Why did the devs make the modifications less powerful?

[shafter9 156]

The power of various rankings of weapons (m1, m2, etc.) are now pretty close compared to how they were a few years ago. Why? I think that this is to make the large rank brackets in matchmaking battles more bearable. 

Do y'all prefer more of a gap between weapon capabilities at various modifications?

[Pyre 3,485]

Well, the less of a difference there is, the less advantages buyers have. Thats a bonus.

[Maf 32,306]

Is that true? I can't say I've tried to compare them myself, but I don't recall any updates aimed at reducing the gap between modifications.

[Tani_S 736]

Is that true? I can't say I've tried to compare them myself, but I don't recall any updates aimed at reducing the gap between modifications.

There was once an M4 nerf (M4 went down from +18/19% to around +13% compared to M3), when all numbers were buffed, but not the M4 ones.

 

Another thing is that the structure of the microupgrades changed in general, by making them cheaper (but higher speed up costs) and reducing the number of steps from 50 to 10 (20 for M3), which led to a much more noticeable use of microupgrades than before. When there are more microupgrades in place, then the differences between the modification levels seem to vanish with the smoother transition. In reality the differences between the M levels are the same, but you will just notice them less often in battles, as MUs became more important.

Edited December 5, 2018 by Tani_S

[wolverine848 13,097]

There was once an M4 nerf (M4 went down from +18/19% to around +13% compared to M3), when all numbers were buffed, but not the M4 ones.

 

Another thing is that the structure of the microupgrades changed in general, by making them cheaper (but higher speed up costs) and reducing the number of steps from 50 to 10 (20 for M3), which led to a much more noticeable use of microupgrades than before. When there are more microupgrades in place, then the differences between the modification levels seem to vanish with the smoother transition. In reality the differences between the M levels are the same, but you will just notice them less often in battles, as MUs became more important.

Thought they upped the m3 stats ... which has same net effect...