My beloved Pestilence, which was the most fun gun EVER - especially with BT missions - is a worthless POS now. The plague only impacts one NPC at a time, so the effect is almost comically stupid to watch. I fired over a wall and killed one NPC then stayed under cover to watch what happens and it's so stupidly slow to see one NPC die, then he transfers the plague to the next closest one, then wait while he slowly drops health and dies, then transfers it to the next, and so on.
The only "pluses" I see with this is that as long as NPCs are near it doesn't time out, and just keeps transferring indefinitely until there are none left in range, and that you don't have to kill the NPC for the plague to start depleting their life, but otherwise only one at a time, and the actual deduction from health is soooo slow (not to mention the DPS is nerfed absurdly) that it's just not fun any more.
Maybe you can try a four-piece pioneer set, + glass cannon.Originally Posted by Sock_Monkey Go to original post
Primary attribute weapon damage, and secondary attribute skill damage.
I assume Pioneer is one of the newly-introduced gear sets? Since Gear 2.0 I have been so disgusted with the changes I've played probably less than 40 minutes and haven't seen any of the new sets at all.Originally Posted by Marriorqq Go to original post
Yeah, it was just hilariously fun when the BTs came in on a chopper and rappelled down the ropes. I'd pick out the one red guy (if there was one) open fire on him and when he exploded in a cloud just watch all the other NPCs die halfway down and fall off their ropes.Originally Posted by CassiousCloud Go to original post
I always got a laugh out of it, and it's also probably the reason Massive thought the gun was OP and needed to be neutered.
No, but DoT damage scales by Your weapon dmg. So Spotter plus Wicked will work. Get True patriot, for example, petrov named gloves and something else on pure dmg.Originally Posted by Jadedsins Go to original post
I'd like to share I have a status effect/armour/skill build atm, that procs bleed/blind/burn virtually all the time.(Note though I only have 1 red stst, this build is for survivalist solo) but the status effect gear weapons are probably worth having.Originally Posted by Jadedsins Go to original post
Talents and guns to look for of which I have
Chest piece with Trauma (Applies blind to an enemy hit in the head 30s cooldown, applies bleed to enemy hit in chest , same cooldown.(Gila)
Back pack I swap between 2 Anarchists cookbook named Golan gear (perfectly wicked applying a status effect increases total weapon damage by 18% for 27s)
Chemar back pack (Golan gear) with Creeping Death (when you apply a status effect, it also applies to all enemies within 5m of your target.
Weapons
Vector 45 ACP with ignited
Negev with blind
The grudge SMG (perfectly vindictive killing an enemy with a status effect applied grants you and all allies 20m 18% CHC and 18% CHD for 20s
Everlasting Gaze named Mk17 (perfect Perpetuation) Headshots grant +50% status effect damage and duration to the next status effect you apply
Savage Wolverine
Glory Daze 100% stability.
PS all I need is an AR with Sadist
Those are things worth looking for.