Is Strand Weapons That Weak ....

[Sparky862]

Or am I missing something?

I got a Krait. Stasis Weapon that does a huge amount of damage to Red Bars. I'm not one shotting them, but you can see the health bars melting.

Last night I got my 1st Strand Weapon from the War Table. It's a Primary, same as Krait.

Man, I emptied a whole clip and the Red Bar was almost dead.

Am I missing something here? Do enemies have resistance to certain elements and that is what is causing it?

[pants shitter guy]

Auto rifles just kinda suck tbh

[Ray B]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Or am I missing something?

I got a Krait. Stasis Weapon that does a huge amount of damage to Red Bars. I'm not one shotting them, but you can see the health bars melting.

Last night I got my 1st Strand Weapon from the War Table. It's a Primary, same as Krait.

Man, I emptied a whole clip and the Red Bar was almost dead.

Am I missing something here? Do enemies have resistance to certain elements and that is what is causing it?

I experienced a similar thing. Are you comparing play in two different places? I played through the first mission in the city, the one where you first discover those disruptor thingies (played on Classic). It was super-easy, never died. After that there was some sort of timed event happening and I couldn't even scratch any enemies, using same weapons. They seemed completely overpowered and invulnerable.

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by Ray B:

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Or am I missing something?

I got a Krait. Stasis Weapon that does a huge amount of damage to Red Bars. I'm not one shotting them, but you can see the health bars melting.

Last night I got my 1st Strand Weapon from the War Table. It's a Primary, same as Krait.

Man, I emptied a whole clip and the Red Bar was almost dead.

Am I missing something here? Do enemies have resistance to certain elements and that is what is causing it?

I experienced a similar thing. Are you comparing play in two different places? I played through the first mission in the city, the one where you first discover those disruptor thingies (played on Classic). It was super-easy, never died. After that there was some sort of timed event happening and I couldn't even scratch any enemies, using same weapons. They seemed completely overpowered and invulnerable.

My experience is general. Wether it be Vanguard, World or Gambit.

[Chalchiutlicue]

Could be connected to the Quicksilver bug reducing the damage by 40%.
It is also a strand weapon (with catalyst).

[Chronic Complainer Reviews]

partly depends what you are fighting. The enemies on Neomuna are 1810 + and i believe they will always be stronger than you. If you are not finished campaign, when traveling through the map you will encounter these enemies and that could be why.

If you are finished campaign 1770 + power and you are testing strand weapons, I don't think its strand weapons that are weak. I think all non bow weapons are pretty weak. With wish ender I can 1 shot most enemies. However I can pull out my quicksilver with strand catalyst and it takes half a magazine + the homing rockets to kill a basic trash enemy.

With the increased enemy HP, the fact its cabal with shields, or vex that like to hide weak points, it makes a lot of weapons in the game pretty crappy. I wont be using any SMG's with the nerf to resilience, I wont be using swords or glaives, i definitely wont be using auto rifles, scout rifles, and probably not sniper rifles, and no to shotguns too. Basically its Bows, grenade launchers, and rocket launchers. But, thats just my opinion. I want the highest damage per shot, and the fastest time to kill without sacrificing survivability. Bows do that for me. I play hunter, and they seem to have the best stuff for strand with infinite suspending of enemies. However they have no defenses, no way to heal, no barricades, no overshields, no healing rifts or wells, nothing.

Honestly after I get enough currency to buy all the fragments that unlock on 3/7 i'm swapping back to stasis. I don't need strand for anything. Strand offers nothing of real value and only makes the game unnecessarily more difficult. It was the worst part of campaign, as every time i was forced to use strand I was significantly weaker.