Well you would think it was an awesome thing coming out of that box. It isn't. Costs 100lp more than regular chainsword with the exact same stats. Visually it has a different hilt, but completly greyed out. Looks like a fresh model someone generated and didn't even bother to texture. So, is there a hidden bonus I don't see with regards to a masterworked weapon?
I believe because of the unpolished state of the game alot of the stats on unique weapons are placeholder, not sure though.
I heard earlier that the Master Crafted weapons do in fact have better stats while using them, but they're not all showing up when you highlight them for selection.
i hope so i have 2 master craft weapons and if i use them they better be wicked to take up 100 extra points
A lot of people 'hear' that, but I've done extensive comparisons and most of the weapons have very little to no difference. Usually, it's something minor like your recoil goes down slightly, like maybe .2 which is maybe the equivalent of a low-tier 20 LP mod...yet the 'master crafted' version tends to cost about 100 LP more aside from some melee weapons and pistols (and those again, have no detectable difference in stats when testing aside from meager accuracy differences that are NOT worth their LP cost). I've compared the Master Crafted Heavy Bolter, NO difference in damage, rate of fire, heat threshold, cooldown time, or anything of that nature for 100 LP more. I've compared the Deff Choppa and it does no extra damage (tested with and without mods, exact same damage profile), doesn't seem to attack any faster, have a longer reach, or anything like that for again, 100 LP more. There may be an impact difference or something like that, but it's immeasurable on Tyrannids and doesn't seem to make any realistic difference in PvP for me. Done the same for the Deff Shiny and Master Crafted pistols, and the recoil is slightly better, but not worth-the-LP-cost better. I'm sure they have adjustments to make on them still, but as of now the master crafted weapons are not at all worth bringing unless you have points to spare in your loadout and want to look shiny (and just about anyone above rank 3 doesn't have points to spare).
I think it has been said(and somewhat tested?) that they come with higher weapon durability than their normal counterparts so you can clang longer.
Weapons were done during last few days before release. Most of them are not done, all master crafted version are crap apart from PC\Lascannon(both of which are ridiculously OP)\Force weapons and maybe smth else i dont know about. This will change in the future and is not worth discussing right now
I actually own a MC Lacannon, didn't really notice any difference but i carry it anyway because my dev had points to spare, what does it changes?
