Kunai So Much Better Than Despair Against Infested...

[ZeGreymane]

Well, I'm a bit dissapointed.

 

I've tried the kunai after the release and was so glad to play with.

 

Here come a Stalker, kill him and drop the Despair bluprint, seams to be so cool...

 

But after craft it and replace my "old" kunai with it, was dissapointed where a kunai one shot each low infested i meet, despair isn't able to....

Nice for a weapon with a full upgrade hornet strike...

 

So, an advice, don't craft this despair, kunai are so much efficient against infested and the abilities of despair to go through ennemies doesn't work in most case....

The boost of damage isn't so significant against the versatility of kunai...

 

Why despair as fang got to be so underpowered against this awful dogs?? :(

 

 

(sorry for this dirty english)

Edited May 27, 2013 by ZeGreymane

[GIMO]

I actually really like Despair o_o but it's all reference

[Phoenix86]

Well maybe Kunai are "infested oriented" and Despair are "grineer oriented"

[LazyTemplar]

I actually like that they aren't a straight upgrade.  

[neKroMancer]

Ahh, I love sidegrade, the game is a lot more interesting.

So Despair has a weakness, after all.

[gimmemoney09]

it makes sense this way, cuz otherwise if the despair was a direct upgrade then there would be no need to play with a kunai.

[tommyrt]

I like the despair I feel when using it against infested. It's nice to have a weakness.

[AscendantWyvern]

Ahh, I love sidegrade, the game is a lot more interesting.

So Despair has a weakness, after all.

This and the post made above him.

When I heard at first that Despair was SIMPLY better than Kunai, my heart dropped. I despise weapons that are outright better than a counterpart with a simple excuse that "it's harder to get." I'm incredibly elated to find out that there are checks and balances between the two.

As for the weakness against infested, I think the best answer to that is to have either Dread (which is one of the few, if not the only current primary that does 3x damage to infested) or a slashing melee weapon. I don't see much stealth needed when fighting infested in any case.

Edited May 27, 2013 by AscendantWyvern

[Weird_Stealth]

I don't know, both throwing knives work rather well when matched with the infected.

[Nodika]

so does the despair do:

1)innate armor piercing (like that of the paris/snipetron) and does armor piercing damage

or

2)just armor piercing damage?

[ZeGreymane]

The both got a native armor piercing.

 

Despair got the ability to go through ennemies (but don't really works)

 

So Despair only got a 55 base damage advantage (kunai 45), but -50% against light infested...

 

Just sad to have already put a catalyser on it and dump my kunai... My bad....

 

So I repeat the advice, stay with kunai, much more efficient in all case.

Edited May 27, 2013 by ZeGreymane

[alocrius]

Sidegrades are a smarter way to build this game I believe. I'm glad the kunai isn't worthless because I'm building it.