What should I buy with mission funds?

Yes.

oh come on. there ARE worthwhile upgrades out there....and we are past sharks with freakin lazer beams too.

I've tried, I honestly tried.. but I find the Common mods buying soooo anticlimactic. So, gonna save the funds till there is actually enough there to get something distinctive and sexy.

Store has Ultra Rare Weapon, Rare Weapon, and then some crap. I am again tempted to buy a few rare weapons to try and unlock siphon variants.

Might I suggest you prioritize?

MF are limited - you can earn only so many per day.  There's naught you can do to speed up the process of acquiring them.  Credits, OTOH, are primarily limited by the amount of time you have to play.

So - look first at the things that are available only with MF.  Personally, I would prioritize them like this:

1) Equipment.  I always keep enough MF on hand to be able to purchase new equipment as it becomes available.

2) Mods.  The mods available with MF are only available with MF, so I'm looking at them, and devoting MFs toward their purchase until I acquire the ones I want.  The other thing I'd keep in mind here is that they could conceivably be buffed/nerfed at any time, which could alter their desirability down the road.

Weapons and kits through rare are guaranteed in packs obtainable with credits - I personally would not spend MF on them.  Guaranteed URs might be worth a look, however.

Just my 2 cents' worth.

I only have 1200ish, already bought this week's equipment. Maybe I will buy the common mods so as to make my toy space gun (Rozerad) accurate.

Also I think Randall is skimming everyone's mission funds.

You certainly don't need to justify your choices to me, or anyone else.

I had maxed everything through rares, and unlocked all URs, prior to 1.09's Unlockalypse.  It took me only 2-3 days to get all of the common and uncommon kits (re-)maxed after that, and a few more days to max the rare kits - so I'm in a much different position than players who have only just started.

And as I (and others) have mentioned in different threads, I really feel for newer players who hadn't progressed very far in gear acquisition prior to 1.09.  You have a helluva mountain to climb.

BTW - don't be so quick to discount mods - some of them are exceptionally helpful, and can be used on (most) any weapon of the designated type.

So which of the neo-mods are actually worth it?

All of them look terrible because of the penalties.

Also I have no problem with scopes so the scope-less mods do nothing for me.

I spent my 2000 MF to buy 2 weapons last night.

There is no point saving it.. so I might as well as spend it now...

Got Ushior IV and Kishock I.

Following Expert pack gave me Hurricane VI.

Not a terrible day. The Apex mission was fun too because I was suddenly pumped up to earn more MF. lol

For extra Weight:
Pistol Heavy Mag goes up to 101% instead of 71%
AR Heavy Mag goes up to 70% instead of 50%

Pistol Targeting is 60% acc (normal scope is 48%)
[AR Targeting System goes up to 75% acc] - this one might be bugged as first rank doesn't have stability negative, but other ranks do. Was probably copy pasted from the other downside scopes. Also cannot be equipped on Soned.

Shotgun chokes are 50% acc instead of 40%, but at cost of 10% rof or reload


All the new barrels look like garbage. Between 3 and 4 % over existing ones, but with major downsides.
The only passable one might be the AR Long Barrel as the reduced mag could be countered with the Heavy Mag, so you'd get 4% damage for 'free'. But that's definitely not worth the MF.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12FgX1J0dlwNks__49P-8E9pu0jyUAcwdPf0wDQ1Epno/edit#gid=15299124


Some say the melee stuff is good, can't weigh in on it myself.