Is there even a point to research & development?
During my ~100h insanity playthrough of the game i realized at some point that crafting gear is completely useless.
- In the beginning of the game you're not sure what to build and points are scarce, so you horde until you get a better feel for it.
- In the middle of the game you pump points into a few research options. Wich is like playing the lottery because what you build may or may not be * compared to what you have. And you don't get nearly enough points to research the majority of items.
- Then somewhere close the endgame you realize that looted gear goes up to level X. While your researched stuff only goes to V, making any self-built gear utterly pointless. It's true you get bonuses and possibly more mod slots but that's assuming you invested in worthwhile weapons/armor to begin with and even then they are hardly better than the higher level regular stuff you can find or buy and generally not worth the effort.
Thoughts?
After you research something to lvl V, you will get a new item on the research list called 'Advanced weapon/armor'. This lets you research that weapon or armor from VI to X (lvl 50 to 80).
