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8 years ago

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Hurricane and piercing mod question

Question:

In multiplayer, Is the piercing mod working on the N7 Hurricane? Or against enemy armor in general?

The description only states it helps shoot through cover, but I have been assuming it would help against armored enemies like in ME3. Maybe it does, but I am finding it has little effect on the Krogan Berserkers and Hydras unless they are chilled or on fire. So I have fallen back to the talon pistol because it feels like the hurricane is not piercing armor even with the pistol piercing mod.

Tuinbonen
8 years ago
Did you mean the pistol receiver? It only shoots through cover (and the floor 😛). Nothing else.

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Arsenic_Touch
8 years ago
@TECHound wrote:

@Arsenic_Touch wrote:

@TECHound wrote:

At least for story mode there would be no need for it, we use the augmentations instead, as in the [Heat Inducer] augmentation for armor damage, though you will have to choose between the armor damage and shield damage augmentation [Shield Disruptor] because you can only chose one of them per weapon 🙂

Those don't actually apply the ammo consumable to your weapon, they only increase the damage of the ammo consumable itself.

Wait! what???! so those two augmentations only have an effect when you use them in combination with the consumables? 🤔

That is correct. Waste of an augment slot unless you plan on reapplying the consumables regularly. Really wish they would've kept them as passive powers and only allow one activate at a time instead of making it a temporary consumable buff.
TECHound
8 years ago
@Arsenic_Touch wrote:

@TECHound wrote:

@Arsenic_Touch wrote:

@TECHound wrote:

At least for story mode there would be no need for it, we use the augmentations instead, as in the [Heat Inducer] augmentation for armor damage, though you will have to choose between the armor damage and shield damage augmentation [Shield Disruptor] because you can only chose one of them per weapon 🙂

Those don't actually apply the ammo consumable to your weapon, they only increase the damage of the ammo consumable itself.

Wait! what???! so those two augmentations only have an effect when you use them in combination with the consumables? 🤔

That is correct. Waste of an augment slot unless you plan on reapplying the consumables regularly. Really wish they would've kept them as passive powers and only allow one activate at a time instead of making it a temporary consumable buff.

Guess I might as well remake my weapons, it's so rare that I remember to use the consumables in the heat of battle that those two augmentations are pretty much pointless then ☹️