Artisan Weapons vs Normal Crafted ones

[Wolfkral]

Hi, is it just me or i find the fact that you basically get artisan weapons so early in HR that it makes all other normal crafted ones pointless to even look at?

I feel kinda disappointed about this.
I see cool looking weapons on one side but then they get slapped by their artisan versions in damage.

Or maybe i am missing something here? Whats the point of normal weapons once you have access to the artisan ones?

i think they should have given access to those way after

[Popcorn]

also wondering this, is there any real benefit to crafting a normal tier 7 vs artisan tier 7?

[MishaXG]

Actually it s a build choice more than anything else.

Normal weapons might have a special perk tide to that weapon which you wont be able to have with a Artian weapon.
So for some builds having a specific normal weapon might be better.
On the other hand to compensate this loss Artian weapon wont have access to those specific perks BUT will have better gem slots.

So there no ''bad weapons'' overall, it s just a choice in term of build.
Still Artian weapon are cool cause you can more or less customise them and obviously are ''easier'' to work as their power arent based on a special skill but on gems you can put on them which you can customise to fit your build.

Actually i find their system cool, so normal weapons arent bad in a way and Artian weapons are also good as you can get exactly what you want.
Unlocking all those things early feels just better, cause there s nothing more frustrating than knowing that you want a specific weapon but you have to wait till RC (what ever) to be able to start grinding those things.

Only thing missing is skin change for weapons. We can understand why it s not a thing cause of animations and so on... and overall it s cool to try to fit a skin to the weapon you are using instead of using the same exact skins for all builds.
But that would give an interest to craft every weapons instead of just the ones you will use.

[Coth]

lol? rarity 7 arti weapons are ass compared to normal ones.

[Chaos]

Kinda.
A properly build and decenly rolled Artisan one are probably better than it's normal same tier equivalent.

Make me never look at normal weapon again... expect for bowgun maybe.

[BigJ]

Artian weapons will only start to feel over crafted ones paat rarity 7 with the big jump been 8 or course.

Till then crafted ones are superior and even at 7 there's some outliers like charge blade and hunting horn that prefer crafted.

[Lunii]

I guess the tradeoff is either Equipment Skills from regular crafted weapons, or the enhancement bonuses from the Artian ones.

[KillJoyDOD]

I hear a lot of people say that this game is too easy. Using reg or not maximum rank weapons might be a good way to up the difficulty for personal challenges!!

[Dalek Trekkie]

Escrito originalmente por MishaXG:

Actually it s a build choice more than anything else.

Normal weapons might have a special perk tide to that weapon which you wont be able to have with a Artian weapon.
So for some builds having a specific normal weapon might be better.
On the other hand to compensate this loss Artian weapon wont have access to those specific perks BUT will have better gem slots.

So there no ''bad weapons'' overall, it s just a choice in term of build.
Still Artian weapon are cool cause you can more or less customise them and obviously are ''easier'' to work as their power arent based on a special skill but on gems you can put on them which you can customise to fit your build.

Actually i find their system cool, so normal weapons arent bad in a way and Artian weapons are also good as you can get exactly what you want.
Unlocking all those things early feels just better, cause there s nothing more frustrating than knowing that you want a specific weapon but you have to wait till RC (what ever) to be able to start grinding those things.

Only thing missing is skin change for weapons. We can understand why it s not a thing cause of animations and so on... and overall it s cool to try to fit a skin to the weapon you are using instead of using the same exact skins for all builds.
But that would give an interest to craft every weapons instead of just the ones you will use.

I personally find the move towards more buildcrafting to be better than the typical "craft weapon with bigger number" that MH games have typically relied on. That's not so say that there was no buildcrafting before. It was there, but it almost always revolved around everyone using the same weapons of each respective type. There's a lot more flexibility here, and I like that.

[OmegaV-Rex]

Its mostly side items for me since i use raw GS.

[SolusiRadikal]

Normal craft HBG has way more ammo choice than Artisan

[Soji]

Artisan weapons will most likely be a lot better once you put the time into upgrading them and rolling the exact one you want since the overall stats can be higher as well as 3 lvl 3 deco slots but that takes a lot of time to get to that point. The other weapons are to be used until you get to then the way I see it. Maybe the Artisans before R8 are good, I haven't looked much into it, but I dont think you'd want to immediately stop using crafted weapons over artisan the minute you get access to them. All the artisan bows rolled at R6 are actual ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣]

there are good artian weapons? all the ones ive had the option to craft so far for my current main have been worse than the normal weapons.. are you sure you have the max weapon upgrades unlocked?
i just got enough to craft my first rarity 8 (9?) artian weapon and its only 1 tick away from being fully reinforced (all attack up and one sharpness up) but my current weapon is still better than it in every aspect, plus it takes a lot of materials to fully upgrade them too
wtf game have i been playing?

[Sawblade Shieldslave]

the only way artisan weapons are better than any normal one is max 3 element like attack/affinity dragon x3 with all 5 artisan upgrades, if you dont do that they're just worse

[Freak4Leeks]

Some of them are complete garbage compared to the crafted ones.

[Venator]

depends on build. for me a bowgun user its awesome cause you can fine tune and make a perfect bowgun for your needs.

but there are still some normal bowguns that are better for a specific build im trying to do. so just experiment!