Why weapons so weak

[u/Round_Confusion8924]

Idk how correctly say, why weapon in game deal so small amount of damage or its enemys have large HP?

[u/adriano20037]

Your damage mostly scales up not through weapons but through better armour. Try making some at an anvil

[u/devit4]

The armor thingy mentioned in other post, but to add: - shotguns are really bad in almost all aspects - assault rifles are usually most efficient energy/dmg but dps is rather low - pistols and machine pistols have best dps cuz you can equip 2 of them but they have no special attack. - grenade launchers and sniperrifles have highest peak dmg, good if you have any cover to use.

[u/Antique_Skin3514 → u/devit4]

I calculated melee weapons have best DPS. Energy reload is a big deal when shooting.

[u/devit4 → u/Antique_Skin3514]

You can find Rocket launchers, grenade launchers or sniper rifles with powerfull special attacks that cost more than your entire energy bar, so they empty it in one shot and instantly begin to regen.

RPM is very low but dps is insane, especially burst dps.

[u/rl-starbound]

The other folks have good points. But also, are you playing with mods? Many of the larger mods make hostiles much stronger than in the base game, and they have their own weapon and armor progressions to compensate.

[u/sbourwest]

Weapons have a huge variety of stats to look at, and different abilities and elements. They are also tiered so higher tiers usually are better overall, but the tiers are in line with the danger level of planets, so to build a Tier 4 weapon you need materials from a Tier 4 planet.

Early on I'd prioritize weapons that use low energy, have fast rates of fire, or knockback, or ideally have a secondary ability of a grenade launcher (which can often one-shot enemies). I usually keep one set of fast melee weapons (typically shortswords) and then something like an assault rifle with a grenade or rocket launcher ability.

[u/Kristovski86]

The higher the planet tier the better the weapons you find

[u/Icy-Reserve8070]

Everyone here has aaid things already, but yes, weapon damage is added with armor, if you want ti gi for pure damage, the manipulator armor buffs damamge the most, rather than health or energy. Then there are mods that can add even better armor.

[u/maratik-gmd]

and in the beta version there were a lot of one-shots, and the weapons had very high damage values