Are the Experimental Weapons worth it?

[TheMac]

I started a new game and right off the bat the experimental weapons became "inspired." I was able to get through to the point where I could build them in my first playthrough, though I never did. It will be a while until I can build the room that allows the engineer to craft these items in my current playthrough, so now is a good time to ask.

It seems there was a strange gun, an usual pistol, an axe, a frost bomb and maybe something else. I haven't seen any YT playthrough using either the experimental weapons or the robot you can also craft in the weapons / armor research room (forgot the name).

Do people use these experimental weapons? How about building the expensive Spark robot? Is that worth it? I get the feeling that it's more important to upgrade to the railguns and the subsequent tier III weapons than it is to mess with these odd things. I've also read that the Spark is very strong in early game, but quite weak in late game, though I've never used it. Thanks!

[TheMac]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

As far as I know, you can only get one, but if you know you're going to be facing a ruler, give it to your grenadier main slot to get two.

Oh, only one gun? I was thinking how many Sparks someone uses. If there's only one gun though. Hmm.

[Narrowmind]

I'm sorry, I was referring to the frost grenades. You only get one of the other special weapons as well. You can get all the Sparks you want, if you have the materials.

[TheMac]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

I'm sorry, I was referring to the frost grenades. You only get one of the other special weapons as well. You can get all the Sparks you want, if you have the materials.

Okay. Thanks. Only one frost grenade.

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by TheMac:

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

I'm sorry, I was referring to the frost grenades. You only get one of the other special weapons as well. You can get all the Sparks you want, if you have the materials.

Okay. Thanks. Only one frost grenade.

Yeah. Sparks are as many as you can afford, though they can be a bit costly.
The weapons you get from the rulers DLC are one of each max, and it's may also be worth noting that if a person with one dies on a mission and you can't get their dead body out with you (I forget if that is a part of the normal game or only possible with a mod) you loose that item for good.
As a result of the above, it's best to make a point to never send someone on a covert-op with one of these equipped.

[TheMac]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

Originally posted by TheMac:

Okay. Thanks. Only one frost grenade.

Yeah. Sparks are as many as you can afford, though they can be a bit costly.
The weapons you get from the rulers DLC are one of each max, and it's may also be worth noting that if a person with one dies on a mission and you can't get their dead body out with you (I forget if that is a part of the normal game or only possible with a mod) you loose that item for good.
As a result of the above, it's best to make a point to never send someone on a covert-op with one of these equipped.

Smart! Thanks for thinking ahead. I haven't built any yet, but I'm planning on it after the latest squad upgrades.