Dakra staggers enemies on basic hit and has decent AoE knock-down on jump attack, on top of that it has excellent polarities (V and --) and that saves you forma/potato. You have to list everything when comparing weapons, some people use melee as a means of crowd control and to those Orthos Prime is inferior choice to Dakra. And imho all Dakra needs to become prestigious weapon is to have its own animation set with specific bonuses. Not only would that look cool, it could also provide some interesting mechanics potential. Give it rapier-like animation set that scales dmg with each swing and ends in armor ignoring thrust with 125-150% dmg. There, Dakra is instantly cooler and stronger. It's not a rapier. It's not thin at all. The Blade at the end is wider than near the hilt, like the Chinese Dao. It's meant to slash not poke. Edited October 2, 2013 by Mikovsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 i just want Dakra Prime to give my enemies Gold Poisoning with every swing. it would be like Scurvy, with a bit of Poison Sumac, a bit of Anthrax, and a bit of boiling Sulfuric Acid at the same time. they shall bleed gold, because my sword is made out of gold. so much gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parinirvana Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I like it how it is, people would question why I use a crappy weapon, and I can answer: SWAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysis_V Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I have one as well. After spending 15 cells, its sad to conclude that its just another ornamental weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajkrumen Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) Latron and Latron Prime is pure junk. Sike. Edited October 2, 2013 by Ajkrumen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumner Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I like the look of the Dakra Prime, and it's been pretty good to me so far, dealing more damage then I could ask for. Although it's hard to get, I think it's worth it in the end, but some people have chose to wait until Armor 2.0 which I heard should make it better but who knows? I play Ash so I'm mainly focusing on melees with good charge like the Galatine for when I smoke screen but if I had to go with a non-charge melee, I'd pick the Dakra Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) Its benefits are not proportionate to its acquisition difficulty and mastery rank, especially when compared to other melee weapons. A small to medium damage reduction during swing time would be much easier to implement rather than a whole new set of animations with a non-immediate damage poke. It would also give the cosmetic fact that it has a pommel guard some meaning. Edited October 5, 2013 by HalfTheSky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandarex Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 *shrug* I feel as if none of the primes are what they're cracked up to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glisp Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Dakra Prime actually isn't that bad and I've actually fought some level 100+ enemies with it. There are things you can do with mods to increase damage output, though knowing most people, they're too lazy to potato or forma a melee weapon and want it to do a bazillion damage right out of the box. 55 base damage is high for a longsword in this game. Galatine only has a 35 but on the plus side the 400 charge damage makes regular slashes a little redundant until you mod it like crazy. Dakra Prime gets two polarity slots to start with so you won't have to forma it as much to put on some good mods. Keep ind mind, Dakra isn't meant to be god tier like Galatine. It's meant to be a more balanced long sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrok3n Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 It has indeed been a long time. All weapons need to be brought up to Fang Prime/Galatine/Orthos tier and even more so. Melee should be a viable option for when one prefers to slice everything as opposed to shooting everything. Exactly. Melee needs an overall buff Latron and Latron Prime is pure junk. It just needs more skill than you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 It just needs more skill than you have Tell me how does a gun takes skill to use Or are you one of those master race members.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxRabbit Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yeah for enemies level 60 and below. Anything above 100 and you'll be slicing for days to kill one target. but your saving ammo and adding ammo drops to your stockpile for when needed :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeripheralVisionary Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Latron is junk atm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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