Any chance of weapon skill gaining exp regardless of weapons exp bar in next patch?

[loken]

why not just let me use the same ****ing gun to level my experience with that type of gun, making me but a new version of the same gun does not make me try new weapons.

[Phhilu]

I really dont see it as a issue, atm though at least its something to spend money on, right now im leveling smg's and i go through 1 every 45min to a hour so i buy 3 at a time, you dont see me whining about it.

a reset will just be abused to roll for different bonuses, if they add a reset they have to change how the whole system works , so they might as well just remove the whole xp bonus then.

like i said it doesnt take long to max out a weapon skill to 20, when you do you can stick with the same weapon all you want.
Im tired of this pointless debate on the topic.

resetting for the bonus you wanted was one of the benefits i saw on this. it's another grind you can do if you want, and you're rewarded correctly for it.

i can't see how they'd had to change the whole system either, care to elaborate?

either way it's kind of bringing me down a bit. it's not a huge annoyance, but it does push me back a bit i feel. right now i'm forced to use a burst AR and i hate using burst weapons.

[Father Jack Hackett]

I don't mind the system they are using. I just concentrated on maxing out assault rifles, done that now moving onto sawn off shotguns. Once I maxed a assault rifle out if I loved it I kept it or sold it/broke down into ark salvage. Now I have 4 assault rifle each slightly different, ROF,burst,full auto,semi auto with scope. Still kept my episode mission assault rifle(just broke ego level 1000). Now if I ever come across a better variation of the ones in my inventory they will be replaced.

Won't be using assault rifles now as I want to work on my other weapon skills. I was quite happy to find a assault rifle, not as good as my favourites use it to get the job done then sell it off. Much prefer this system as I have tried all the different variations instead of sticking to just one gun for the lifespan of this game. Semi auto with scope if I want to just sit back as my friends charge in with shotguns, then switch loadout and power to a close quarters high ROF and high fire damage for close quarters.

[Wolf]

Sweet Jesus yes! It so needs to be changed. So I have a weapon that i think handles really well, has a nice clip size, is modded up, and with built-in bonus I want and fit my play style. I'm then left with 2 choices.. keep using it and get zero exp gimping myself, or find a inferior gun that's not maxed so i can continue to get my skill up. Madness! I'd be happy if u could reset or prestige your gun. But punishing u by stopping your level progression but maxing a weapon is crazy. :/

[Transientmind]

Maybe I have an easier time of this because I play a lot of MMORPGs?
"Yay! I got the Awesome Sword of Awesomesauce! It's the best level 12 sword in the game!"
Three levels later I sell it to a vendor, because it's worthless. Par for the course.

Except that's not what's happening. Because the endgame weapons are the same as the cool weapons you find at the start.
What's happening is much more like you've picked up the level 12 weapon of awesomesauce, and used it for a fraction of a level, but now the weapon itself is maxed and you can't level anymore.
"But I wanna keep levelling!"
Then I guess you gotta vendor the level 12 weapon of awesomesauce.
"But what will I use? There aren't any better weapons around!"
Then I guess you better buy a grey from a vendor.
"But that's a WORSE weapon than my current one! Like... a lot worse! And I can't find any better ones!"
Yes. That is the problem with this horse-**** system.

Imagine how MMOs would go trying to do that to slow down levelling... Once you've used your current weapon for a quarter of a level, you can't level up until you get rid of it. At least in other MMOs you can craft new weapons or look up a drop table to improve your odds of finding a replacement. No such luck here.

[Krileon]

Glad to see so many agree with me on this needing to change, lol. So far I've been running around with 13 different grenade launchers just to level up the weapon skill and the one I want to use (purple with mods) I can't as it's maxed out.. I hope the next patch will be addressing this somewhere in its so called "8 pages". It's crazy this even made it out of beta as it was a major complaint then.