Q:
Kits vs. ascended weapons
Personally think it should be modified dependent on the weapon you’re holding.
Otherwise it trivialises the fact that people spent time and money crafting their weapons and we just get it at a button press.
I believe your kit damage increases depending on what weapon stat your using. Weapons and armour effect the kits
Kit damage is affected by weapon stats, yes, BUT OP is talking about the base damage range of the weapon (the Rifle does min dam-max dam, Pistol does min dam-max dam). There was a point where they normalized it based on Pistol damage so that the “obvious choice” wasn’t always to run Rifle because it was higher.
However the Ascended weapons add a major new wrinkle into this and yes there needs to be some adjustments made. Kits are now based on exotic pistol damage and that will be at some (possibly slight) disadvantage against ascended weaponry.
My engy is pure conditions, so I see no reason to upgrade whatsoever. So even though its’ my favorite class, my necro and mesmer both got weapons first. Well, each got 1 before I decided ascended is just not worth my time.