[Engi] Why is Engi base Weapon Skill so low?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:37 pm
This chart on the wiki shows the base stats of all the classes: https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/Stats
As you can see, Engi at 40 has a base weapon skill of 108(I have confirmed this as accurate in game). Engi has the lowest base weapon skill of all classes in the game, despite having a spec that's reliant on maximizing both ballistic and weapon skill. Even a class like Magus that, to my knowledge, doesn't utilize weapon skill at all has a higher base.
Every other class that uses weapon skill has a more appropriate base stat distribution.
While this is not some kind of catastrophe, it does have an impact and the base stat being so low doesn't make any sense to me. Adjusting the values to closer match what engi itemization actually is would potentially yield ~70 more weapon skill - not an entirely insignificant amount.
A change like this seems like a good and simple way to give Engi a minor dps buff while fixing this peculiar discrepancy in the stat distribution
As you can see, Engi at 40 has a base weapon skill of 108(I have confirmed this as accurate in game). Engi has the lowest base weapon skill of all classes in the game, despite having a spec that's reliant on maximizing both ballistic and weapon skill. Even a class like Magus that, to my knowledge, doesn't utilize weapon skill at all has a higher base.
Every other class that uses weapon skill has a more appropriate base stat distribution.
While this is not some kind of catastrophe, it does have an impact and the base stat being so low doesn't make any sense to me. Adjusting the values to closer match what engi itemization actually is would potentially yield ~70 more weapon skill - not an entirely insignificant amount.
A change like this seems like a good and simple way to give Engi a minor dps buff while fixing this peculiar discrepancy in the stat distribution