Board Thread:Respawnables Discussion/@comment-4689633-20141125141354

So I've done some testing and such and came up with the best weapon for farming elite bots. I'll also be providing some explanations on why some "op" weapons aren't considered. Keep in mind that we are mainly talking about dps here (higher dps = faster take downs, right?), and I do not have every weapon, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. :)

My current result - double barrel shotgun (highest point blank damage and dps in game, at least from my perspective, able to take down whiplash with 5 point blank shots)

Some weapons that I considered but ultimately gave up on - noisy cricket (its offline performance is not nearly as good as its online performance (since in online mode cricket apparently damages players twice), takes at least 2 shots to kill the armored bots. - howitzer (too many shots to kill, with nerfed reloading speed, not very effecient, though effectively against normal bots and unfortunate players) - siege cannon/chemrail (excellent dps but unfortunately not as high as double barrel shotgun) - Plasma shotgun (I thought it should do insane dps up close since it fires 4 shots real fast with quick reload, turns out it only does roughly half the dps of double barrel shotgun...) - blunderbuss (personally I think it's the best second choice elite farming weapon, sadly it's dps is not as high as double barrel shotgun. Though it's agility makes it easier to avoid some hits)

Weapons I haven't tried (because I don't have them T~T) - Thumper - Flare gun - Automatic shotgun

If you have any of the three above weapons, try them on whiplash (the toughest elite bot for now) and give me your results of you can :). (i.e. Amount of shots needed, amount of time it took) 