Boltor Prime or Soma Prime?

[(XBOX)MoanForHeals]

Should I use my Boltor Prime or my Soma Prime? I don't know which to use. 

[jmthebigman]

The one that deals the most damage against the enemy.

http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Damage_2.0

[Homer87]

What are you up against? Are you in an area with a lot of objects and have to take those out? Do you have good builds on both your weapons to make this a choice? Also, what @jmthebigman said - depends on what deals the most damage to the enemy.

[pauli133]

Whichever one you like more. Both are capable of dealing with everything in this game.

[Cray]

Soma > Boltor, because I said so.

 

But seriously, even though I rarely admit it, the Boltor performs just as well if you can land your shots.

Edited June 13, 2016 by DeltaPhantom

[LODESAMONEY]

Boltor hits harder per shot and works better with the Shred and Heavy Caliber mods. With Soma you want to go for a Crit build, so Point Strike and Vital Sense. Heavy Caliber isn't so good for it because you want to maintain its accuracy for headshots. 

My Boltor P build: http://warframe-builder.com/Primary_Weapons/Builder/Boltor_prime/t_30_22042230_131-3-0-132-4-5-133-7-5-134-5-5-137-0-10-138-2-5-141-6-5-150-1-10_137-7-150-8-138-11-131-3-132-8-134-6-141-6-133-11/en/2-0-44

My hypothetical Soma P build: http://warframe-builder.com/Primary_Weapons/Builder/Soma_prime/t_30_22342200_131-3-5-132-4-5-133-7-5-137-0-10-138-2-5-140-1-5-141-6-5-159-5-5_137-7-140-5-138-6-131-6-132-8-159-5-141-11-133-11/en/2-0-65/

Only thing I don't know about Soma is if it's better with 90% elemental mods, or 60% elemental status mods.

Edited June 13, 2016 by LODESAMONEY

[Sloan441]

Both.

They mod and perform differently--within the confines of being autotrigger primaries.

One is hitscan and benefits from crit builds. One is a projectile weapon and is all about base damage, elementals, and RoF. Mod accordingly.

Where to use them is more subjective. Personally, I like the SomaP when skirmishing. I like the BoltorP for defending fixed positions.

Then some days you just feel like using a certain gun and the heck with being practical.

All your choice.  

[LODESAMONEY]

28k DPS isn't anything to sneeze at. Boltor P can put out some really scary numbers when it's modded properly, especially if you bring the right elemental combo for the mission. Heavy Caliber will drop its accuracy a bit though, which is actually a good thing because it turns it into more of a spray weapon and you don't have to be quite as precise. The increased spread from lower accuracy can actually help you hit stuff. 

But I would bring a high-accuracy secondary to compliment the weapon when you need to snipe stuff. Lex Prime is an excellent choice to go with Boltor Prime.

http://warframe-builder.com/Secondary_Weapons/Builder/Lex_prime/t_30_22342333_193-4-5-195-6-5-196-3-5-202-2-5-204-0-10-206-1-5-209-7-5-215-5-5_204-7-206-6-202-6-196-6-193-6-215-8-195-6-209-6/en/3-0-44

That's my build for it.

[SoGlow]

Boltor.

[-CdG-Zilchy]

6 hours ago, LODESAMONEY said:

Boltor hits harder per shot and works better with the Shred and Heavy Caliber mods. With Soma you want to go for a Crit build, so Point Strike and Vital Sense. Heavy Caliber isn't so good for it because you want to maintain its accuracy for headshots. 

My Boltor P build: http://warframe-builder.com/Primary_Weapons/Builder/Boltor_prime/t_30_22042230_131-3-0-132-4-5-133-7-5-134-5-5-137-0-10-138-2-5-141-6-5-150-1-10_137-7-150-8-138-11-131-3-132-8-134-6-141-6-133-11/en/2-0-44

My hypothetical Soma P build: http://warframe-builder.com/Primary_Weapons/Builder/Soma_prime/t_30_22342200_131-3-5-132-4-5-133-7-5-137-0-10-138-2-5-140-1-5-141-6-5-159-5-5_137-7-140-5-138-6-131-6-132-8-159-5-141-11-133-11/en/2-0-65/

Only thing I don't know about Soma is if it's better with 90% elemental mods, or 60% elemental status mods.

Soma Prime is a good candidate for the  Acolyte mods Argon Scope and Bladed Rounds, swap out 2 elementals if you want red crits.

[OzoneSlayer]

5 hours ago, Zilchy said:

Soma Prime is a good candidate for the  Acolyte mods Argon Scope and Bladed Rounds, swap out 2 elementals if you want red crits.

Never swap out elementals. Its almost never worth it

[-CdG-Zilchy]

1 hour ago, OzoneSlayer said:

Never swap out elementals. Its almost never worth it

I like red crits :) You can always counter the loss with a Primed Bane mod if you're that concerned. Argon Scope is a great mod, red crits on Soma Prime does a good amount of damage.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Zilchy