Anyone ever try and mod their crit pistol differently?

[Newnight]

I am aware that crit pistols aren't the only weapons in warframe , but they are usually the most well liked. I was looking through my pistols and kinda noticed that they can usually be modded the same way with with: PTC, PPG,  PHG, LT, BD, HS, two 90% mods( corrosive always) or the same way but with the 60% variants if its status enough and I rarely ever try modding them differently ( cept aklexp cause of that recoil). So i am asking, does anyone mod the weapon different to be just as effective, more effective, or mod it for a specific frame's needs? 

[Cyborg-Rox]

Some weapons have just way too many problems to fix along with both crit mods. In my case, Wraith Twin Vipers. Great damage, fire-rate, crit potential, but terrible recoil, magazine size, and ammo efficiency. So what I did was, I got a Riven that could replace 3 of the mods I would use, and that let me put on everything I wanted, while still keeping the DPS good.

[taiiat]

for a lot of Weapons, Primed Heated Charge when it's not your primary Elemental is very hard to justify over Punch-Through...
(and Corrosive Fire vs Armored Enemies is terrible, Corrosive Ice is better - if you're stripping the Armor first so that the Fire Damage doesn't do effectively zero Damage you wouldn't be using Corrosive Fire vs Grineer/ Corrupted anyways)

opting out of Punch-Through is... honestly i'd say it's just bad but it would be okay i guess if you're permanently turning Enemies off so that you can play a shooting gallery the entire Mission.

 

but more to answer the question - when facing Armored Enemies, i often end up dropping Crit Damage for a secondary Elemental so that i do acceptable Damage to both Armor Types, instead of plinking on some of the Enemies.

[(PSN)robotwars7]

nah, I usually prefer to play to a weapon's strengths, especially on Crit ones since I love those bigger numbers. however, I have explored alternate builds, they just aren't as fun for me. if you get a decent Riven though, you can have the best of both worlds: passable crit on a status weapon, and added elemental sting to crit weapons.

[AzoreanEve]

The only deviation I ever did was put, instead of primed heated charge, creeping bullseye. On Euphona Prime. Then I got a Riven that was basically creeping bullseye but better and without the negative fire rate and now i use that.

Everything else I keep the standard builds.

 

Crit is a bit dull to use and build (imo) on non melee weapons, but it sure can be effective. Up to a certain point.

Edited April 29, 2017 by AzoreanEve

[Gravitus123]

Depends on the weapons stats.If it has like 20% status chance and decent firerate i will use dual stat mods instead of 90% elemental ones but the crit mods pretty much stay the same

[(XBOX)Bortis Badtouch]

this is my vaykor marelok, i built it for hybrid damage http://warframe-builder.com/Secondary_Weapons/Builder/Vaykor_Marelok/t_30_22222300_193-1-5-204-0-10-206-2-5-263-6-3-328-7-3-487-5-9-543-4-10-605-3-10_204-7-193-6-206-6-605-7-543-6-487-8-263-7-328-7/en/3-0-53

[Zeyez]

its hard to do it, because of the problems you already pointed out: too many mandatory mods, too little slots

[Sakatchi]

You're pretty much stuck with +crit +crit damage multishot and 3 90% elementals for max damage

or if you're feeling crazy 3 60% status 60% damage mods.

Because there's no current better way to build crit pistols.

[(XBOX)ThermalStone]

Primed Heated Charge is the only optional mod in that build because heat isn't the best element.  That is a lot of extra damage you're giving up for fire rate or punch through or whatever though.

Otherwise get a riven that can replace something (usually an element) while adding something useful (usually more crit or multishot).