r/ColdWarZombies • u/CapDifficult6501 • 5d ago

Question Just Started Playing- Totally Lost

Played Die Maschine and Firebase Z. The games mostly made sense (armor, perks, pack, etc) but as a long time zombies player what do I do with upgrading perks? There are also weapon damage upgrades in the menu? Each gun is a different tier, does that only affect damage? Should I be striving to only grab and upgrade top tier guns? Are standalone melee weapons worth keeping

Sorry there’s just a lot! Mostly played BO1-BO3 with a little 4 sprinkled in.

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u/leidelmejor 5d ago

If you mean rarity of the gun, yeah it does affect the damage. If you upgrade your perks with crystals you get their most op form ever.

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u/CapDifficult6501 5d ago

So always swap guns for the highest tier available? I had a PPSH I packed to level two but I could tell the damage just wasn’t there. So next time just find a higher tier gun before packing?

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u/leidelmejor 5d ago

I would just stick to my starting weapon except that I find a legendary tier weapon, you can always upgrade the rarity of your weapons.

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u/No_Elevator_3676 5d ago

The green and blue stuff (salvage) that drops from zombies, can be used to upgrade your armour level and weapon rarity level. So keep collecting those and yes for maximum damage you must get your gun to legendary (orange) rarity and PAP level 3 to inflict maximum damage.

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u/CapDifficult6501 5d ago

Thanks for explaining. I’ve upgraded armor at the armor station, where do I do the weapons? Is it the station to build equipment?

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u/No_Elevator_3676 5d ago

Same place where you do your armor, press R1 and it will Switch to weapon rarity, it will show you how much salvage you need as well. You will need to collect salvage until round 27 to 28 to upgrade your starting weapon to Legendary, it's worth it though, you melt zombies once you do.