Hi guys.
Are the differences in weapon ranks, or stars, purely cosmetic? Aside from experimentals which I know have extra stuff going on when they fire?
I don’t have any 5 star weapons yet, but comparing the damage, accuracy, and rate of fire between the same weapons of 4, 3, 2, and 1 star rank, they all seem identical.
Thanks in advance!
they are not identical. Each upgrade raises the stats slightly
Thanks.
It must be VERY slightly.
I’ll look again.
I mean don’t get me wrong I’m always switching to newest stuff.
I agree this.
New char with friend playing, those grey, green weapons are horrible. You waste much more ammo to bring things down. And longer ranges are also bad.
But when you play the game, and move gradually from grey -> yellow -> experimental. You dont notice that difference so much. And enemies get tougher also.
Just by quickly studying the pictures on the GZ Wiki, it looks like you probably have a 3-5% increase pr. stat for each tier. Lets say it’s 5%. That means a 20% increase in damage and handling if you go from 1* to 5*, which in my opinion is not slight, but a lot. 
Yes, I seem to have bad eyesight.
I rechecked, you guys are all totally right.
I was tired yesterday…that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Thanks for the info, all!
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