Dominion Polaron Upgrade

quammen

Out of curiosity i upgraded one Dominion Polaron to Mk XII from the Jem´Hadar-Episode. Despite not getting any rarity upgrade, the rare (blue) weapon now have a CritH and a Dmg modifier.
So...
1.Shouldn´t blue "hybrid" weapons get only one additional modifier?
2. Has anyone tried to get them to very rare or higher quality and are they worth the effort to upgrade?

rodentmaster

Pretty much the only toon I have that is even bothering to participate in this "upgrade" sham (a money grubbing scheme if ever there was one...) has worked on a dominion polaron.

I'm a little annoyed at the DMG modifier. I dislike it over any weapon type. I believe I managed to get one of mine up to purple quality on a premature crit (lucked out on that) but the modifier was a mere [ACC] and not what I was hoping for. It cost a lot, too, to get there.

However, if that's the type of weapon you truly want, you WILL benefit from upgrading. Even if they remain blue level they will get the base damage for mk XIV and do a lot more damage. Being blue Mk XI's to begin with, you have a longer upgrade road to get there, but the damage/dps of my mkXIV DomPol DHC is quite nice. They may be less desirable if you're min-maxing and want a specific mod (like, say, [CrtD]x3 or whatever), but IMO they "don't suck" so take that with whatever grain of salt you will.

markhawkman

quammen wrote: »

Out of curiosity i upgraded one Dominion Polaron to Mk XII from the Jem´Hadar-Episode. Despite not getting any rarity upgrade, the rare (blue) weapon now have a CritH and a Dmg modifier.
So...
1.Shouldn´t blue "hybrid" weapons get only one additional modifier?
2. Has anyone tried to get them to very rare or higher quality and are they worth the effort to upgrade?

I did that too. My hypothesis is that the weapon is considered to have hidden mods by the upgrade system. then it changes the name to match the pre-existing stats.

breadandcircuses

quammen wrote: »

Out of curiosity i upgraded one Dominion Polaron to Mk XII from the Jem´Hadar-Episode. Despite not getting any rarity upgrade, the rare (blue) weapon now have a CritH and a Dmg modifier.
So...
1.Shouldn´t blue "hybrid" weapons get only one additional modifier?
2. Has anyone tried to get them to very rare or higher quality and are they worth the effort to upgrade?

The Spiral Wave Beam Arrays are similar, being Very Rare with 2 procs and 4 [Mods], which would otherwise already be considered Epic. Many of the specific items (what would be Named in other MMOs) have more bonuses than they should for their relative Quality... think of it as a reward for grinding though the mission enough times to load out that character, and for investing in Upgrading those items.