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Basically I want to know if the decay of a weapon is in some way randomized or are there different decay rates for different weapons? The reason I ask is this: I mastered TK and thus used a VK and found that the VK lasted for a LONG time - I got LOTS of fighting out of it before it decayed (I never sliced one - just bought the best I could find from a quality master weaponsmith). Now I just dropped TK and am using a rifle (just made Novice Rifleman last night). Yesterday I bought my first Laser Rifle (best I could find - not sliced) and began using it. It decayed down to 25% (or so) in just around 4 hours of combat time - FAR, FAR faster than any VK ever did. Thus, I am now curious - is this normal and if so, why? I thank you in advance for any advice you can give.

I've always been lead to believe that a weapon's decay was a direct result of how much damage you dealt with it, though I couldn't give you an exact ratio. I suppose this ratio could be different for different weapons-you may want to try asking this on the weaponsmith forums

Hi, I posted this first in the general area but got nothing useful except a suggestion that I post it here .

Basically I want to know if the decay of a weapon is in some way randomized or are there different decay rates for different weapons? The reason I ask is this: I mastered TK and thus used a VK and found that the VK lasted for a LONG time - I got LOTS of fighting out of it before it decayed (I never sliced one - just bought the best I could find from a quality master weaponsmith). Now I just dropped TK and am using a rifle (just made Novice Rifleman last night). Yesterday I bought my first Laser Rifle (best I could find - not sliced) and began using it. It decayed down to 25% (or so) in just around 4 hours of combat time - FAR, FAR faster than any VK ever did. Thus, I am now curious - is this normal and if so, why? For example, do rifles simply by design decay faster than VKs? BTW, there were no powerups involved in either the VK or the Rifle I used. I thank you in advance for any advice you can give.

I think that the weapon decay is dependent on the specials you use. I was a Master Marksman using over charge shot 2 with different weapons and all of them decayed fast, but when I used different specials the decay did not seem as bad. I could be wrong, but that is my observation. Also when I was a master commando my flamethrower seemed to last forever.

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weapon decay is probably as random as weapon repair

Weapons decay faster if you use specials. Overcharge shotis one of the heavy decaying specials.

Also they decay much faster if you put a powerup on them.

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Slicing doesn't affect the decay rate - just powerups

Overchargeshot, and Overchargeshot 2 will make your guns decay much faster. As far as I know, those are the only specials that have an effect on decay rate, though.

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