The Crafting Memorial; lest we forget

[Jonboy]

@brosgw

If you look at their recent dev post it shows an image. So like, if you buy a weapon that is 320 base that’s random a usual, but then those bars have a grey bar infront of them going to different end states to a maximum of 380. You can upgrade it along the way from 320 to 380 along predefined paths. Maybe you can only put 5 more points in damage but 15 in reload for example.

The upgrade path is very much “on rails”. It would have been nice to lower and increase stats for a cost. And double cost for stats to go above 80.

I posted this in the original Dev thread, but I think it’s also worth reiterating here as the de facto crafting thread

@FatsharkStrawHat

Question

So every weapon we buy/earn has a random-ish stat cap, and our Mastery of that weapon’s family (so autoguns, shotguns, etc) lets us build that up via expertise?

Answer

Yes. We are still working out the finer details of this system. But in essence, as you gain Mastery you will unlock more Expertise within that weapon family. You can then choose to invest into that weapon and increase the stats of the weapon while keeping the predetermined stat distribution the weapon was created with.

If you have a “predetermined stat distribution”, what this means for your existing weapons is that they will get a new max distribution (@380) that is - when they apply the patch - drawn at random.

If you’ve a weirdly set out 340 base stats weapon, maybe something odd where damage is 40 and finesse or first hit is 80, then the system is going to “randomly” allocate an extra 40 points to the lower stats - so it isn’t random. It’s going in to your non-80 stats to make your weapon up.

The proposed system is obviously a way to make all your weapons better which is fine. But it does suggest that it’s worth stocking up on really cheap greys/greens/blues with the balance of stats you want NOW so that you can build out various options later.