What's the point of weapon augmentations if they nerf the weapon ?

I don't think I've come across many that actively nerf the weapon - most of the ones I use just boost biotic, shields, or tech abilities in some way, but have no effect on the actual weapon. I'm sure there's some out there that function as you describe, but I've not really paid much attention to them.

The available armor mods (not augments) are another matter. Every one I have so far is too impractical to use - boost shields at a cost of 50% of your HP, increase damage protection, but at the cost of losing 50% of your HP every time you avoid and so on.... I ended up using none of them.

Bioware is a fan of shitty item mods they did the same thing in DAI. This mod will make it cool...but oh we need to add some big negative to it too.


It's just another in their endless quest to make every single decision you make in the game "gray".

Most people were saying they just use baseline mods, because everything high level is poisoned because...reasons.

It should be a trade off though.

This way you have +50% Shields that won't really benefit you unless you're prepared to put the effort in to organising what you're crafting and planning out how you want to get there.

I like it.

Says who?

Plasma Charge improves Falcon into a Bolter

I stopped trying them when the grenade thing made the scattershot bug out.

because thats the way it is in real life. you know, bigger and better bullets = lower damage.

seriously, the negatives shouldnt be so bad (but they are). only an idiot would think giving 50% shield but lose 50% life is a good idea. that is one example where I think the devs can be stupid fucks. what stupid motherfucking IDIOT thought up such a dumbass idea?

yeah

Several of the augments are poor, some are just number upgrades, others seem to fill a niche. An equalizer with electrical conduits is a shield destroying machine.

There's a cryopod you can unlock later that cuts the penalty in half (need like 90% Kadara viability). Giving up 15% weapon damage (instead of 30%) for an extra 50% power cool down? I'll take it.

Oddly enough, this^ is actually one of the ones worth using, especially once you get the perk that halves the negative affect.  It turns it to +50% shields/-25% health (a net gain).  On a class like Vanguard, it works pretty well since shields keep you alive and are easily replenished with Charge and melee attacks.  Having high shields is very important for Vanguards because the shield replenishers are percentage based and not flat amounts.

I use the +50% shields/-25% health mod on my Sentinel too, since I use Energy Drain a lot.

It would seem the mods and augments are situational.. interesting.

(I don't own the game)

I watched one lets play where the guy added something.. plasma maybe, to a sniper rifle and it really cut down his range.. so he turfed it.