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    Lower tier weapons scaled up

    Can you optimize say a T4 assault rifle to say its good as a T5 of the same weapon? Reason I ask is I have a weapon that has everything Im seeking in a weapon and to find another one has been a pain after playing 3 days and running and re-running daily stuff / everything that nets a reward box + on top of buying the weapon boxes from the vendors for 400k a pop (over 5mil into those at this point)

    So can I optimize the weapon I have now so its T5 gear score / stats ?
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    Depending on what gear stats you are running many talents won’t work with 256 gear score. If you want a 255 T5 weapon with rolls you need, best thing to do is try and buy the blue print and craft one. It might take many crafts before you get your ideal talents
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    Yes and no. A 204 GS weapon can be increased to 228, and a 229 probably to 255. So in one sense a Tier4 weapon can get as good as the most awful 256 roll you can get. On the flip side a 256 weapon can be pushed all the way to 286. So unless the talents are critical to the build you are running, in most cases you are better off going for a 256+ weapon, just due to the sheer damage increase.
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    Oh, and you probably want to stop buys those crates, they are a huge credit sink. Unless you have credits to spare they are a waste. As mentioned hit both the pattern vendors, don't miss the one at camp clinton. After that I would start looking at vendor reset videos, or just go to all the vendors each friday. They can have some really good items some times.
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    Originally Posted by Blkandwhtknight Go to original post
    Yes and no. A 204 GS weapon can be increased to 228, and a 229 probably to 255. So in one sense a Tier4 weapon can get as good as the most awful 256 roll you can get. On the flip side a 256 weapon can be pushed all the way to 286. So unless the talents are critical to the build you are running, in most cases you are better off going for a 256+ weapon, just due to the sheer damage increase.

    only thing with that is I play solo and I have yet to be able to finish anything so far on challenging with my current build but breeze through everything I run while on hard. While playing today I been trying to gain more stamina / trying to build more tanky than anything in hopes that would help out.

    I was 8.3-8.4 firearms, 3.2k stamina, and 3k elec, was trying to lowered elec and aim more for fire arms and stamina more for a tank/DPS mix, but so far everything Im getting rather its gold or a gear set piece is always 1 of the 3 main stats and I usually roll stam or firearms if it already has dmg vs elites ofc.

    idk my original plan was to go towards a nomad build but I havent seen a single nomad piece drop.
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