Weaponsmith Archive

I've been making weapons for a long time, and I've always.. always spent my extra points in Efficiency, lately however I've noticed alot of weaponsmiths on my server have been using there extra points into durability.

I have a Rifleman charachter, and I always appreciate the lower Mind HAM...every point matters to me really. However by general consensus.. do you make your guns with higher Durability or Lower HAMs?

Ooh anotherthing, I had made some Stocked Carbines (These things sell.. and to like BH Carbineers who aren't buffed all the time.. man that must hurt.) One of them was 83-315 the other one was 82-316 and had 1 higher HAM.. I asked a friend of mine which she would prefer to use... she said the 82-316 HAM notwithstanding. What is the obsession with max damage? Personally I like a gun with a tighter range of damage.

This isn't a single incident, if the max damage is even 1 point higher irregardless of the minimum damage which could be 10 points different people will take the 1 point higher... Am I wrong? Is it logical to go for the higher damage gun?

ever since the introduction of buffs ive been spending in durability esp since they really upped the decay on them. With doctor buffs health and action hams are nominal. With musician buffs, and some good food even the t-21 mind cost isnt so bad when you have insane focus of 3000. Andurian Fishak Surprise, Breath of Heaven, Glucose Pate are some good food/drinks to look at for the focus buffs. And if you time it right even Muon Gold can work for you as long as you avoid the downers. Its just really aggrevating to spend 1 or 2 extra points (when we get them keep in mind points dont go as far after the last patch) into efficiency just to get a 2 pt reduction in HAM when stat migration can do much more for you than that. With high decay people have really appreaciated 950-1050 condition weapons. 1 exp point adds 40-50 in condition vs 1pt in efficiency removing just 0.5-2.0 pts in ham.