Opticor needs some love

[Wyrmius_Prime]

Love, preferably in the form of quicker charge rate, being able to hold the max charge for at least a limited time similar to Daikyu and/or a larger AoE on the projectile's impact. Maybe even give it the 2x fire rate boost from mods like bows get?

In Warframe we most of the time fight huge crowds of enemies at once so Opticor currently isn't suited for those situations because of its tiny AoE and really low rate of fire. Its single-target damage is also majorly inferior to all the bows and snipers in the game. Opticor is trying to be the middle ground between launchers and bows, similar to Oberon trying to be the all-around master of none type of frame, and failing at it miserably.

I bet there are those people who'll say that ''It's great at this really specific situation that you'll find yourself only when the moons align correctly once in a century'' without realizing that there are at least dozens of different weapons that perform superior to Opticor any day of the week.

Edited February 19, 2017 by Wyrmius_Prime

[-N7-Leonhart]

Yeah, it really needs to be able to fight a larger number of enemies faster. I have a Riven that multiplies the damage numbers on it by around 3x times, and even with that, it's still not useful enough. Even though I can obtain insane amounts of damage, it's just too slow against multiple enemies.

[CrudShuzKong]

Whats even better is that it will soon be completely shadowed by the corpus speargun, leaving its appearance the only redeeming quality of the gun...

[Drufo]

Without speed mods it's reaally slow. I got lucky with a Riven mod, but without it my Opticor wouldn't perform so well.

[Acersecomic]

Sexiest weapon in game that is also almost as impractical as Javlok with Heavy Caliber. I have 6 forma on mine,  I love it, but it is highly impractical.

Edited February 19, 2017 by Acersecomic

[Nox_Terminus]

They could solve some problems by making the puncture mods available again. Baro has brought the other event IPS mods, but the puncture mods have been absent.

[(PSN)Crixus044]

Problem is that the charge weapons like bows, lanka, and even the drakgoon somewhat basically does what the Opticor does except usually better. It needs innate punch through because it is a big f**** laser that doesn't really beam through anything. It could have 50% crit chance like the amprex, that'd make it real epic and real powerful, since right now, it's slower, clumsier, and less powerful than most other charge/high damage per shot weapons. Maybe lower the fire rate a little too compensate though

Edited February 20, 2017 by (PS4)Crixus044

[Nox_Terminus]

On 2/19/2017 at 4:46 PM, (PS4)Crixus044 said:

Problem is that the charge weapons like bows, lanka, and even the drakgoon somewhat basically does what the Opticor does except usually better. It needs innate punch through because it is a big f**** laser that doesn't really beam through anything. It could have 50% crit chance like the amprex, that'd make it real epic and real powerful, since right now, it's slower, clumsier, and less powerful than most other charge/high damage per shot weapons. Maybe lower the fire rate a little too compensate though

You'd think that it basically being a BFG/ Spartan Laser inspired gun, that they would've made it extremely powerful, but with some drawbacks. Instead its kinda powerful, and full of drawbacks. The Ogris is in a similar position, and the Drakgoon....Ive yet to see a good build for it which doesn't stop working at level 50.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Nox_Terminus

[Othergrunty]

As much as i like the Opticor for being a huge beasty looking weapon (which also feels beasty when firing). There is a long line of weapons which can all be deemed in need of some "love".

Edited February 22, 2017 by Othergrunty

[BlackArchas]

The Opticor:

Edited February 22, 2017 by BlackArchas