Posted March 11, 2022
Just checking with other players to see if the general consensus of this skill is the same as my own.
This skill is at least partially broken and mostly useless even where it does work.
The 2nd rank isn't required to use any ammo crafting blueprints. (It also doesn't affect how much ammo is crafted from the recipes.)
It is literally cheaper to sell the materials required to craft ammo and buy ammo on its own than to expend the materials crafting ammo. Therefore the ONLY possible use for this skill is if you buy all the ammo for your weapons of choice that you can find and STILL find yourself needing more ammo.
Do you agree? Did I overlook something?
Also, I remember the Outlaw ammo crafting skills in Elex 1 were trash as well (numerous recipes were obviously supposed to craft more than 1 ammo but only crafted 1 ammo, for example). I'm surprised they're making the same mistake here.
Update: I found the Hand Grenade blueprint (I've only found 1 and no merchant sells it afaik, making it useless unless you know where it is) and unlike the ammo-crafting recipes, it actually is more cost-effective to make than to sell the materials and purchase. Therefore that skill at least isn't useless.
This skill is at least partially broken and mostly useless even where it does work.
The 2nd rank isn't required to use any ammo crafting blueprints. (It also doesn't affect how much ammo is crafted from the recipes.)
It is literally cheaper to sell the materials required to craft ammo and buy ammo on its own than to expend the materials crafting ammo. Therefore the ONLY possible use for this skill is if you buy all the ammo for your weapons of choice that you can find and STILL find yourself needing more ammo.
Do you agree? Did I overlook something?
Also, I remember the Outlaw ammo crafting skills in Elex 1 were trash as well (numerous recipes were obviously supposed to craft more than 1 ammo but only crafted 1 ammo, for example). I'm surprised they're making the same mistake here.
Update: I found the Hand Grenade blueprint (I've only found 1 and no merchant sells it afaik, making it useless unless you know where it is) and unlike the ammo-crafting recipes, it actually is more cost-effective to make than to sell the materials and purchase. Therefore that skill at least isn't useless.
Post edited March 15, 2022 by bushwhacker2k