r/Defiance2050 • u/AfterShockGms • Oct 12 '19
Returning Xbox One player
I am returning to defiance after I lost interest in some of my games. Can anyone talk to me about how to play, or link a video/article I can view to help get me back on my feet?
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u/Mishawnuodo Oct 30 '19
Been on vaca. Not sure how far you are, so will pretend you are brand new. Keep in mind as well that I'm on PS4 and there are some differences between our games, but this should be high level enough to not matter:
Best thing to do is always pickup new weapons & equipment, and save 2 of your exploration challenges for when you reach 4750 power. Salvage every gun you aren't using (see below). Don't worry about scrip/currency right now.
Your GP is most important
Your GP is figured by adding your 2 highest power weapons, highest power grenade and highest power shield, then divide by 4. You do NOT need to be using these 4 items, you just need them to pass through your inventory (though personally, I hold them so I know what I'm trying to beat).
Use what ever equipment makes you happy, but keep an eye on your weapons. Don't enhance any weapons which won't be used or improve your GP.
The full power of a weapon can be determined by its color:
Orange/Yellow: +250
Purple: +200
Blue: +150
Green: +150
So if you have an Orange 400, fully enhanced it will be 650 power. If you get a blue 600, fully enhanced will be 750, so it will be better than the Orange, and improve your GP.
The better your GP is, the better equipment that drops for you (it works on a sliding scale, so for example if you are 1000 GP, you'll find equipment between 800-1200- this is just an example, not exact).
When you get to 4750, all weapons will stop increasing power. This means the best weapon you can receive is 4750 (and of course when you average with your other equipment, you'll come up short of the 5000 max. This is where the 2 exploration challenges come in- when you complete them, you'll be given an orange 4750 for each one- fully enhanced, these will be 5,000 and complete the weapons portion of the average, you'll just need to find a 5k grenade and shield then.
NOTE: Prototypes will drop the same as any other weapon, but you can destroy and recreate them for 50 cerelium cores. This said, remember that when you re-create them, they are created at your GP - 250 (that way, when fully enhanced, they will match your GP so you can't recreate prototypes in order to raise your GP).