Weapon mod unlocking?

[Turiko]

I recently started playing this game (had it for ages from a humble bundle), sometimes with friends and other times solo. So far it's been fun, but i've found that there's a few horrible walls that you have to climb over when starting. weapon unlocks and money i understand, and is something that just builds over time.

However... i have been unable to figure out how to get weapon mods properly. There's a bazillion guns in this game now, and i probably won't be using most. Yet i can't unlock what i want for the guns that i DO use, other than the few side jobs that are actually feasible. Sadly, it's often telling me to go kill 25 bulldozers or 4 long-duration missions, neither which is feasible - then even those that i complete, it's a gamble as it unlocks any mod for that specific weapon.

This is really annoying me as it's making solo stealth runs far more difficult, which is what i like to (try to) do. I see videos of people running around at medium range from guards without detection, and instead i get detected long before that sort of range. There's no way i can find to bring my detection risk below 13 atm, except if i get concealment mods.

Are there any tricks to this? Relying on RNG would likely mean i'll only unlock the mods i want long after i've moved on to different games. :/

[AvatarMan]

A lot of weapon mods require you to get them through Card Drops, the rest need Gage Packages. However some are locked behind DLC Achievements, which can be found while looking through the achievement list.

There's pretty good places to farm specific special kills which make some achievements fairly easy. An easy-ish way to get 30 concealment primary weapons is by using the Hitman deck as one of the Akimbos has a base of 30.

If you're desperate for Cards in a short time, I would suggest Jewelry Store farming on Normal difficulty, 35 seconds per heist.

[Pyro Fennec]

Regarding the side jobs: you CAN narrow down the mod roll - you pick a weapon class, weapon model, and then you can pick either "Any" to get something from the entire mod pool for that weapon available via drops, or you can pick a specific pack to only roll for mods that were included in that particular DLC. Not ideal, but in a few situations it can narrow down or even guarantee some drops.

[Turiko]

Publicado originalmente por Sir Ruffington:

A lot of weapon mods require you to get them through Card Drops, the rest need Gage Packages. However some are locked behind DLC Achievements, which can be found while looking through the achievement list.

There's pretty good places to farm specific special kills which make some achievements fairly easy. An easy-ish way to get 30 concealment primary weapons is by using the Hitman deck as one of the Akimbos has a base of 30.

If you're desperate for Cards in a short time, I would suggest Jewelry Store farming on Normal difficulty, 35 seconds per heist.

I do have some DLC, and generally don't look into achievements much... is there any way to find what achievements give what (if any) weapon mod?

As for the jewelry store, is that with ECM rush? i'm still building my stealth skills (started as an engineer mainly for co-op play with a friend) and haven't got the duration upgrade yet.

Publicado originalmente por Pyro Fennec:

Regarding the side jobs: you CAN narrow down the mod roll - you pick a weapon class, weapon model, and then you can pick either "Any" to get something from the entire mod pool for that weapon available via drops, or you can pick a specific pack to only roll for mods that were included in that particular DLC. Not ideal, but in a few situations it can narrow down or even guarantee some drops.

This is what i've been doing, but so far i haven't really had any luck. Just been getting grips and such, rather than a consealment item (such as shortened barrel).

Publicado originalmente por Kelvin:

Goonmod. It allows you to purchase mods and masks for it's own currency. You earn that currency by completing the Gage Mod Courier jobs.

I saw this, but is this not an exploit?

[AvatarMan]

Publicado originalmente por Turiko:

Publicado originalmente por Sir Ruffington:

A lot of weapon mods require you to get them through Card Drops, the rest need Gage Packages. However some are locked behind DLC Achievements, which can be found while looking through the achievement list.

There's pretty good places to farm specific special kills which make some achievements fairly easy. An easy-ish way to get 30 concealment primary weapons is by using the Hitman deck as one of the Akimbos has a base of 30.

If you're desperate for Cards in a short time, I would suggest Jewelry Store farming on Normal difficulty, 35 seconds per heist.

I do have some DLC, and generally don't look into achievements much... is there any way to find what achievements give what (if any) weapon mod?

As for the jewelry store, is that with ECM rush? i'm still building my stealth skills (started as an engineer mainly for co-op play with a friend) and haven't got the duration upgrade yet.

When you go into a gun, find a weapon mod that says Unavailable. Take that mod's name and go into your achievement list and Ctrl + F the mod name to see what achievement might be required to unlock it.

Jewelry Store can be done without ECMs if you're fast and yell the civilians onto the ground, else a very short ECM that cancels phones is enough. With another player it makes it even easier to farm with.


GoonMod and it's GageCoins being an exploit / cheat is subjective. I don't believe it is as long as you don't touch the mods file, you still need to complete a Gage Package set to be awarded a single GageCoin, and some modifications require 5 GageCoins.

[RAMBO]

Unlocking mods is a pain in the grass ... don't know why I must unlock something what I already bought... it's like if you hade to do 15 pushups before McDonalds workers give you the burger that you already have paid for

[Pyro Fennec]

Sadly, some of it just comes down to RNG and luck of the draw. Though the farming approach is not a bad idea - weapon mods seem to have a slightly higher drop rate than mask or mask components, and more to the point, a specific weapon mod will stop dropping after you have 2 copies in the inventory (not fitted, but available to attach). So you can gradually narrow down the pool range.

As far as Goonmod - it's a bit of a grey area, in my opinion, but it's at least tolerated, to the best of my knowledge. You almost certainly won't get kicked or banned for using Goonmod.

End of the day, it's an imperfect system we've got to work with.

[Turiko]

Just installed goonmod, seeing as it is a useful tool for unlocks. Unfortunately it's currently disabled due to an update, any idea how long it takes before one come out after a game patch?

[Max]

Use goonmod gage coin to completely bypass the RNG card drop system to get them. It is totally legit. Ashley appoved. Almir said it's ok.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150315040953/http://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/8/626329186905229251
Regarding GoonHud and other modifications, we have a general stance of acceptance as long as the mod doesn't affect the gameplay in a negative way for yourself or your crew members.

[Puppetnette]

how do u get the precision barrel for the broomstick pistol what achievement is it

[uNorthodoX]

Publicado originalmente por ♠Vaulban:

how do u get the precision barrel for the broomstick pistol what achievement is it

Wind Of Change. Do Hoxton Breakout with 4 players wearing different "historical" masks each (The masks that you get from the pack).