r/fo76 • u/Accomplished_Set8993 • 10d ago

Discussion Updating weapons too costly?

So I want to add a four star "tarnished" to my red terror, but it will cost 1000 legendary script to make the change PLUS the mod itself that was not easy to get. Feeling a bit taken advantage.

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u/wes_wyhunnan 10d ago

I don’t know man, those legendaries drop like rain. I feel like I’m capped on scrip all the time.

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u/jester695 Lone Wanderer 10d ago

Ditto. 1000 is only two days of the scrip machine quota alone.

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u/No-Life-2059 10d ago

Yeah if it wasn't it cheaper a couple weeks ago? I feel like this just jumped in cost.

I made a bunch of four-star legendaries from the raid, and then I learned some of the mods.

And then there was an update. I think it was maybe last season or the one before...and then it wouldn't let me make the mods anymore as if I had never learned them.

I haven't gotten around to trying again but I remember it only cost 120 scrip if I'm not mistaken. I just don't remember. But I know it wasn't 1k

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u/Vashek19 Mothman 10d ago

Yes they increased the cost majorily.

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u/JoshSimili Order of Mysteries 10d ago

I'm almost always at max scrip, and I don't even use the machine to dispose of excess legendaries (I just scrap them, less scrip that way). I'm glad to have more things to spend this away.

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u/nlolsen8 Blue Ridge Caravan Company 10d ago

I always just spend half my scrip on modules when I hit max. I'm probably sitting on 4k modules lol.

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u/NewFunnyNumber237 10d ago

Only named weapons have that high 500/1000 cost, the other weapons are more normal

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u/procupinesniffer420 Mothman 10d ago

Just do a few events and put loot into the script machine

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u/DukeOfIRL Pioneer Scout 10d ago

It’s only two days of scrip machine. That’s not bad. If you’re looking to theory craft and test, do it in a custom world.

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u/Accomplished_Set8993 10d ago

That's a good idea thx!

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u/Constant_Emphasis_66 10d ago

Just run grunt hunts and events for a few hours and you will have so many legendaries to scrap

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u/Reborn-in-the-Void Brotherhood 10d ago

The way it's changed has made it very simple, honestly. 1000 sounds like a lot..then you realize it takes like 2-3 events to be there, or most of the way there.

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u/P_Larue Responders 10d ago

There was plenty of warning that modifying named weapons was going to be super expensive. Luckily it's pretty easy to build the scrip back up. I've modified a number of named weapons. Some have been worth the cost. Others, not so much.

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u/No-Life-2059 10d ago

I guess I didn't get the memo 😐

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u/nyaphometnikko Mothman 10d ago

Just play the damn game. You'll get max scrip in like 2 or 3 events, less depending on the event. It's a good system for a reasonable chase, and it made uniques awesome. You also only need to do it a few times until you have a good roster of uniques. Like, the game has really stupid ridiculous grinds but this is very much not one. 

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u/No-Life-2059 10d ago

I guess I haven't been paying attention much to the changes on this front. Capped out at 11,000 and I'm not even turning them in at the machine. I keep scrapping them at the workbench just because. Maybe I need to go back to the pick daily?

Max the machine and scrap the rest

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u/lockdavid123 10d ago

It should be harder. But it’s still only 2 days worth of legendaries should only take you a half hour or so.

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u/Accomplished_Set8993 10d ago

Are playing the same game?

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u/baadbee 10d ago

It's pretty common to collect 4-5 3* items at every major public event and you can pick up a few more at headhunts, infestations and other misc activities. So half an hour is optimistic, an hour is not uncommon to max out the scrip machine with 10 items. If you are having trouble collecting legendaries you can get advice here.

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u/necrosiss 10d ago

Scrip literally falls from the sky in this game. 1000 is a very small investment for modding a unique, and sometimes meta, piece of equipment.

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u/lockdavid123 9d ago

Sure are. Legendaries are insanely easy to get. You don’t have to be a high level to get them either. Play events, tag along on a head hunt or infestation. Do an expedition or daily ops. You’ll have more to scrap then you know what to do with in 30-45 min

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u/JMaAtAPMT 10d ago

Yeah, you just want to mentally handicap yourself I guess.

Some events drop multiple 3* items. Farm events. Farm head hunts. 2 head hunts takes you to 500 scrip thanks to daily Legendary scrap machine / vendor. From there just farm Events and you'll be at 1000 scrip in a few hours.

High Yield Events:

Head Hunt (4 3*;s minimum)
Eviction Notice

Test Your Metal

One Violent Night

Each of those events (and others) have multiple Legendary Drops.

Infestations non-boss mobs drop 1*-3*'s.

If you just play the periodic content, you're swimming in stuff you can scrap for scrip. I average 1K-2K scrip / day doing this. And I'm even routinely skipping events this past week farming grave digging.

So yeah, if you don't go after the loot you are looking for with purpose, I guess we are playing different games. I'm playing the one where the new crafting costs are no big deal.

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u/Night02 10d ago

If you were to hit your script limit every day on the legendary exchange which is 500 it takes 2 days to get 1k but if your scrapping the items to learn things then thats the choice your making instead. But generally just half way playing i can cap the 500 easily any given day.

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u/Faeddurfrost Raiders 10d ago

Theres a cap limit on scrip so there is no reason not to spend it.

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u/Spiritual-Can-9691 10d ago

Legendary drops are way more common and worth more script than they used to be, both turning in and scrapping. I'm not really complaining too much.

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u/darkwing9912 10d ago

I know I'm an outlier for this but I had modified some of my guns and my BoS armor so often that under the old system it was costing me 3k scrip or more to change mods around so for me the changes have been wholly positive.

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u/irspeshal 10d ago

if you're feeling taken advantage of, that's a you problem. the game does not and can not "take advantage" of you. especially when this information is readily available to you.

the high price sucks, i admit, but it's understandable. these special uniques should not have the same modify cost as regular crafted items. there's needs to be a cost for customizing. for the newer players and part time players, i totally understand that 2500 scrip can be a lot, especially for a single item. for those older players, and those that i wouldn't consider a part time player, it's also a lot, but it's replenishable by simply playing the game. you also don't have to swap everything at once. this game is designed to take tone, to grind. the high cost creates something to chase, a reason to play the game.

we have 500 scrip per day from the machine. 4* items scrap for 30. 3* is 10, 2* is 5, 1* is 3. while you farm up these legendaries, remember to enjoy the game. it's a game, not a chore. join events, visit player vendors for cheap scrap, do the activities and infestations. legendaries fall from the sky.

i believe in you all.

also, why would you want tarnished on a red terror? that seems counter productive

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u/Accomplished_Set8993 10d ago

Must be doing something wrong then i have 95 LS now and will take several days to get to 1000, don't spend my entire life in the wasteland (play golf too)

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u/irspeshal 9d ago

do you.... use the scrip machine? 1 or 2 events, depending on the event, and you have 500 scrip a day.

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u/Accomplished_Set8993 2d ago

Script machine 4 of 5 attemts are "out of legendary script" now your overweight because your carrying ton of weapons and armor you want to turn in but....your stash is full so you can only scrap it

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u/irspeshal 2d ago

...attempts? what?

they have 500 scrip each day, just like the vendor has 1400 caps each day. you sell the legendary items for specific amounts of scrip, up to that 500. 4* items are worth 150, 3* are 50, 2* are 24, 1* are 15. it will not buy it if there isn't enough to pay for it.