If I have a dropsuit with a light slot and a sidearm slot, drop in a side arm damage modifier, and equip an SMG in the light slot and a Flaylock in the sidearm slot. Does the damage mod affect both (because they are both sidearms) or only the Flaylock (because it is in the sidearm slot)?

-Lee

It impacts based on Module type and not the slot the module resides in.

You will get an fitting error if you fit no weapons its meant for.

Good news...great news....fantastic news....how do you know? When looking at the specs of my suits and modules in fittings, I see the sidearm dmg at 103%, the weapons themselves still show the base dmg.

So you are saying if I fit two sidearms and a light weapon dmg mod, it will give you an error? interesting.

This isn't that case though. I am fitting two sidearms with a sidearm mod, and I want to know if both sidearms get the bonus...the specs on either sidearm show nothing...just the base specs. The suit itself shows 103% for sidearms, but doesn't actually say where it applies.

You will get an fitting error if you fit no weapons its meant for.

Odd I get it with the heavy on a non heavy suit.

I've not seen this fitting "error" either, so I have no way to confirm/refute what Iron says.

It's an educated guess based on how damage modules in Eve work. As an example, Gyrostabilizers give bonuses to projectile weapons, but not hybrid weapons. As both projectile and hybrid weapon are high slots, the modules clearly can differentiate based on gun type. As Dust is based on Eve in fitting terms, it is logical to conclude Dust modules work in the same way.

I tend to think like this as well, but there are some slight differences. Since you have heavy, light, and sidearm slots, but can fit lights and sidearms in heavy slots and sidearms in light slots, it becomes more like fitting EvE low power mods in low, medium OR high slots since they take less power. The question would still stand in that environment as well.

Odd I get it with the heavy on a non heavy suit.

If I have a dropsuit with a light slot and a sidearm slot, drop in a side arm damage modifier, and equip an SMG in the light slot and a Flaylock in the sidearm slot. Does the damage mod affect both (because they are both sidearms) or only the Flaylock (because it is in the sidearm slot)?

-Lee

We should know with certainty once CCP updates the modules to reflect skill and other modifiers to stats of fitted modules.

I hope they do it quickly. It's soul crushing to not be able to see what the mods are actually doing, but being a longtime EvE player, I'm not holding my breath.

In the meantime, there is this:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=67188&find=unread

Thanks Hydra,

I will check it out as soon as I get home. In the interim, how are your dmg mods applied and where did you get your information from?

-Lee

wrote:

As far as I've ever known, the weapon damage modifier affects the related weapon type, not the slot type. Heavy weapons affected by Heavy weapon damage modifiers. Light weapons affected by Light weapon damage modifiers.

i.e. An SMG will fit in a H (heavy) or L (light) weapon slot, but being an S (sidearm) weapon, it's output is affected by the Sidearm modifier.

This is why all suits have modifiers for all 3 weapon types, not just the slot types available to that suit. A Logi suit has modifiers for H, L, and S, but only a slot for L. If it were affected by the slot type it should, logically, only have an L damage modifier.

wrote: Unless CCP has changed this within the last 4 weeks then I can confirm the above. Damage mods apply based on weapon type not slot type.

Cheers,
Cross

I hope they do it quickly. It's soul crushing to not be able to see what the mods are actually doing, but being a longtime EvE player, I'm not holding my breath. I think the Ballistic Control System RoF bonus STILL doesn't show in the launcher specs.

what about racial suit bonuses? max clip size on sidearm bonus, does anyone know if that is a slot based or weapon based bonus? i know i could assume yes from the last post but am still not sure

If your soul crushed due to an inconvenience in a video game, I question your priorities in life :P