Zakalwe Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Which do you prefer and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelGuardcc Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 my axe level 25 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfo Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 my axe level 25 :D Wat... Well to answer your question, if you want a jump attack that knocks enemies down, pick Cronus. If you want higher attack speed and a jump attack that sets enemies on fire, pick Heat Sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChathSuaco Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Well to answer your question, if you want a jump attack that knocks enemies down, pick Cronus. If you want higher attack speed and a jump attack that sets enemies on fire, pick Heat Sword. So what your saying is chronus is better against corpus and grineer, and heat sword is wonderful against infested? Edited January 16, 2013 by ChathSuaco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakalwe Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 I'm not sold on the Heatsword's slam move, can it be upgraded via specific mods? The fire effect in general seems to be pretty weak, unless I'm missing something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trancemaster Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I see no reason what so ever to use a sword....have you seen the new weapons dude? thay got twice the damage and deal AOE splash and basicly insta gib anything out there once you get it to lvl 30 with charge power mod stacking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfo Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I see no reason what so ever to use a sword....have you seen the new weapons dude? thay got twice the damage and deal AOE splash and basicly insta gib anything out there once you get it to lvl 30 with charge power mod stacking! This, pretty much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChathSuaco Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I love how on topic this thread is... "Between the cronus and the heatsword, which is better" I tried to stay on topic, but we have this derpy "hammers!!!" thing going on... sheesh people stay on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcalane Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Stay on topic... stay on topic...! [/sw] I've been using the Cronus non-stop since I could forge it, and I have a Heat Sword about to finish production in an hour or so. I expect it won't hold a candle (har) to my well-modded and upgraded Cronus, but we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfo Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I love how on topic this thread is... "Between the cronus and the heatsword, which is better" I tried to stay on topic, but we have this derpy "hammers!!!" thing going on... sheesh people stay on topic. I think this topic has enough information about the two swords to guide him towards what is overall better to use since the new releases. There's not anything else to say than what has already been said, besides "i like this and that" posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChathSuaco Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I think this topic has enough information about the two swords to guide him towards what is overall better to use since the new releases. There's not anything else to say than what has already been said, besides "i like this and that" posts. True words are true, but when the first reply in this thread is "derp mah hamma is lvl 26 :D(erp)" It's a little annoying -,-' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcalane Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Okay, so taking the values at uh, face value, the Heat Sword is even faster than the Cronus and does the same damage, and its groundslam sets nearby enemies on fire. Despite the name, it doesn't seem to do any fire damage on normal or charge strikes without weapon mods - I wasn't seeing any burning effects and it was levelling quite rapidly despite past experience showing that elemental damage is not 'passed on' to the weapon that caused it, a primary cause of slow melee levelling. Edited January 17, 2013 by Arcalane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseThief Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) The heat sword has a tiny AoE on the ground slam, so it takes about 5 slams to knock all the bits off the reactor, and that was pretty much the sole reason why I like my Cronos or Jaw Sword more. The Cronos knocks out a reactor in two jump slams and a jaw sword does it in one. Edited January 17, 2013 by CheeseThief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARSBarry Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 heat sword.... your not gonna be using ground slams to often since they leave you open for far to long, the heats faster attack speed is the bonus you are looking for right now, and the gap widens the further you upgrade this beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcalane Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Seconding both of the above. If you don't use groundslams much then the Heat Sword is pretty much a straight speed upgrade over the Cronus which is itself a straight damage+speed upgrade over the Skana last I checked. I wouldn't be surprised if the Heat Sword's groundslam got buffed though, right now it's just pathetic. Plus it looks kinda cool, though that's a personal taste thing. Edited January 17, 2013 by Arcalane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakalwe Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yeh, I'm buyilding my axe now but I'm not one to just min/max and forget about everything else. My favourite weapons are the Snipetron and Braton because I like how they feel to fire. I love how the swords work, too, I'm pretty sure no matter how good the new weapons are I'll still use these often enough. Still can't decide which I prefer between these two, though, I do use the Cronus slam quite often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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