Static Discharge from Transistor Shield

[FitzSimmons]

is it just me or +1000 electric damage barely boost damage on weapon? i tested it with ferrox on lv 145 bombard, electric shield without +1000 static discharge deals 376 damage (radiation), with +1000 static discharge it only increased to 465 damage (radiation) from 376. thats sad

[(PSN)purpleskullgamin]

I've said it before and i'll say it again, Static Discharge needs a buff. Personally i think it needs to have it's cap removed, make it so you actually have to hit a target for it to take effect and it needs to be able to hit three enemies not one just one.

[Skaleek]

That level 145 bombard has a fair amount of armour...

[FitzSimmons]

19 minutes ago, Skaleek said:

That level 145 bombard has a fair amount of armour...

if my weapon is much better will the damage noticeable?

 

[Skaleek]

1 hour ago, FitzSimmons said:

if my weapon is much better will the damage noticeable?

 

if you strip the armor entirely you should see the full 1k damage done.

[Tesseract7777]

The issue is that the damage cap makes the passive basically a cosmetic/gimmick than a real feature that improves Volt. 

Once again Scott does something "just because it's cool". 

[FitzSimmons]

2 hours ago, Skaleek said:

if you strip the armor entirely you should see the full 1k damage done.

1k only? aw man

[Lucalope]

.... No the passive is fine. It's actually insane with the new mod.

Take a look at the numbers in this video. The number values for the passive are put in BEFORE critical multipliers are added.

 

Edited June 9, 2017 by LunarMakeshift

[Tesseract7777]

That video is incredibly misleading. For starters, the increased amounts shown aren't really that high against high level enemies, not at all. You act like occasionally procing his passive and doing a couple tens of thousands of damage, with a crit weapon no less, someone makes it powerful or not a bad passive that needs a buff. 

Also against an ancient healer. LOL. Try it against a Bombard/Heavy Gunner, try it against something with armor, it will add tickle amounts of damage, and be a laughable joke that is no real addition to your damage, crit weapon or no. 

We all know it isn't a flat 1000 damage, we know how damage calculation works, but especially against armored enemies, it is laughable at high level as any kind of real advantage. I watched the video and I still believe it needs a buff. 

Also, amazing how condescending that video was, I could barely listen to it. Then going on a tangent about how "only the video creator knows Volt properly", etc. Just weird... and really misleading information. And acts like the people watching don't know that it isn't a flat 1000. Yes, again, we know how the damage calculation works, it is still a very weak, occasional addition to damage, that is barely going to add a scratch to armored targets. 

Edited June 10, 2017 by Tesseract7777