Unable to understand how SOMA's basic damage is so low

[Blue-sea-and-Dragon]

I can't understand how SOMA's basic damage is so low. It's a rifle that doesn't even have a single digit basic damage, and even the Holy Armor version's basic damage doesn't exceed two digits. Spiritualization can't save it. It's a very good gun, but it's been scrapped due to official settings

[Pakaku]

High rate of fire, magazine size, crit damage… Crit chance and raw damage are low, but the fire rate offsets that. High magazine size lets you fire more shots before needing to reload. High fire rate also gives you more instances per second to trigger a status proc. That’s probably the idea, anyways…

It’s also an MR6 rifle and very old at this point, and has a prime version, so it’s not surprising that it’s pretty much obsoleted

[Chewarette]

There are better options nowadays but it's still an awesome weapon (the Prime ofc).

If you're only looking at its basic damage statistic and not the rest (fire rate, recoil, riven disposition, specific mods, crits, multishot, mag size, reload speed etc) - then use a shotgun or sniper

Edited August 30, 2023 by Chewarette