Does weapon power level even matter?

[Domarius]

I'm playing Kirellian and I have a glaive that is way more effective in battle than any other swords because it can take down heavies quickly and still give me no problem cutting down multiple regular enemies with enough speed.

So I've been holding onto it, but now the chests are giving me swords at power level 80 while this glaive is still power level 48. Yet this glaive still craps all over my other weapon choices when I test them on the dummies or try them out in game.

Am I missing something?

[Reizz of the Gal Vorbak ✳]

Get a glaive with a higher powerlevel, problem solved

[Abomination713]

Your overall hero power is what affects damage. Go to the training dummy and test the numbers there. A 32 power increase isn't much do I doubt if will raise your power at all. Since you will be switching between weapons, you can use your bow to see the damage increase if there is any. If all else fails, just craft a new glaive with 1 weapon thing and 10 scrap.

[Ultra]

no weapon power doesnt matter only their traits for oranges+ and all rarities properties, its your overall power level (top left on 'i' screen in the keep) that matters. You should aim for higher powerlevel on all items if u can.

Also i believe every 10 powerlevel is a 1% damage increase.

[Suzaku]

The weapon type matters a bit more than power level, but power level can still matter. In some cases, it can be the difference between needing an extra swing or shot to bring down a tougher target, which can lead to much shorter times to kill. Getting that tiny bit of extra damage so a target dies in 2 hits instead of 3 means you're suddenly killing 33% faster.

If you're concerned that your current gear is out-pacing the stuff you want, simply craft a new one and it will be roughly the same level as the new gear that your boxes have been dropping.

[Displatcher]

Essentially yes...blue item properties and orange listed traits and even the actual colour quality of any weapon or item can be changed or altered by you in the crafting menu......an items power level cannot.
This basically means that you wont be crafting/finding a perfect set of gear as you will always be dropped a higher power level item (possibly in white or green with no extra properties or traits) than you have equipped to make you go back into the crafting and upgrade it and re-roll properties and traits to get the new higher rated item to where u want it to be.
I think this will encourage players not to stagnate on the favorite loadout and be more experimental in character builds.

[FknMental]

dont listen to people just saying "aim for higher power level". If you start out you should go for the properties instead of just taking the higher power level item because most of the players dont even know how little of a deal powerlevel actually is. There are certain powerlevel points you have to reach so it actually makes a little difference, but you really cant tell if power level 250 or power level 300 or powerlevel 320. Its really not that big of a deal until later.

[Domarius]

Thank you everyone :) Ok the take-away is power level doesn't matter for the most part, except in very large increments, far over 100.

And at some point I will just craft a new glaive and it will be at the same power level as the other weapons.

Nice to have this cleared up! Plain damage and hit points is easy to understand, it's primary school math. This mysterious power level number seems unecessary, but I guess it must have some other applications... but why it's not explained in game is another mystery...

[Maschinengewehr]

Eh, each increment of 100 makes a noticeable difference, which is roughly what the difficulty thresholds are tied to as well.

Fatshark need to actually give us the specific stat info rather than just "affects damage, stagger etc".