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    Exotic DPS Numbers

    Is it me or are exotics stronger then non-exotic weapons?

    For example I had a assault rifle GS 270-280 with the DPS 26.9k and got a exotic today that had the GS of 265 with the DPS of 11.2k-11.9k and the exotic melted elites 10x faster than the assault rifle I had previously that had double the DPS #s and higher GS.


    Do exotics deal more dmg due to being harder to get even though they are lower GS and DPS #s?


    Lastly has anyone else noticed this?

    The weapon I got was a Big Alij

    and I dont remember the rifle I had before but it wasn't anything special for it being GS 270-280 it was however a gold weapon though from a daily or weekly cache.
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    Originally Posted by PlayingSoloTD Go to original post
    Is it me or are exotics stronger then non-exotic weapons?

    For example I had a assault rifle GS 270-280 with the DPS 26.9k and got a exotic today that had the GS of 265 with the DPS of 11.2k-11.9k and the exotic melted elites 10x faster than the assault rifle I had previously that had double the DPS #s and higher GS.


    Do exotics deal more dmg due to being harder to get even though they are lower GS and DPS #s?


    Lastly has anyone else noticed this?

    The weapon I got was a Big Alij

    and I dont remember the rifle I had before but it wasn't anything special for it being GS 270-280 it was however a gold weapon though from a daily or weekly cache.
    assault rifles have enemy armor damage on them so that may be a factor if the other was an assault rifle.
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    It would just depend on the talents on the weapon I bet. You def cant go on DPS alone. I have a 204 weapon that hits just as hard as my 256 because of the talents even though the DPS is much lower.
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    Originally Posted by moesuvious Go to original post
    It would just depend on the talents on the weapon I bet. You def cant go on DPS alone. I have a 204 weapon that hits just as hard as my 256 because of the talents even though the DPS is much lower.

    Neither of them really had impressive talents, Big Alij had 1 that said said something about firing out of cover you gain 10-25% more damage (I think)

    on the assault rifle it was more or less what seemed like generic talents that all rifles seem to have that arent special x FA / x stamina = better reload and so on.


    Now that I think of it Big Alij is a Light Sub that has a little over 1800-1900 bullets and 114 in the clip, and the assault rifle I had only had 47-57 in the clip and around 1200-1300 total bullets.

    It just threw me for a loop that a lower GS / DPS item could do so much better guess a high weapon of same class would prob do alot better.
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    Originally Posted by PlayingSoloTD Go to original post
    Neither of them really had impressive talents, Big Alij had 1 that said said something about firing out of cover you gain 10-25% more damage (I think)

    on the assault rifle it was more or less what seemed like generic talents that all rifles seem to have that arent special x FA / x stamina = better reload and so on.


    Now that I think of it Big Alij is a Light Sub that has a little over 1800-1900 bullets and 114 in the clip, and the assault rifle I had only had 47-57 in the clip and around 1200-1300 total bullets.

    It just threw me for a loop that a lower GS / DPS item could do so much better guess a high weapon of same class would prob do alot better.
    It really depends of the talents. I have a HE lwm4 that outclasses most of my exotic ARs. It is because of the talents on that weapon.
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    Originally Posted by PlayingSoloTD Go to original post
    Neither of them really had impressive talents, Big Alij had 1 that said said something about firing out of cover you gain 10-25% more damage (I think)

    on the assault rifle it was more or less what seemed like generic talents that all rifles seem to have that arent special x FA / x stamina = better reload and so on.


    Now that I think of it Big Alij is a Light Sub that has a little over 1800-1900 bullets and 114 in the clip, and the assault rifle I had only had 47-57 in the clip and around 1200-1300 total bullets.

    It just threw me for a loop that a lower GS / DPS item could do so much better guess a high weapon of same class would prob do alot better.
    Another thing to remember is that the Big Alejandro is throwing 1000 bullets per minute at the enemy, so if you had a lower speed AR then it'll take a lot longer to wear down enemies.
    It might also be the case that the talents were specific to elites. 10% extra damage to elites can melt them pretty quick at a 1000RPM
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