So... Some time ago MA made
Skildek Vaporizer, so anyone can kill anyone in one hit. Dosnt matter if you got 90 hp or 350 hp, you die in one hit. Rocket with 316-632 damage (compared with one of the best old rocket Viper - 190.5-380dmg) and 18m impact radius (compared to 11 on most other rockets) it destroy everything.
Before VU10, there was the "anti-mattter prototype" type of rifles that had a simular stat. Not sure if they had dropped since. (I Think one version was craftable and one version was lootable.) Also, every time (well nowdays I check item trader), there has been 0 in the token trader - those have been mostly reseller food.
Another thing where you have an advantage is that you have the vrex sga 2000 high tiered. For those who weren't lucky to have the peds or loot the Blueprint back then... good luck. When I get back so I can check ingame, I can show you a comparison between the stats of Vrex 2000 and the (L) rocket launcher about a month ago (and after that you can add the effects of tiering).
A second way to Think, could be that it adds an element to lootable pvp that makes even the highest level skilled players to have to Watch out. I remember an old board game "stratego" that had to "mobs" that could kill out of the ranks: Bombs would kill anyone except a mineur, and spy could kill a field marshal (but nothing else).
(I should add, as you may have guessed, I do not have any vaporizer. I'll wait until I can get one without feeding the resellers who just moves them from NPC to auction.)
Sad to hear that MindArk devalues skills and Hp so much making such nonsence rockets.
I see how people cry so much in forum about terminator, but noone cryes about vaporizer. Difference betweeen these guns basicly is that one is only 1 in game and not shared, and vaporizer can buy all.
This game is unique becuas its should be balanced with no "UBER" damages and "UBER" hp's.
And designing such gun as vaporizer Mindark shows how devalues people who rized theyr skills for years.
I've got skills for vrex2k (*).
I've got plasma skills - skills for years - but no gun that's equal to the eredicator type fours in terms of dmg/sec.
There is a difference between the vaporizer and the terminator: The terminator is used alot in events, and is shared between people. If let's say 3 people can share it, it practically means it pushes 3 others off the prize list. The vaporizer is repairable so it can be used indefinitely.
The vaporizer(L) on the other hand is probably not used in hunting, and even if it was it would mean it would be gone in say a minute, so unless you get an ATH with it, you can't use it to win an event. And it's (L). Given the known supply of it, when you've blown it away you got a slim chance to get Another one.
As for Vaporizer vs pvp proffessional: Given the better range of a weapon like tango, a vigilant pvp professional should have the upper hand against someone with 150 hp having a vaporizer. And, if a normal miner, from time to time, have to Count with getting shot by a pvp professional, is it injust that occasionally a pvp professional would have to bite the dust (not solely relying on huge HP and mod fap)?
You forgot one small thing - MA removed that. It was too powerfull.
What would the dmg range be for tier 10 vrex2k?