u/MickyMace

i remember firebats in Starcraft 1 were pretty much useless beides countering zergling swarms and maybe suicide runs against enemy workers.

and that's because their damage type does -50% damage to medium sized units and -75% damage to large sized units.
so while on theory, 4 firebats should counter an ultralisk well since their price is very similiar, they actually won't do diddly dick because instead of 16 damage they only deal 4 damage.

so were they really useless or am i missing something?

i might just suck at customizing my weapon but there are very few cases any other perks are worth getting

the most common enemies in the game are elites, which are either maniacs (dregs) or wearing flak armor (scabs)
both of these categories cover nearly all elites in the game - gunners, flamers, muties, ragers, trappers, armored dogs and maulers

the rest are either too uncommon to deserve taking perks against them, or are already so squishy that dealing more damage to them is pointless, since they go down in 1-2 hits anyway:

unyielding - bulwarks and reapers. they're both uncommon and reapers are very easy to kill by locking them into melee combat or continuously shooting them in the head which is big and barely moves

carapace armor- crushers, and the recent update made them easier to kill than ever before, plus they're completely irrelevant if you have someone with krak grenades

infested - dogs, poxwalkers and bursters, all die very fast regardless of damage boost, and bursters doesn't require damage at all, just push them away.

unarmored - all very squishy

so what can be better than having +25% damage against nearly all durable enemies in the game?
crit perks if you're going for a specific build, reload speed if you're using shotguns and single-shot guns and that's it.
+10% against all elites or specialists is pointless because you can get 25% instead

and that's it. so is my build philosophy is wrong or do weapon perks (not blessings) need an update?