Weapons with Rarity 11 as ending

[YumYumTastyTV]

Are they just plain worse than rarity 12 weapons? I'm new

[AfLIcTeD]

Most are better, even some of the rare 10 ones can be better depending on your build. The lower the rarity the more augments it can hold which can result in better weapons. The lower rarities are also easier to augment as well. Having a health augment on a melee weapon is more valuable than 20 extra attack or something.

[Greb]

Nope, most of them are actually a lot more useful, and not just because of the different Augmentation limits / costs. Rarity 12 weapons are nice and shiny though, and usually look a lot better, but no, they're not always simply better, you have to consider the slots and affinity as well.

[Zplayer96]

Not always, the best GS in the game is Acidic Glavinus' and its only rarity 11 so check weapon and compare it with the rest

[Misfit]

no, some rarity 10 are way better then rarity 12 weapons.
also you can put more augumentations on lower rarity weapons.
it depends on the stats like damage, affinity, sharprness, etc. if a weapon is good. rarity doesnt say much between levels 10 and 12.

[Greb]

Also consider bowguns. There's no "be all end all" bowgun, since they all fire different combinations of ammo at different levels of recoil, reload speeds, capacities and bonus effects. Some of the Rarity 12 ones are undisputed kings though, I.E Loyal Thunder, but that's only for Spread 3, it's terrible if you wanted to use Sticky or Pierce, etc.

[lexilogo]

As a general rule higher Rarity weapons have better overall stats attached to them.

HOWEVER, lower Rarity weapons accept more Augmentations overall, so they're more customisable and can sometimes end up with higher overall potential than their R12 counterparts. It depends, though, some R11 weapons like the Acidic Glavenus GS are amazing, some R12 weapons are amazing, the individual weapon needs to be evaluated regardless of simply looking at its Rarity.

[Nerevar]

once safi jiva arrives in march literally every weapon class will only use r12 with a very few expections like some bowguns for example. because all safi weapons are r12 only.

so dont farm your ass off too much for lower rarity augments for now. theyll end up getting useless very shortly from now.

also the ones ending at r10/11 might see updates in the future via new variants or arch tempered versions of thier monsters.

but unless the devs fix the safi issue all weapons except his will be obsolete anyway unless they give them SILLY good base stats. and i really mean silly good. like 30% affinity and 310+ raw dmg about.

anything below that is insantly worse then safi and thus obsolete before its even released. like stygian zinogres weapons for example. was instantly useless due to safi.

so be aware of this and dont overstress yourself with getting every good weapon right now when your efforts are made obsolete this shortly.