Should I Forma My Soma?

[StanicEnemy]

I need some space for wildfire and some mod and I'm still lvlin up my noob weapons to get mastery xp I want to have a flux asap but for now should I forma my soma and I need to solve my ammo problem,how do I solve the ammo problem? 

[YouHaveShamedYoFamory]

I need some space for wildfire and some mod and I'm still lvlin up my noob weapons to get mastery xp I want to have a flux asap but for now should I forma my soma and I need to solve my ammo problem,how do I solve the ammo problem? 

Soma is the best rifle at the moment so go ahead

[StanicEnemy]

Soma is the best rifle at the moment so go ahead

okay thank you but it has low ammo space how do I solve the problem?

[Althix]

3 times

 

and no soma have enough ammo

[Lactamid]

Soma is good enough to Forma so why not?
IF you hava a ammo mutation mod that is the S#&$, otherwise use burst fire when attacking, switch to secondary/melee from time to time. Equip a +ammo mod. Get Carrier and let it pick up ammo for you if you miss pickups.

[YouHaveShamedYoFamory]

okay thank you but it has low ammo space how do I solve the problem?

put ammo mods i guess. Make sure you have a crit build tho

[Sinistro6]

Once fully modded Soma won't be needing more than 5 bullets to kill anything. 87,5% crit chance + 150% crit damage and anything just melts away.

 

Forma away baby, forma away.

[HailCreation]

I've found soma's ammo problem is in how the user shoots things. 

 

While the weapon is auto fire, I find it is much more ammo efficient to click spam. A lot of ammo is wasted killing mobs by shooting into a dead corpse without realizing. 

[ChaoticVice777]

Once fully modded Soma won't be needing more than 5 bullets to kill anything. 87.5% crit chance + 840% crit damage and anything just melts away.

 

Forma away baby, forma away.

 

Fixed.

[Westmin]

Max crit build = 87.5% chance and 8.4x damage on crit. After serration, split chamber, piercing hit, and crit mods, you have two optional mods.

[Darzk]

For me, I use Rank 0 CryoRounds and Rank 2 Ammo Mutation and everything fits without a forma (only R8 serration).

 

If I level serration to 10 I'll get the forma and max out cryo rounds too, but for now a little extra cold damage doesnt seem worth it.

Edited October 7, 2013 by Darzk

[luanle21]

do the math on how much mod pts u get before u decide to forma a weapon so u dont waste unless u got time and 30+ forma

[Trainer772]

You need 3 forma on Soma. In total, you should have 4 V polaries and 1 line.

 

This is enough to fit maxed out the basic 6:

Vital sense

Hammershot

Split chamber

Serration

Point strike

Piercing hit (Yes, piercing hit is a must-have especially against level 100-130s)

 

Plus 2 other mods of your choice. Shred is a good one (goes through dead bodies, which is a HUGE plus), and I switch between Stormbringer and Hellfire for corpus/grinner and infested.

Edited October 7, 2013 by Trainer772

[VeteranRookie]

Is the extra crit damage from Hammershot (Yeah I see that 60% rating) necessary? Not sure if overkill, but I've only recently picked up my own Soma. Was thinking about slotting Shred for utility into the cookie cutter build since I don't have Hammershot. Never done a T3 mission yet too, so I'm unfamiliar with higher level enemies.

[Darzk]

Is the extra crit damage from Hammershot (Yeah I see that 60% rating) necessary? Not sure if overkill, but I've only recently picked up my own Soma. Was thinking about slotting Shred for utility into the cookie cutter build since I don't have Hammershot. Never done a T3 mission yet too, so I'm unfamiliar with higher level enemies.

 

Its 60% times the base crit multiplier, which is 300%. So its +180% damage on a crit, or ~+150% damage overall. Basically the equivalent of a Rank 9 Serration. So yes, its necessary.

[Trainer772]

Is the extra crit damage from Hammershot (Yeah I see that 60% rating) necessary? Not sure if overkill, but I've only recently picked up my own Soma. Was thinking about slotting Shred for utility into the cookie cutter build since I don't have Hammershot. Never done a T3 mission yet too, so I'm unfamiliar with higher level enemies.

It's not necessary but it's a huge help in spraying down groups of level 120s. Otherwise the soma wrecks with or without it. If possible, use both Shred and Hammer shot, since Shred will replace the need for speed trigger and help you tear through dead bodies. If you don't have hammershot, add an elemental but it will scale less.

 

 

btw, hammershot is a 1% nightmare mode drop. Have fun getting it.

[VeteranRookie]

Thanks for the quick replies! Looks like I've got some more farming to do.

[rohver]

Forma your soma? Yes. You will have to at least once to fit all the elementals and ammo mutation 

[Sir_Alex_Traffo]

You need 3 forma on Soma. In total, you should have 4 V polaries and 1 line.

 

This is enough to fit maxed out the basic 6:

Vital sense

Hammershot

Split chamber

Serration

Point strike

Piercing hit (Yes, piercing hit is a must-have especially against level 100-130s)

 

Plus 2 other mods of your choice. Shred is a good one (goes through dead bodies, which is a HUGE plus), and I switch between Stormbringer and Hellfire for corpus/grinner and infested.

For the last 2 mods I would go for the ammo mutation one and for the Cyro one instead of Shred, but that's just me...

[PaperAlien]

inb4 Soma Prime.

[Phoenix86]

3*V and 1*- are enough to me, i'm using the Ammo mutation (6 cost) instead of a DPS mod (which would cost 9-11) and i've saved a forma and not worrying about spraying bullets all around :)

 

much more enjoinable

[fatpig84]

Soma has a few builds but the unlimited ammo one needs the least effort.

 

3V 1-

 

Serration (V)

Split Chamber (V)

Shred (V)

AP (-)

Hammer shot

Point Strike

Vital Sense

Ammo mutation.

[Phoenix86]

Soma has a few builds but the unlimited ammo one needs the least effort.

 

3V 1-

 

Serration (V)

Split Chamber (V)

Shred (V)

AP (-)

Hammer shot

Point Strike

Vital Sense

Ammo mutation.

 

Exactly, Shred can be substituted with anything also (i've put in the 3 setups the 3 faction's mods for example)