Lecta, or all whips?

[hpoonis2010]

I made a Lecta and began using it to increase mastery. It is AWFUL! When you use it you get dragged forward to the tip, usually into a mess of enemies. Then, try to hit anything and it is all over the shop. I have only ranked it to 15 but decided to give it up.

Is it just this one or do all whips behave similarly? If so, I shall definitely avoid them all. Terrible, terrible weapon.

[Reclaim Her]

oh brother

[romy]

you actually don't have to use it to increase mastery, only to equip it. It works with all weapons, not only whips.

[Firefrye]

Originally posted by hpoonis2010:

I made a Lecta and began using it to increase mastery. It is AWFUL! Is it just this one or do all whips behave similarly? If so, I shall definitely avoid them all. Terrible, terrible weapon.

Nearly all melee weapon behaviors are tied to their stance. The best in slot stance for whips is Coiling viper, and you can check the wiki to see if the motion or movement patterns tied into each combo will work better for your playstyle.
I'm also fairly sure the Lecta itself is just bad. There are whips with actual stats that will feel better just because they do real damage.

[Shun]

Originally posted by leqesai:

if you are playing solo you will not gain affinity if you do not use the weapon.

My drakgoon levels up without me ever using it in solo, so it definitely gains affinity somewhere.

[FubarOne]

Whip stances aren't really that great, but on heavy attack they have forced slash procs, so treat them like heavy attack weapons and they're not too bad.

Also you don't really need to use a weapon to rank it up, and with how many weapons are in game and how just plain bad so many are, you'll definitely end up not using quite a few but still maxing their rank.

Originally posted by ShunnedRaven:

Originally posted by leqesai:

if you are playing solo you will not gain affinity if you do not use the weapon.

My drakgoon levels up without me ever using it in solo, so it definitely gains affinity somewhere.

Affinity is split depending on a few things. If a warframe ability kills something, then 100% of affinity goes to the warframe. If a weapon kills something then 50% of the affinity goes to the warframe and 50% goes to the weapon. If there's affinity gained from something other than your warframe or your weapons, then 25% goes to your warframe, and 75% is split up among all equipped weapons. That includes shared affinity from team members killing stuff, along with affinity from objectives like clearing a spy vault or successfully defending a mobile defense target.

So with only 1 weapon equipped then shared/objective affinity is split 25% to your frame and 75% goes to that weapon. With 2 weapons equipped that's 25% for the frame and 37.5% to each weapon. If a frame or weapon is maxed out then any affinity it would gain is wasted unless a lens is equipped, so don't believe any weird ideas about the affinity being redirected toward unleveled stuff or anything, it's just gone.

[Everglow]

Originally posted by ShunnedRaven:

Originally posted by leqesai:

if you are playing solo you will not gain affinity if you do not use the weapon.

My drakgoon levels up without me ever using it in solo, so it definitely gains affinity somewhere.

if im not mistaken warframe kills go to the warframe and weapons (only the kill part, the abilty casting gain is to the warframe only) or atleast thats how i remmeber it but i stopped playing a while ago, i just drop by during big updates and primes now

[Everglow]

but on topic, if i remember correctly the lecta is the electric whips that did in fact suck since its you know electric, but the infected whip and archon whips are pretty good

[leqesai]

Originally posted by Everglow:

Originally posted by ShunnedRaven:

My drakgoon levels up without me ever using it in solo, so it definitely gains affinity somewhere.

if im not mistaken warframe kills go to the warframe and weapons (only the kill part, the abilty casting gain is to the warframe only) or atleast thats how i remmeber it but i stopped playing a while ago, i just drop by during big updates and primes now

The post directly above yours explains how it works.

[hpoonis2010]

[quote=Firefrye;3806155895387367435
Nearly all melee weapon behaviors are tied to their stance. The best in slot stance for whips is Coiling viper, and you can check the wiki to see if the motion or movement patterns tied into each combo will work better for your playstyle.
I'm also fairly sure the Lecta itself is just bad. There are whips with actual stats that will feel better just because they do real damage. [/quote]

I didn't really pay much attention to the damage. The most immediate thing was being dragged into a pack every time, and it jarred for being un-necessary.

[jonnin]

Yes, and its not the only one. Many of the melee weapons pull you around or miss the guy right in front of you or whatever else depending on stance and more. Some weapons just don't suit your style, and leeching it to 30 before tossing is the answer.