Puncture: What Is Puncture And What Is It Good For

[wetava]

Question:

Hello guys,

i've already took a view into the wiki but i couldnt find anything.

What exactly is Puncture (Seeking Force etc.) good for and when is it worth using it?

Greetings

Answer:

- It allows your bullets to pass through solid objects, whether obstructions or enemies

- They tended to be rather overpowered before update 7, as you had them coming in flavors of multiple meters of penetration, allowing you to hit multiple enemies in a row or just fire through thick containers to kill enemies on the other side.

Right now they are only good for hammering through grineer shields or light cover, but they are rather expensive for that.

- Currently Puncture upgrades like that: .1, .1, .2, .2, .3, .3 etc. (metres)

I hope that will also help other people like me to understand what Puncture actually is.

Thanks to all the people who posted in that Topic.

Edited March 25, 2013 by wetava

[NumberFiveee]

I always assumed Puncture was the chance of your bullets pass through the enemy, and hitting whatever is behind as well..

At least from the image, that's what it looks like to me..

Like with the Paris, when you get 2 kills for 1 arrow..

Edited March 25, 2013 by whitehorus

[LadyScootaloo]

It allows your bullets to pass through solid objects, whether obstructions or enemies.

Useful, but, doesn't really seem to add any damage and could be used for other things.

Might be worth using for stealth missions with the Paris bow + Enemy Radar to take enemies out behind walls/etc. (no idea how much puncture you need to go through walls... or if it's possible)

[Scar_Gallery]

They all start with 0.1 meters and get 0.1 more very other lvl.

Rare mod so expensive to upgrade...

Not all that usefull. I'd save my slots for something else.

[Dreamwalk3r]

For rifles and pistols - not worth it. May be useful for shotguns against Grineers and Corpus.

Edited March 25, 2013 by Dreamwalk3r

[Godform]

Puncture allows you to shoot through things, in my experience, this is most useful when fighting Shield Lancers. That's about it.

[Feindfeuer]

It shows you how far the projectile will go after hitting an object or enemy in meters (or some similiar unit like yards). They are expensive to upgrade and expensive to use in terms of comsumed power. They tended to be rather overpowered before update 7, as you had them coming in flavors of multiple meters of penetration, allowing you to hit multiple enemies in a row or just fire through thick containers to kill enemies on the other side.

Right now they are only good for hammering through grineer shields or light cover, but they are rather expensive for that.

[LeucienWeaver]

Puncture USED to be insanely amazing, since it would cap out at 5 meters for some weapons, and 10 meters for others, which meant it would go through ten meters of solid matter. You could shoot in an enemy's general direction through a wall, and kill them instantly, or do the lockdown trick to force more and more and more grineer or corpus to appear on the other side of a lockdown door...Kill them, do the trick, kill some more, etc. It was a great way to kill upwards of 800 Grineer in a single mission.

Now, Puncture has a mere 0.1 range, which translates into 10 centimeters. At max, most weapons will see 0.35 Puncture at a 15 energy cost.

Which is absolutely stupid expensive. If you want Puncture, go use the Paris. It has a natural 1 meter puncture.

[Saavedro]

At 0.1 you can shoot through a Grineer's riot shield.

But it's a very expensive mod for what little it upgrades.... Before U7 you could shoot through closed doors!

[Strac_CRO]

they overnerfed the puncture mode, it should start at 1m and go with upgrading to max 3-4 m

[Dreamwalk3r]

they overnerfed the puncture mode, it should start at 1m and go with upgrading to max 3-4 m

No, it's actually fine. Only if it energy consumption was a bit lower...

[zikkim]

what is it good for? absolutely nothing!

[Strac_CRO]

No, it's actually fine. Only if it energy consumption was a bit lower...

how can you make double-hit if puncture is only 0.1m ?

Also I think leveling up puncture mod/card is broken? Unlocking level 2 still leaves puncture at 0.1m. Level 3 gives 0.2m.

Edited March 25, 2013 by Strac_CRO

[_Rue_]

yeah... it should at least go through one of those infested dogs or ancients so you can skewer them with your shotgun. :D

[Shion963]

I use it on my Hek to shoot those pesky Corpus Crewmen in defense maps who hide behind railings.

[LeucienWeaver]

yeah... it should at least go through one of those infested dogs or ancients so you can skewer them with your shotgun. :D

No shotgun fires bolts yet, so there wouldn't be much skewering, sadly.

[Lactamid]

It can be used to kill Grineer and corpus taking cover behind "walls" on cat walks and such. Still, if you aim a little there's usually a gap you could fire through anyway.

[Dreamwalk3r]

I use it on my Hek to shoot those pesky Corpus Crewmen in defense maps who hide behind railings.

This. Also, Shield Lancers (Rank 0 puncture doesn't work on them, use Rank 1 or 2).

[wetava]

Great. Thanks for your many replies to this topic. i think we've got a pretty much clear opinion and definition of puncture now.

[Krrr8or]

It is a bad mod with a massive power cost.

[Keeshhound]

No shotgun fires bolts yet, so there wouldn't be much skewering, sadly.

Bolt Shotgun? I think I need to go lie down now.

[KingTaro]

- Currently Puncture upgrades like that: .1, .1, .2, .2, .3, .3 etc. (metres)

As far as I know, it ranks up as following: 0.1 -> 0.15 -> 0.2 -> 0.25 -> 0.3 -> 0.35

But it only shows one digit after the decimal point.

Explanation:

Max rank is 5.

Once you reach rank 4, the puncture hits 0.3

If rank 5 didn't hit 0.35, but 0.3 instead, as displayed, then there would be no reason to upgrade it to rank 5.

[Cleverbird]

Which is absolutely stupid expensive. If you want Puncture, go use the Paris. It has a natural 1 meter puncture.

Really? Because I cant shoot through the shields of Shield Grineer, and I highly doubt those are more than 1m thick :P

[Dreamwalk3r]

As far as I know, it ranks up as following: 0.1 -> 0.15 -> 0.2 -> 0.25 -> 0.3 -> 0.35

But it only shows one digit after the decimal point.

Explanation:

Max rank is 5.

Once you reach rank 4, the puncture hits 0.3

If rank 5 didn't hit 0.35, but 0.3 instead, as displayed, then there would be no reason to upgrade it to rank 5.

You are right. Shotgun with 0 rank puncture doesn't work against shields, but with 1 rank already shoots through them.