Forum:Sonic Emitter Opera Singer - does it really work?

After using the Old World Blues weapon "Sonic Emitter - Opera Singer", and then looking into it using FNVEdit, I'm wondering if the weapon even really does as it says it does.

Its supposed to "dismember/disable" limbs on critical hits, and basically do a bloody-mess on crit-kills. But the effects listed in geck/fnvedit are kinda confusing. If anyone could look into this and let me know how/if this works, I'd much appreciate it. It just doesnt look like it would work with how its effects are setup.

24.131.92.7 00:45, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

It works for me, if you score a critical hit kill shot the bodies would explode like they do in bloody mess.ReapTheChaos 02:12, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

Ok, so the only "bonus" effect it has is the bloody-mess without the +5% dmg? That doesnt seem to be much of a bonus. According to The Vault, it disables/cripples limbs from what I read there, but check it out in GECK or FNVEdit, and I dont see that effect anywhere... maybe I'm missing something? Revan05 18:08, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

None of them do any additional damage, you just get a different effect when you score a critical kill, like dismemberment or they burst into flames etc. Quite honestly they’re pretty worthless.ReapTheChaos 09:08, October 9, 2011 (UTC)

Well the Scorpion Sting one, and the Tarantula one do additional damage on criticals, tarantula does fire dmg on crits, and scorp does explosive on crits. The opera singer apparently doesnt do anything additional on crit strikes, but only on crit kills. What a waste. I was hoping it actually disabled limbs on crit strikes but I guess this isnt the case. Revan05 16:30, October 9, 2011 (UTC)

Honestly, why do you need any other mod for the sonic emitter but Tarantula? I used the Sonic Emitter - Tarantula on the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion, the first hit I scored was a critical, it bursted into flames, its body parts exploded off the torso, and it died instantly. So why do you need Opera Singer, other than to get the best ending for the talking jukebox? Sonic Emitter + Tarantula mod + critical hit = GOD weapon. 03:23, October 13, 2011 (UTC)

Well, if the weapon worked as I assume its "supposed" to, it would in fact be quite useful. I believe its meant to cripple limbs on critical hits, as well as the "gib" effect on crit kills. Having crippling effect when figting a robot with a missile launcher and a gatling laser would be great. Revan05 21:09, October 18, 2011 (UTC)