Weapon LvLing; A Question.

[Pyohehgah]

That it's an opinon goes without saying...come'on

I know that a weapon's xp maxes out eventually which is why I don't like the system but are you saying that a weapon class skill such as "Assault Rifles" maxes out as well?

Ya, each particular skill maxes out at 20 I believe. The XP gained for those particular skills is gained through that weapon, but once a particular weapon maxes out on it's own personal XP bar then you'll no longer reap any benefits XP wise in yer personal skill with the weapons.

IE My pump shotgun skill is now 3, and the particular SG I'm using is maxed out in XP so I'm no longer gaining in skill with it.

Just hit me... As the XP required to gain skill lvl's with particular weapons gets higher... Yer gonna have to trash a LOT of weapons to max out.

[Adrena Chrome]

I did same thing. Lost full set of great mods. Bad choice of words.

[Yezz]

Yeah. Removing Mods. Everytime a gun maxes...
Ahem.
No.

Retrieving the mods from my Rifly actually costs me 37500 salvage. I needed ~50 guns to get the skill to twenty.

Do the math.

(Yes sir, you are correct, thats roughly 2 million salvage.)

[Pyohehgah]

Yeah. Removing Mods. Everytime a gun maxes...
Ahem.
No.

Retrieving the mods from my Rifly actually costs me 37500 salvage. I needed ~50 guns to get the skill to twenty.

Do the math.

(Yes sir, you are correct, thats roughly 2 million salvage.)

Removing mods from yer rifle, or adding mod slots to new rifles? Cause anythime I tried to get my mods back they vanish =P

EDIT : I'm assuming it auto destroys the current mods to make way for new ones.

[Yezz]

There are two options:

Retrieve all mods and detroy the gun OR destroy all mods and retrieve the gun.

Just read it carefully, everythings explained.

Cost goes up exponentially with Ego-Level though.

[Kevgretor]

If you run out of newer weapons just do the bolinas sniper hotshot mission to lvl your ba sniper, also the shooting the chickens for pistols and that mutant shotgun rampage in mnt tam. You won't have to swap out your weapons plus you get exp for doing it.

[Pyohehgah]

There are two options:

Retrieve all mods and detroy the gun OR destroy all mods and retrieve the gun.

Just read it carefully, everythings explained.

Cost goes up exponentially with Ego-Level though.

Wait... What...? /facedesk

[Dreildrag]

I have gained more specific weapons skill points with weapons that were themselves already maxed out.

[Whippersnapper]

Welcome to the number one thing that grinds my gears about this game. It doesn't encourage getting good weapons; you want disposable weapons. You don't want a Legendary good one; you want an endless supply of crappy white quality weapons!

Lots of MMOs require disposable weapons for grinding. The limit is usually durability. Either they break, or you can fix it at high cost. Here, you can keep using it if you want. You just wont level?

Solutions:
-Get the best you can and just keep upgrading
-Mod a decent weapon for general use, and slowly collect good mods for your better weapon(s) to use later

Do not keep holding back waiting for that dream weapon though. You'll end up never getting it. If you dont max out soon enough, theyll open a new area with tougher mobs, and increase the weapon cap. Then you'll be forever chasing. A problem I have experienced in other games.

[The Govanator]

I disagree completely... The idea is you find disposable weaps to grind levels, but when you come across an orange, purple or even a blue that fits ur desired build ie. assassin, quartermaster w/e.. you keep it and hope it has nice bonuses. The hard thing will be grinding mods for the specific synergy AND weapon type.

At this point I wish I was Korean 'cause daym that be a lot of combinations

save your good weapons after maxing them out, not just for the synergy mods with the better quality, but for co-op and arkfall damage (most arkfalls so far except the hellbug extermination waves I'm not killing things enough to be able to level a weapon any) and co-op is a good place to level some kinds of weapons but you can breeze throught hem and farm them faster with your best weapons out. then for side missions, main missions, or any other missions level off of disposables or when you're out doing contracts that take place off of events or camps int he main map you can level gear too