Items glowing red

[Stew360]

RED GLOWING WEAPONS ARE ACTUALLY ONE TIME USE WEAPONS ' You grap them and use them until all amo are depleated and then it turn into dust the red glowing amo mean those are pick and use then disapear

you cant loot those weapons yopu can only one time equip those and use it until all the amo are depleated

[sp00s]

RED GLOWING WEAPONS ARE ACTUALLY ONE TIME USE WEAPONS ' You grap them and use them until all amo are depleated and then it turn into dust the red glowing amo mean those are pick and use then disapear

you cant loot those weapons yopu can only one time equip those and use it until all the amo are depleated

This is not what they are talking about

[Philote]

I think it might be when a weapon comes with a mod slot? I dunno. I think I've seen even green quality weapons that had the red glowy effect, so it can't be rarity.

[Jammylambo]

it may or may not be a coinsidence than the only weapons to glow red ive seen are launchers.

[Tilandra]

Some glow red, some green, some blue. My understanding from alpha and beta was that these weapons already have an added attribute... red for fire, blue for electric, green for bio. They do added damage over time with these attributes.

[Valethar]

It's usually weps that can help you alot during mission. It can only be equipped, can't be taken. Once the ammo 0 or the perc goes zero it will be destroyed.

Incorrect. The 'flame' glow effect also appears on weapons dropped after killing mobs. These weapons can be modded, sold, or salvaged and do not vanish when you're out of ammo.

From what I understand, these weapons are generally stronger in some fashion when compared to weapons of a similar type and rarity.

[DustOfDeath]

yeah looks like its for the weaposn that drop for the first time of its kind. like the mass cannon - just had a similar drop of the flamegranade launcher.

[SteveMND]

Not rarity, the one 'red' drop I had earlier was just a normal, not-all-that-exciting white pistol; certainly nothing extraordinary or something I hadn't gotten before. I rather suspect it's just another bug, where a drop is being tagged incorrectly.

[DustOfDeath]

I also noticed that those drops commonly came from a "subBoss" like the raider tank - i didnt pay atention, but perhaps it gave a key aswell. The ark key drops got the same red "orb".

[Arsenic_Touch]

Not rarity, the one 'red' drop I had earlier was just a normal, not-all-that-exciting white pistol; certainly nothing extraordinary or something I hadn't gotten before. I rather suspect it's just another bug, where a drop is being tagged incorrectly.

Ditto, happens with the white items and they didn't have an elemental either. Might be a left out item type or a bug.