Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-10782738-20130903043055/@comment-13248161-20130904120949

AndRollOut wrote:

In contrast, the matching weapon upgrades combat prowess by maybe 20-30%. It's still palpable, to be sure, but you can do almost as well with a well-paired spare weapon (usually the powerful ones you get at 2m points in events serve quite well). Yup. For example, Red Alert from last event paired with Silverbolt's weapon (which gives him the faction, class, and specialization bonuses) actually puts him on my leader line at the moment.

So I've stopped worrying too much about the signature weapons.