Jaimas Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) We need to come up with hilariously awesome Spectra Builds, people, because its damage has almost quadrupled: Pre-Patch: 0.80 Impact 5.60 Puncture 1.60 Slash 8 damage totalPost-Patch:3.0 Impact 21.0 Puncture 6.0 Slash 30 Damage Total It is time for the Spectra to emerge from its place as an irrelevant flashlight. Allow the nonsense of the littlest plasma cutter to commence. This is what I worked out as a basic config: http://goo.gl/dZi5Me Edited August 14, 2014 by Jaimas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shion963 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Does it still deal damage in per-second clumps, or did they undo that monstrosity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaintestAura Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Wow Sad I tossed it like four updates ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
277787 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I still liked it before the changes. It was my main pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimas Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Does it still deal damage in per-second clumps, or did they undo that monstrosity? Does damage in much smaller clumps now. All the continuous-fire weapons do, it seems, but it's especially noticable with the lasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimas Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 I still liked it before the changes. It was my main pistol. I love guys like you, 277787. You're like me. You see a gun nobody else is using and is dismissed as trash, but nobody's thwarting you, even as you get derision for packing Forma on a gun like the Spectra. Then a patch rolls around, and (to coin a contrast) you're sitting atop an Attica with a storm of Forma already spent on turning it into a death machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazeth Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Meh, Brakk is more my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brynslustafir Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The time has come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrphanMaker Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We need to come up with hilariously awesome Spectra Builds, people, because its damage has almost quadrupled: Pre-Patch: 0.80 Impact 5.60 Puncture 1.60 Slash 8 damage totalPost-Patch: 3.0 Impact 21.0 Puncture 6.0 Slash 30 Damage Total It is time for the Spectra to emerge from its place as an irrelevant flashlight. Allow the nonsense of the littlest plasma cutter to commence. This is what I worked out as a basic config: http://goo.gl/dZi5Me OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WARFREAM BUILDER!!!!!! O_O Wow!!!!! THANK YOU!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shion963 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Better than it was, but still not as good as before. I miss my numberspraying corpsecutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScorpDK Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) there's still a noticeable delay between damage being dealt, but since this is an online game and they need to optimize, no way around it, I guess. You sweep over a group of enemies, and they fall to pieces about 150-300ms later, when the damage kicks in, even in solo-mode. Somewhat kills the immersion. I rather they didn't show ANY damage numbers, than have the damage being dealt with such delays. Edited August 14, 2014 by ScorpDK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AureusVulpes Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Wow Sad I tossed it like four updates ago I never get rid of any of the guns I get. Ever. For this exact reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurzil Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Long been a fan of the Spectra, formad it and I've used it many times.. Now this brings it into the realm of OP it deserves. Time for more hip flux madness.. Lul@all the people that thought it would never get its day.. Silly rabbits.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnProdman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Spectra is still bad, it's just not as terrible now. All the update did was change it from a cosmetic weapon to something that'll actually contribute to your squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimas Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Long been a fan of the Spectra, formad it and I've used it many times.. Now this brings it into the realm of OP it deserves. Time for more hip flux madness.. Lul@all the people that thought it would never get its day.. Silly rabbits.. The Spectra has come to reap the doubters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shion963 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) there's still a noticeable delay between damage being dealt, but since this is an online game and they need to optimize, no way around it, I guess. You sweep over a group of enemies, and they fall to pieces about 150-300ms later, when the damage kicks in, even in solo-mode. Somewhat kills the immersion. I rather they didn't show ANY damage numbers, than have the damage being dealt with such delays. I play on solo most of the time, and my Twin Vipers are perfectly fine with spraying numbers. Online delay is understandable, but off?EDIT:Put a Gunslinger on it, it almost feels like it did when it sprayed numbers. Yep, Gunslinger helps. Now to find a way to get the Slash damage higher than Puncture... Edited August 14, 2014 by Shion963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
277787 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) I dropped 5 Formas over 4million Exp. put into it. It was worth all of the farming to re-level each time, because it got stronger every time. I laugh at the people who wished it was like the Flux Rifle, and the doubters because they didn't know the potential this gun had. I don't care for an update/buff for it because, people will use as much as the Flux rifle when it was super buff updates ago. I like when I seemed to be the only one who know it's power that was hidden inside of it. Edited August 14, 2014 by 277787 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)AtlasXV Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 where did you get the stats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shion963 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 where did you get the stats? On the weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)MrNishi Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 where did you get the stats? where did you get the stats? where did you get the stats? You are on the console which is at update 14.1 The buff for Spectra and ammo change for Launchers comes in update 14.2 So no buff yet on PS4, but soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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We need to come up with hilariously awesome Spectra Builds, people, because its damage has almost quadrupled:
Pre-Patch:
Post-Patch:
3.0 Impact
30 Damage Total
It is time for the Spectra to emerge from its place as an irrelevant flashlight.
Allow the nonsense of the littlest plasma cutter to commence.
This is what I worked out as a basic config: http://goo.gl/dZi5Me
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