Questions about Corrupted Weapons

[txh0881]

if I make a Corrupted weapon, can I remake the uncorrupted version again by beating the relevant boss?

Also, what happens to all of the upgrades on the base weapon? Should I downgrade the weapon first, or do the upgrades carry over?

Any of them particularly worth making first? Shards are slow to farm.

[MatraTheEternal]

You can grab the original weapon again if you Corrupt it, yes. That will let you have both.

The upgrades carry over so no need to downgrade.

The Corrupted Meridian is better than the base version in every way. The Corrupted Rune Pistol is also a contender since you can pop the damage bonus on it and swap to a real gun. It also supports your team if you have friends.

[txh0881]

What about the Corrupted Aphelion? The regular version is my favorite Long Gun.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by MatraTheEternal:

You can grab the original weapon again if you Corrupt it, yes. That will let you have two.

The upgrades carry over so no need to downgrade.

The Corrupted Meridian is better than the base version in every way. The Corrupted Rune Pistol is also a contender since you can pop the damage bonus on it and swap to a real gun. It also supports your team if you have friends.

I have been using the corrupted rune pistol, and it does hold up with its damage, a very solid sidearm imo.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by txh0881:

What about the Corrupted Aphelion? The regular version is my favorite Long Gun.

I'm still on the grind to get that gun myself.

[LittleEtherKitty]

Originally posted by txh0881:

What about the Corrupted Aphelion? The regular version is my favorite Long Gun.

I would say that's one of the only guns that's a definite upgrade over its uncorrupted variant. A larger attack radius for both normal fire and mod fire, normal fire has a slightlly higher damage output, should you hit with all 3 lasers in a single shot, but otherwise it does do lower damage. while the mod fire has a greater damage output capability but has the same problem of needing to hit target with multiple projectiles from one shot.

[MatraTheEternal]

Originally posted by txh0881:

What about the Corrupted Aphelion? The regular version is my favorite Long Gun.

I literally just answered that. Look at my previous response.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by MatraTheEternal:

Originally posted by txh0881:

What about the Corrupted Aphelion? The regular version is my favorite Long Gun.

I literally just answered that. Look at my previous response.

Originally posted by MatraTheEternal:

You can grab the original weapon again if you Corrupt it, yes. That will let you have both.

The upgrades carry over so no need to downgrade.

The Corrupted Meridian is better than the base version in every way. The Corrupted Rune Pistol is also a contender since you can pop the damage bonus on it and swap to a real gun. It also supports your team if you have friends.

I see mention of the meridian and run pistol, but not of the aphelion.

[MatraTheEternal]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

Originally posted by MatraTheEternal:

I literally just answered that. Look at my previous response.

Originally posted by MatraTheEternal:

You can grab the original weapon again if you Corrupt it, yes. That will let you have both.

The upgrades carry over so no need to downgrade.

The Corrupted Meridian is better than the base version in every way. The Corrupted Rune Pistol is also a contender since you can pop the damage bonus on it and swap to a real gun. It also supports your team if you have friends.

I see mention of the meridian and run pistol, but not of the aphelion.

I'm seeing the confusion now. I thought TC was asking if you could get the Aphelion again after corrupting it, since they made mention of the original. It was very ambiguous what exactly they were asking about the gun, but now I believe they meant how good is the Corrupted version.

The Corrupted Aphelion seems better in every way as well but I haven't tested it enough. I believe it has the potential for higher damage on both the regular shot and mod, but the shots are split up among multiple weaker individual shots. The mod in particular is better for crowds than the regular, but has to be detonated earlier to deal more total damage.