Gear score on or off, why?

[bluezdragon5]

Gear score on or off, why?

[[ACPL] Jon]

Off, because if I'd like to play The Division, I would. Ghost Recon should be Ghost Recon.

[Clerericus]

On if you
1. Like to have a lot of Loot
2. Like Increasing Stats of certain Equipment/Weapons to your overall stats
3. want to play PVP or Raid
4. Likes grinding and progress in an overall sense

Off if you
1. Don't like stat increase and wanted to play as is
2. Don't like to be caged within your Gear Score Level, and consider a Headshot as a Headshot.
3. Doesn't like to Grind over and over and over
4. Wanted to play like Wildlands

My take on it, I prefer off tbh, but when you get to Gear Score 250 it's all the same tbh. You won't benefit or anything to have the highest gear score, because the enemy will have 1:1 damage modifier to you with the same gear score as you,

but when your gear score is low then there's a much difference that they could kill you instantly but you can't really kill them with a headshot. because the damage modifier is lower for you and Higher for AI, it makes the game RPG-ish.

What Gear Score Off do is make the damage modifier into 1:1 at the start of the game.

[StepwisePilot]

To anyone that may know, is there content locked behind having the gearscore turned on?

[[ACPL] Jon]

Originally posted by StepwisePilot:

To anyone that may know, is there content locked behind having the gearscore turned on?

Only Raid weapons. Which is like what, 3 guns? Of around 150 in the game.

[Clerericus]

Originally posted by StepwisePilot:

To anyone that may know, is there content locked behind having the gearscore turned on?

here's a list of raid loot compiled in google doc
https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakPoint/comments/ne0um6/golem_island_reward_list_raid_solo_exploration/

for the doc
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N-maCELyWLsUskb1hK6Fxs1tvSUeA2yhMnULeghOe2w/htmlview

[wake_22344]

if i remember right if you turn the gear score off and play the game normally and then turn the gear score back on when you want to play the raids it gives you max level gear (minus upgrades) if your a fair way through the story (should be possible around when raids unlock).

[Dwane Dibbley]

Start with off or you will find yourself constantly hunting for higher lvl gear to keep up with fast lvling. Later you could turn it on, but its overal just another layer to keep players longer in the game, its not gamechanger and almost all stats on gear are worthless (you will just do less damage with guns and getting random drop of your favorite weapon is pain).
Only reason to turn it on is to get upgrading parts (which is for some weird reason VERY unbalanced as you need same amount with on or off, but with disabled gear score you wont be getting weapon drops from enemies to dismanle)

[Crimson]

You still need gearscore if you want access raids

[Hyokkuda]

Pretty much that for me. I play without. Sadly, some weapons and such are locked behind raids that require those gear scores to be enabled. Unless that has changed by now...

Originally posted by Clerericus:

On if you
1. Like to have a lot of Loot
2. Like Increasing Stats of certain Equipment/Weapons to your overall stats
3. want to play PVP or Raid
4. Likes grinding and progress in an overall sense

Off if you
1. Don't like stat increase and wanted to play as is
2. Don't like to be caged within your Gear Score Level, and consider a Headshot as a Headshot.
3. Doesn't like to Grind over and over and over
4. Wanted to play like Wildlands

My take on it, I prefer off tbh, but when you get to Gear Score 250 it's all the same tbh. You won't benefit or anything to have the highest gear score, because the enemy will have 1:1 damage modifier to you with the same gear score as you,

but when your gear score is low then there's a much difference that they could kill you instantly but you can't really kill them with a headshot. because the damage modifier is lower for you and Higher for AI, it makes the game RPG-ish.

What Gear Score Off do is make the damage modifier into 1:1 at the start of the game.

[armedpoop]

gear score off is also going to severely limit how much money you can make by selling junk items and also makes it much harder to fight the giant mechs that are guarding some camps. Once you hit the max level (which doesn't take long) everything is scaled the same as turning gear score off anyways.

[realtucker]

Play with off, it is way better. If you want to raid you can always flip on but it really isn't worth it in my opinion, this game has tons of weapons as is. They added a lot in the subsequent years.

[Spectator]

IMO all the way off. Looter shooter logic is a complete waste of time, here and elsewhere : Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Island, etc. Thank god here it's optional.

[Clerericus]

Originally posted by armedpoop:

gear score off is also going to severely limit how much money you can make by selling junk items and also makes it much harder to fight the giant mechs that are guarding some camps. Once you hit the max level (which doesn't take long) everything is scaled the same as turning gear score off anyways.

Tho I can't deny that you can sell junk and have them for your warchest by the time you reach endgame it's all the same.

The thing about this is that, you can easily make money from playing Motherland missions just by sitting and hearing bowman's sitrep. for every sitrep you get 1k.

and for the Drones that are guarding several camps, I don't think that'll affect more in OFF state then ON. because the Damage Modifier is 1:1 in OFF. you just need to get the right equipment to destroy them.

If it's ON then, I doubt that you'd survive on Camp Kodiak or Red Shark Outpost (Because it is rated Gear Score 250), you'd be stuck on the grind, to reach those numbers.

Originally posted by Hyokkuda:

Pretty much that for me. I play without. Sadly, some weapons and such are locked behind raids that require those gear scores to be enabled. Unless that has changed by now... :7Days5:

Some reward are still locked behind raid/PVP, there are some changes where several rewards were given to player if you achieve LVL 20 Class Challenges which is horrible in practice (like sniping headshot on 3 people 500m without missing a shot)

So yea its just a variant thats already available in the game, if you are content with whats available then you don't have to play the raid.

[BlueSoap]

Just for new players, all of the above info is wrong.

If you play ghost recon correctly, gear score on or off doesn't affect much, because 90% of your kills will be headshots. Gear score should always be on, because of the additional +30 stats. Those who say 'gs doesn't do anything' have no idea what they're talking about. A tac50 with +30 range, a desert eagle survival with +30 accuracy and +30 handling, all these are insanely better than their gs off counterparts.