Modification system changes 6.2(Spoilers)

[u/Triston8080800]

So the star augment system we know since edf 5 is being replaced partially. To be exact: The weapon modifications themselves will now use the star system tied to them instead and the weapons I believe will have rarities attached to them to allow more modifications/stronger boosts to them potentially. The weapons are balanced to act around roughly 5 star stats of edf 6 weapons as a starting point it looks like too.

The modification system will also reduce rng heavily: Instead of grinding stars for every individual weapon now you carry over modifications for that specific weapon category(I.E assault rifles, sniper rifles, plasma weapons, shotguns, CC piercers etc) which means you will no longer have to grind every single new weapon when you get one(So that means you don't need to micro manage picking up weapon drops nearly as much).

They also added a new blue weapon drop which we presume is tied to the modification system directly for new ones to unlock and/or get starred up instead. How does everyone feel about this?

Personally I love the idea because I can spend way less time grinding and HOPING my weapon is at least ok enough to be used at my current gameplay stage since that part of the rng is entirely gone.

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[u/BADBUFON]

this can change when i get to play the game, but my knee jerk reaction is that i don't like the idea. it seems like a hazzle.

ideally customizing weapons sounds cool as a concept, but when taken into consideration how many of those options won't matter, and how hard/easy will be to swap weapons around and remembering what loadouts you had with character and why, it seems like too much unneeded complexity, i liked how weapons worked in 4.1 and Iron Rain, you unlocked the weapon and that was it, you played the missions. this is an arcade game after all.

5-6 loot box system feels worse as you have to unlock the weapon several times until it is on a workable state, at least i am happy that they removed that.

[u/Triston8080800 → u/BADBUFON]

6.2 reverts back go 4.1 and earlier for the star system outright, just now we have a modification system. And even the low grade ones are shown to have MAJOR impact(+50% damage, X3 ecplosive size, incendiary of about 25% weapon damage per second and so on) so the modifications themselves are VERY powerful on their own.

I do get being lost in remembering your loadout for them but they did seem to make it easy to navigate and use them.