Forum:Elemental Weapons Question

Been working on the weapons pages, finished with the Shotguns and the Combat Rifles sections last night. Adding some general but accurate info, along with strategy information.

What I need to know is what makes for a good elemental weapon? I'm going to take a crack at the SMG article, and as I understand from game play experience weapons with an elemental effect are best with rapid-fire. Of course Maliwan anythings have a better than normal chance to do extra elemental damage, but Maliwan automatic rifles and SMGs are absolute murder as far as I can tell. Especially incendiary and corrosive weapons where the effects not only linger, but stack each time they're triggered.

What I want to know before I proceed, am I correct in my observed assumption?