Dr. Lethal;n2321366 said:
The doomstick outclasses the boomstick in sheer damage potential, and it still does. ...
It has a huge burst on the first shot, that's it. Outclassing?
Fully upgraded fast reloading Boomstick has 504 damage per second.
Fully upgraded fast reloading Doomstick has 513 damage per second.
That is a difference 1.7%. The difference is so small, that it does not matter in most situations. I do not know how you can call that "outclassing".
If you are wondering why the boomstick comes so close, it is because of the reload speed, which is quite slow for the doom stick.
Next point is that we are comparing 8 weight with 12. That is like another weapon (or a crovel which I always take to parry fps).
The downside of the doomstick becomes even more obvious when you compare it unupgraded.
We are now talking about 438 damage per second for 5(!) weight vs 467 damage per second for 11 weight. That is more than double weight for 6,6% more damage per second.
While the boom stick has a damage per second per weight ratio of 87,6 the doom stick is at 42,45. My point is, the doom stick is fine if you compare it damage and ammo wise, but the high weight makes it weak.
It might be fine for players that are playing without a crovel, as they do not need the extra weight, but these players are dying as soon as they are attacked by fleshpounds, as you can hardly dodge them (even with superskilled trickshotjumps they will eventually hit you as they dont stop raging if they dont hit someone).
Most of the time players are dying at late waves, because they are not aware of how strong offperk parrying is.