Weapon levelling: Is it the same no matter what you kill?

[Nokz]

What others have stated is correct, theres a little more to explain though.

A: Yes, weapon and weapon skill level are entirely damage based, though it is turned off in some cases, like arkfalls. I believe in regards to arksfalls, its to slow down our progress a little, otherwise we'd all be maxed out without really trying.

B: About side missions, That they don't come back after restarting the main mission is both correct and incorrect. It is correct in that you cannot manually select one, and get full exp/loot after doing said mission trying to do side mission a second time). BUT you can walk back into the area and it'll show up on your objectives enabling you to rerun them as many times as you like. This is mainly used to racking up your kill counts, weapon XP, and such.

Some side notes.
Certain Rampages and Hotshots count toward your pursuits. Example : Bolinas sniper counts towards your bolt action sniper rifle kills, while the savior one (forgot the full name atm) counts towards kills while cloaked.

Don't kill the little skitterlings at more hellbug arkfalls. Rule of thumb, crystals blue, destroy everything. crystals red, leave little bugs alone.

and sometimes unnoticed to new players, TAP E to pick up gear, HOLD E to pick up and immediately equip.

Enjoy, and happy hunting

[GiantInMaine]

Project Aegis isn't one of the missions that lets you do it again though so no hulker farming for anyone that finished that side mission is what I was getting at.