Weapon Effectiveness

[Newbe]

So, since the patch I have to re-think all my weapon choices on my lower toon who has little arcforge (4).
With this toon's EGO at 775 or so, how low can my weapon EGO be and still do decent damage? Do I scrap any weapon that is XX EGO lower than my current level? How is any of this helpfull to the players? I have favorite weapons just like all of your. I hate to get rid of them, and am not willing to plunk down real $ for arcforge.

TIA for any reply or advice.

[Eltruism]

IMHO, the right use of arkforge only becomes available at max ego. Investing AF before near or max EGO is, IMHO, a gigantic waste of resources.

If you are not willing to put $ in for AF then don't and that will be that.

You don't need the top of the line weapons to have fun - I get replacements all the time. I even have very low EGO weapons that still punch quite a kick - FRC Particle Repeater with fire Nano - this thing is fun as heck, one shot everything in PvP once fully charged, even vehicles. lol. And it's like 600 EGO below me. I will not invest AF before I am near or at max EGo. I don't need top of the line weapons to have fun.

How can it be helpful? Hgher EGO weapon means higher dmg.