I have a 2 part question and Id like some opinions on the matter. Disregard playstyle for a moment. Do you prefer the elemental damage bonus or the raw damage a weapon can get? Raw Damage is not resisted by anything that Im aware of and elemental effects only really affect around 30% of each type of troop. Fire is the more common but the cast it works on primarily dies in one hit anyways. Caustic provides a more simple approach to killing shielders and bosses for the most part, however you lose overall damage to resiliant enemies.

This brings up another question. Ive been experimenting, doing farm runs with different weapon types and what I found is that a bigger punch, rather than a hail of bullets, is often just quicker and easier. I suppose they, the magnums and shotguns, reload slower but it seems like the less damaging rifles and SMG type guns require like half a clip to kill the same opponent that I do with a single shot or two. At that point the faster reload doesnt really make a difference does it?

In essence my question is thus. Rate of fire over raw damage and once attained raw damage over elemental affect? Im mid game by the way. Not to end game content just now so if thats the mitigating factor let me know. Anyhow. Have fun and play nice.