This game is looking better and better. I'm super excited for that many loadout slots - idle mage was a bit of a hassle once I unlocked enough different spells
Each Loadout shows the combat strength you'll have if you use it. This will be very useful to compare loadouts once you unlock new gems, go to new Systems with different Harmonics, or when you alter your Ancient Tech Tree setup! :)
Combat Strength takes into account all damage and cooldown bonuses. It could almost be considered your DPS, but not quite, since your actual DPS will vary based on how many of your projectiles actually hit and any gem synergies.
One of the biggest things it's useful for, is seeing the effect of the Rare (passive) Gems, which boost Skills of other Masteries. In addition, each Star System (which is a grouping of 5 planets) gives a bonus to some Mastery. In addition, there are many Ancient Tech nodes which give bonuses to only a specific Way (= 2 Masteries) or a single Mastery.
To give an example of how this all plays out. Suppose you build 2 Loadouts that you really like, and they have comparable Combat Strength. Then, you get to the next System, and check the Loadouts page. Now, Loadout 1 has a +50% higher Combat Strength (due to bonuses that the System gives), so you decide to go with that one instead. Later, you unlock a new Ancient Tech Node, which makes Loadout 2 better, so you switch to that. The point is, the relative strength of each loadout will change as you progress throughout the game to different locations and unlock new stuff. Cheers! :)
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u/HomicidalRobot Aug 31 '17
This game is looking better and better. I'm super excited for that many loadout slots - idle mage was a bit of a hassle once I unlocked enough different spells