Synergy

[Elite_T91]

Ok, so im ego rating 303 now, and im wondering how all this synergy works ... When do i need to invest in these mods, and how do you get synergy on a weapon?

From what i understand you get Synergy mods on rare and legendary items (or whatever they are called). Thats all I know.

So my questions are:

1. When do I need to invest in synergy mods?
2. How do synergy mods work. Are they so good that I NEED them to be stronger?

Thanks!

Elite_T91

[Elite_T91]

Bumping ... kinda need to know this :/

[mimneotic]

1. Not for a long time, don't worry about them. Really.
2. For example, you have a gun that says "[2] Synergy: Survivalist", then it offers you a "2% damage vs enemies at full health and shields". This means that if you put two Survivalist mods into this rifle (which you purchase from specific vendors through mod caches), you will get the [2] bonus the gun offers.

Woo.

[Elite_T91]

1. Not for a long time, don't worry about them. Really.
2. For example, you have a gun that says "[2] Synergy: Survivalist", then it offers you a "2% damage vs enemies at full health and shields". This means that if you put two Survivalist mods into this rifle (which you purchase from specific vendors through mod caches), you will get the [2] bonus the gun offers.

Woo.

So you are saying it's almost no diffirence :P ?

[Subotai]

So you are saying it's almost no diffirence :P ?

Or that the Weapon HAS to have the synergy? Meaning, If I had the 2 "Survivalist" Synergy mods, but my weapon doesn't have that synergy, placing them in that weapon would be a waste?

[mimneotic]

Weapon has to have the correct synergy for the mods to actually give the bonus. Otherwise, they're just 2 normal mods, basically.

Some weapons have AMAZING Synergies. But it's up to you whether you want to invest heavily into it or not. So unless you know you're sitting on the god-gun of all gun-gods' guns, you might wanna wait a bit with it, seeing the Synergy Mod Caches do stack up to quite some lofty prices, considering the fact that you'll probably need to buy A LOT of them to get the appropriate mods for your gun.

hurr.

[ManaKeKz]

Thanks for the detailed explanation, mimneotic. Haven't really dug into synergy mods yet, but it sounds pretty cool from what you say.
Sadly, as long as we're not able to progress weapon skills while using a maxed weapon, there's not much sense in getting a super nice gun with syn mods before you reach rank 20 on that skill :-(

@Elite_T91: That's also my answer to your first question: Until you reach rank 20, you're gonna switch weapons a lot. Investing into mods before then will likely cost you a lot of Ark Salvage for removing / remodding once you max your current weapon.

[Insanityplea]

Mimn, when you say "a place with those syn catches" what do you mean? Do you get different flavor mods from different lockbox merchants?

Manakekz, you might happen across an awesome gun from one thing or another, thats when it would be good to drop some arkfall on keycodes for syn catches. Even if its maxed, it would make a nice pvp gun

[mimneotic]

Mimn, when you say "a place with those syn catches" what do you mean? Do you get different flavor mods from different lockbox merchants?

Yep. The Soleptor Enterprises vendor sells mod caches for the Scavenger Synergy set, for example.

[ManaKeKz]

Manakekz, you might happen across an awesome gun from one thing or another, thats when it would be good to drop some arkfall on keycodes for syn catches. Even if its maxed, it would make a nice pvp gun

Good point. For now, I resort to keeping those guns stashed in my inventory, waiting for their glorious day once I max out the proper skill rank xD