Dunno, Aki. The way postmodding is implemented now makes me feel that assemblies created with WK2 are superior to those created with WK1 or WK0, even if the stats are the same - you're skilled enough to add another mod slot for those assembled items with WK2, whereas you can't make this happen before.
It also adds some tactical decisions - do I make that energy pistol to have a better weapon against the revs now, or can I wait to gain another level to be able to P-mod it afterwards? How many revs and lost souls will I run into before gaining that level?
IMHO, it's more interesting the current way, than if you would be able to slap an extra upon anything once you get WK2. Just my two Czech hellers :).
Okay, i'm kinda distracted at the moment so i'll quickly sum up my thoughts. Might be time to make another thread.
Seeing as assemblies by nature are a "fixed recipe" thing, it would make more sense for WK2 to simply allow you to put another mod onto it because you're skilled enough to do the wiring and stuff like that, or however mod packs work.
Think of it like making a computer - having no experience with making a computer doesn't mean that your computer isn't able to be upgraded further - it's just that once you have more experience, you'll be able to put in multiple drives and additional features and stuff.
The tactical decisions in that case are kinda silly because of the RNG. Let's look at the list of levels that give guaranteed modpacks:
CC, Military base/Phobos Labs, Armory/Labs, Mortuary/Limbo?.
Out of those, Phobos/Deimos labs and the Mortuary/limbo are suicide on higher difficulties unless you're already armed to the teeth (in which case you'll want the assemblies that you have to be made even better as the reward), and you won't even have WK 2 without sacrificing a master trait or something necessary by the time you get to the labs - and early game, you're going to want to make those assemblies to help you get through things.
Which leaves you either carrying around tons of modpacks/half-assembled weapons not as good as your primary one or going without and hoping the RNG will throw you a ball. That's kinda silly in my opinion.
If say, every level gave a guaranteed modpack of every kind somewhere on it, THEN it would make tactical sense - Because in one or two levels you could scavenge the modpacks you needed to make and upgrade your assembly, and that would then throw in your tactical analysis. But as it stands, you could go the whole game without seeing even 1 modpack - which would make the tactical decisions you're making totally at the mercy of the RNG. It's kinda like saying "Well, i'm not going to upgrade my armor because i'll eventually get Malek's armor to drop in addition to my Nyarlaptotep's boots." That's really silly - especially when you have to spend a trait point to activate it in the first place.
In a regular game, you won't have enough modpacks to get the full benefit out of WK 2's more mod slots for weapons ability - and on Ao100, imagine if you make a burst rifle on like floor 40 and get a firepower modpack on like floor 80. Yeah.
It's needlessly silly.
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