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3/4/2015 5:35:34 PM
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Focused Fire is a Nerf not and upgrade.
So recently I came into a Suros Regime. To be honest I'm a scout rifle guy, but I was still excited to get what many consider the best auto rifle in the game. I thought at the very least I could use it in PvP (as I prefer auto rifles over scouts there).
I wanted to see how much of an "Upgrade" Focused Fire really was so I collected some data last night and to my dismay discovered that the Focused Fire "Upgrade" is actually a NERF.
I first went to Cosomodrome and did some timing of how long it took me to empty the mag (both with and without focused fire). What I measured was that the Rate of Fire (Rounds per Sec) decreased by approximately 43% from ~7 RPS down to ~4.8 RPS
Next I hopped over to the crucible and captured some damage data. Focused fire only increased the damage by 30% for body shots (from 20 to 26) and by 33% for head shots (from 24 to 32).
NOTE: I think the actual increase is 33% which would put the body shot at 26.666667 which is truncated down to 26.
Even a 33% increase can't overcome a 43% reduction in RPS.
I know the argument that the slower rate of fire will allow you to do more headshots. While that is true, it would require what 50% of your shots be headshots in order to reach the non nerfed DPS.
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1 ReplyWhen you fire shot by shot, instead of just holding down the trigger, you fire way faster and with all the benefits from Focused Fire. This is common knowledge between SUROS Regime Users. However, with the recent nerf, SUROS Regime has lost its status as the absolute beast it once was. It's still effective, sure, but there's no point in using it when you can simply switch to the "sniper cannon" Hawkmoon or the "two shots and poison from across the map" Thorn.
