am I taking a damage penalty for using 1060 weapons?

[Potatochobit Lv3 pwrd Next Form]

hello
so right now my character is at 1262 power level
in my kinetic I have a 1060 shotgun

so am I taking a damage reduction simply because the weapon is capped at 1060?
or does my high light level negate the difference?
i want to use this gun on the final boss in the new raid

[Bluemenkranz]

Itll lower your overall power so yes

[Potatochobit Lv3 pwrd Next Form]

thanks for the replies
the raid entry is set to 1220
if my power level is 1238 or 1262 does that even make a difference?
I have not noticed any damage increase from being 1260+
I guess I can go test the shotgun against my higher level ones and see if the difference is worthwhile using

[Natjur]

At 50 power levels above the enemy you are taking 40.9% less damage, at 49 power levels below the enemy you take 150.6% more

So only having one weapon at 1060, which only brings down your average a little, will not make that much of a difference. Maybe 5-10% more taken but a lot less damage output

So you will still clear it fine, but it might take a few more hits etc. (or one more shot cloudstrike) It could be the difference between killing the boss in one round or two
But if your the one getting downed and needing a rez, you will know why.

Now if your whole team was using 1060 weapons....

[Reaper]

Originally posted by Potatochobit Lv3 pwrd Next Form:

thanks for the replies
the raid entry is set to 1220
if my power level is 1238 or 1262 does that even make a difference?
I have not noticed any damage increase from being 1260+
I guess I can go test the shotgun against my higher level ones and see if the difference is worthwhile using

It makes a huge difference. You'll take significantly more damage at 1238 from the raid enemies.

[Mez Koo]

Your overall power level determines the damage you'll take, the specific weapon's power level will determine its damage and is easy to test. Just take a 1050 weapon and 1250 weapon of the same type and look at the damage versus a higher power level enemy such as a Europa lost sector.

[Potatochobit Lv3 pwrd Next Form]

thanks for the replies

yes, I do know that there is a damage penalty from your light level
but I have not seen doing "more" damage by increasing my level beyond the recommendation

anyway, I did just test it out in the raid and yes, the 1060 weapon does a lot less damage
it is not worth using to do burst damage on the boss

[g0]

so if i have two exotics, lets say whisper one at 1050 and the other at 1100.

But, I adjust my other weapons so that the average light level is the same, will they still do different dmg?

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by shan:

so if i have two exotics, lets say whisper one at 1050 and the other at 1100.

But, I adjust my other weapons so that the average light level is the same, will they still do different dmg?

The specific weapon will do its specific power level in damage.

[g0]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Originally posted by shan:

so if i have two exotics, lets say whisper one at 1050 and the other at 1100.

But, I adjust my other weapons so that the average light level is the same, will they still do different dmg?

The specific weapon will do its specific power level in damage.

thanks

[MOSLEY]

The raid starts at 1220. It increases throughout until the boss, which is 1250, though. You'll have a much tougher time at 1238.

[ZeroKelvin]

Light level disadvantages on weapons DO translate to less damage, so yeah, you'll probably want to infuse that thing up before you do anything.

For killing the raid boss, double slug shotties with Anarchy work really well if somebody on your team is running Divinity. I usually do around 2M damage with that combo.