I'm a relatively new player who has played for over a month (Squire/Soldier). I got a Frost Gun early on specifically to give me a fighting chance to do the Toy Soldier mission without getting overwhelmed by the auto-spawn bots.
I got my Blaster, it works well, but does not freeze the foes ... and I like the ability to select 'who' in the crowd I want to fight next.
So I reviewed the wiki pages on available guns that have a Freeze effect. Patiently checked Basil on level 5 of the arcade day after day until the recipe for a Cryotech Alchemer came up. Filled with joy I made one ....
Well ... I must say the gun sucks. The bullets travel so slowly that battling Gorgos and Kats is more perilous than I would like. The target field also seems to be *very* narrow which makes it fairly useless for targets that constantly move like Gorgos, Kats, Alpha Wolves, and Devilites. The range is shorter, but still longer than a flame-throwing Gun Puppy, so that is ok. I see absolutely no ricochet occurring.
Does it get any better??? Right now it is at level 3 (Tryiing to farm Warm Fire Crystals by doing Arcade missions on Elite and getting mission after mission with none [almost no Luminite either]) will levelling it up help any of these aspects of the gun?
Is there *any* other freeze inducing gun out there?
As far as DPS goes, it seems about half the power of the Blaster, about even with a Proto-Gun. Where I can 4-shot Shankles with the Proto-Gun, I seem to need to 6 or 8-shot them with the Cryotech.
Very Disapointing.
Thanks in advance for the help...
The Alchemer guns definitely get better along the way. At lower levels, they're kind of underwhelming, though. Keep in mind that I'm talking about star levels, not heat levels. Your heat level should drastically affect the damage output but not functionality. Try getting more heat on it and see what you think.
Anyway, I suggest that you wait until the Gunner Update comes out, hopefully within a few weeks. It is highly probable that we will get at least one new freeze inducing gun and I believe it could be better for your needs. Until then, don't worry too much. If you still don't even have a full set of 2* gear, you haven't come far and changing gear doesn't cost too much. Just don't get anything without researching it. Chawkthree has an excellent series of demonstrations of items for beginners. Here is a demonstration of the gun's 5* form.
If you're interested in advanced techniques with the Alchemer guns, consider looking up "switch shooting" and "internal ricochets". It might be a bit much for you right now but you should learn those sooner or later if you intend to go with an Alchemer gun.