Effectively using rivens?

[khangalanga]

Whenever you get a riven with a certain stat, do you use it to replace a mod with the same stats? Like if you got a crit chance riven with damage and multi, would you get rid of the basic crit chance mod and replace it with this riven? Or do you replace an elemental mod and keep the crit chance mod to get a higher crit chance?

This question applies to all the different mods, I think.

[forsenK]

I'd say you use rivens to further add crits and damage to your weapon, not to replace already existing mods. That would be a bit useless.

[Railgun]

It really depends on the weapon and the stat. for example; I just got an Aksomati riven with crit chance and multishot. I no longer use the regular crit chance mod because even with it on it doesn't go to or above 100%, so instead I use another elemental damage mod, but I would still use the regular multishot mods because it, plus the riven, provides more damage.

Edited October 4, 2017 by SergeantSunshine
just added an "or above" to the sentence.

[Raskol]

It always depend on weapon and riven. I sometimes try to get some elemental dmg or utility on riven to save up space for other mods.

[Archistopheles]

20 minutes ago, khangalanga said:

Whenever you get a riven with a certain stat, do you use it to replace a mod with the same stats?

Typically, most weapons have a "flex" slot where people add in a mod to suit their playstyle.

Rifles, for example:

Serration, Split, Shred, Elemental 1

Elemental 2, Crit, Crit damage, Flex

[xXDeadsinxX]

For me personally, I just sell all the riven mods I get. I just don't really like the riven system.

[Blade_Wolf_16]

Riven with PT are very usefull, imo, since the regular ones are quite "heavy". Status Chance allows the use of non-dual elemental mods (if the Riven can get you too 100%, for example). Fire Rate on Bows and other slow weapons is also quite nice.

[Xardis]

Mostly I get rivens that replace a mod, for example +115.7% electric damage and +152.2% puncture damage on Opticor. I replace the 90% electric mod and dont lose a slot. With others its similar. Usualy I replace a mod with a riven unless the base for certain stat is low, like crit chance. Then I might add it in place of something else to maximize on that crit chance. But if its damage, multishot, firerate and some other stats I replace a mod. Hell, if you are lucky you might replace 2 or even 3 mods making more space for other mods that you might want to fit.

Also, if you are not sure what to do with a Riven, got to warframe builder to see what mod config will be optimal.

Edited October 4, 2017 by Xardis

[HisHolinessAardvarkPrime]

I often use Rivens to shore up the issue of builds with high Crit chance and multipliers but low base damage. 

[NinjaZeku]

On a Crit weapon you can never have too much Crit Chance,
so adding a Riven to at least the (maybe Primed) basic CC Mod = yay.

The only instances where I'd consider a Riven "replacing" a regular Mod would be
getting simple ol' +Damage on Rifles so I don't have to deal with Heavy Caliber's accuracy penalty (lol Ogris)
or getting a nice bonus Punch Through on Secondaries so I don't have to feel bad about (not) using Seeker.
_{[Nightmare Punch Through Mod for Secondaries, DE pls.]}