Why Is The Tigris An Anti-Infested Weapon?

[Killerdude8]

I'm confused, I'll run over some Key points.

 

First off, the Infested, the only relevant Trait.

- They are a SWARM

 

Tigris:

- Small magazine

- Tight spread

- Low pellet count

- Long reload time relative to Mag size

- Strong against Infested

 

None of this makes sense whatsoever. 

[CY13ERPUNK]

yep

pretty much my conclusion as well

[Hawner]

That is why I sold it when I got it to rank 30. I have waaaaaaay better weapons against infested than Tigris.

[Magmahunter]

presumably due to the high slash dmg it does

[trst]

It's not anti-infested, slash damage works on the health of almost every enemy type in the game.

 

Want it to be anti-Grineer? just add corrosive damage. Corpus? Magnetic.

Edited February 11, 2014 by trst

[Magmahunter]

It's not anti-infested, slash damage works on the health of almost every enemy type in the game.

 

Want it to be anti-Grineer? just add corrosive damage. Corpus? Magnetic.

yes, but Infested aren't hiding behind heavy alloy armors or shields

[Killerdude8]

It's not anti-infested, slash damage works on the health of almost every enemy type in the game.

 

Want it to be anti-Grineer? just add corrosive damage. Corpus? Magnetic.

But it's natural Strengths make it an Anti infested weapon.

I just want to know why they gave it a Damage type that is strong against a faction this weapon is Clearly not meant for.

[trst]

yes, but Infested aren't hiding behind heavy alloy armors or shields

 

Again, that is why you add corrosive/magnetic.

But it's natural Strengths make it an Anti infested weapon.

I just want to know why they gave it a Damage type that is strong against a faction this weapon is Clearly not meant for.

Natural strengths? The problems it has stated by op clearly say how it is bad against infested. And again, almost every Grinner and Corpus enemy have health that is weak to slash damage or at the very least not resistant to it. Because of this slash based weapons can be the most versatile weapons in the game because of elements from dmg 2.0.

[BemoGuinness]

High Slash DMG + Seeking Force = a crap load of dead infested.

[Vahlak]

High Slash DMG + Seeking Force = a crap load of dead infested.

This. It is meant to be a 'cone of death' imo.   Huge damage, seeking force, vicious spread, you can wipe out entire groups of infested no problem.

[Tsoe]

trigris work well for anything if well moded

[Vahlak]

trigris work well for anything if well moded

It also looks absolutely bad &#!. Even in pink. Like mine. >.>

[Amistyrja]

I regret rushing the Tigris.

 

 

trigris work well for anything if well moded

anything works well for anything if well-modded

 

 

 

It also looks absolutely bad &#!. Even in pink. Like mine. >.>

mine's pink too =D

[Killerdude8]

High Slash DMG + Seeking Force = a crap load of dead infested.

Excuse me whilst I try and convince the Creepy Zombie swarm to line up for me.

:)

 

It should have 160 Puncture damage, 20 slash, the traits the weapon bares are not suited for the Faction that SWARMS.

[Vahlak]

Excuse me whilst I try and convince the Creepy Zombie swarm to line up for me.

:)

 

It should have 160 Puncture damage, 20 slash, the traits the weapon bares are not suited for the Faction that SWARMS.

Again, vicious spread.  Use it.

 

Actually, i will just leave this link here

 

 

 

Be amazed. It's more awesome than you want to admit.

[Killerdude8]

Again, vicious spread.  Use it.

 

Actually, i will just leave this link here

 

 

 

Be amazed. It's more awesome than you want to admit.

I know it's Awesome, I absolutely adore it!

But it's incredibly confusing how such an unsuited weapon is designed for the Swarming faction.

 

And as stated above, put enough mods into anything and it'll be awesome. 

Edited February 11, 2014 by Killerdude8

[Vahlak]

I know it's Awesome, I absolutely adore it!

But it's incredibly confusing how such an unsuited weapon is designed for the Swarming faction.

 

And as stated above, put enough mods into anything and it'll be awesome. 

Totally didn't watch the video did you?

 

 While unmodded it does not work too well (and really what gun does?), once you actually put mods into it, it turns into a beast. It is fun to use, it does tons of damage, it is easy to use (thanks to vicious spread + seeking force).  It is capable of one shotting entire groups of infested, ancients included.

 

 The infested swarming towards you works to its ADVANTAGE.

[Vahlak]

 To me it sounds like you are unhappy with the base stats, that they do not work for it's purpose.  What you don't seem to realize is that it is balanced around it being modded to hell.

[Tsoe]

aside damage yu ncan use it as a proc luancher

 

 

use spread damage+multi shoot

 

and some statut  boost + seeking

 

 

 

this and radiation

 

 

i call it Trinyx

Edited February 11, 2014 by Tsoe

[Tulzscha]

It's a nod to the Doom 2 super shotgun, perfect for annihilating legions of space zombies and demons. As Infested in Warframe are the closest to that, it makes perfect sense.

[Zyrusticae]

I'm still amused that people are stuck on the slash damage when it makes up something like 1/6 of the weapon's entire damage potential after mods (even less than that if you account for the damage boosts with the right elements). 

 

Element-only weapons I can understand the complaints for, but this? Just mod it for the optimal element for each enemy, that's all you have to do. The fact that the base damage is heavy slash is largely irrelevant.

 

That being said, I wouldn't be against seeing yet another damage boost, at least until it can keep up with the burst damage of the Strun Wraith (yes, aiming high here, but let's be fair - even if it could match its burst it still wouldn't match its sustained damage).