What changed in Defiance in 2013

Major overhaul of how weapons work, improving the fun factor of all new weapons.

Major overhaul of how weapons work, improving the fun factor and guaranteeing quality of uncommon loot.

Reworked the system for bonuses and rarities so players know exactly what they are getting with new guns.

Finding uncommon loot now guarantees that it will be of high quality.

All weapons now shift to higher rarity bonuses at EGO rating 1000 instead of 1675-2325.

Removed all bonuses to melee damage and self revive cool down for Mastery bonuses.

Improvements applied to all future loot rolls, including lockboxes and siege rewards.

Volge Battle Rifle drops now have random Rarity, Mastery, and Synergy bonuses and can be traded.

Improvements to loot rolls apply to all future loot, including lockboxes and siege rewards.

Epic weapons from Von Bach now have the same faction bonus damage and recoil as other faction rewards.

Removed bonuses to melee damage and self revive cooldowns for all but shotguns.

All Uncommon+ weapons now gain a boost to their base damage, scaling based on rarity.

Removed bonuses that modify self-reviving cool downs and increase melee damage during self-reviving.

All weapons of at least EGO rating 1000 now gain a Common (white) bonus.

Uncommon bonuses will no longer grant boosts to Melee damage, except for shotguns.

Lower power rating Thorn Liro faction rewards no longer cost an arm and 4 billion legs.

The jump to higher level rarity bonuses now occurs at EGO rating 1000 for all weapons.

Single shot Pistols, Rocket Launchers, Detonators, and Sawed-off Shotguns will no longer roll Rate of Fire or Clip Size bonuses.

Nano ammo bonus is now rolled separately, and melee mods have been removed from Rare rarity weapons.

Removed bonuses that modify self-reviving cool downs and increase melee damage by 200% when self-reviving.

Epic weapons from Von Bach now have the same faction bonus damage and recoil as other faction rewards.

Single shot weapons no longer roll certain Synergy Sets; only Shotguns roll the Brutal Synergy Set.

Uncommon bonuses will no longer grant boosts to Melee damage except for shotguns.

All Uncommon+ weapons now gain a boost to their base damage, scaling with rarity.

Rare weapons now provide a weapon stat boost, with Nano ammo bonus rolled separately.

All weapons except Infectors can now roll an increased damage % bonus for their Legendary roll.

Lower power rating Thorn Liro faction rewards no longer cost an arm and 4 billion legs.

Single shot Pistols, Rocket Launchers, Detonators and Sawed-off Shotguns will no longer roll Rate of Fire or Clip Size bonuses.

Single shot Pistols/Rocket Launchers/Detonators and Sawed-off Shotguns no longer roll certain Synergy Sets.

All weapons now have a chance to roll an increased damage % bonus for their Legendary roll, except for Infectors.

Volge Battle Rifle drops now have random Rarity, Mastery and Synergy bonuses and can be traded.

All weapons of at least EGO rating 1000 now gain a Common (white) bonus.