before i overdo it, what is considered a “normal” amount of forma to apply to weapons/frames? i main nidus and i can’t see myself using 7 or 8 forma unless there is a really specific high cost build that is extremely efficient, but just curious what the average stopping point is, before i waste forma upgrading more than really necessary.
The objectively correct answer is “enough”. Overframe is pretty bad for builds, but forma optimizing button is really nice so I recommend
However many it needs.
If I’m dealing with a weapon with riven, I might go for 5-7 so that I get some flexibility. Usually up to 4 for non-riven.
Frames is a more by-use basis. I generally play mostly with prime frames so I will always consider an aura forma, I have a bunch. Then I just start using the frame and as I notice things I want to change to make the frame better, until I stop noticing what could be better. Typically I end up with forma’ing frames up to 3 times, the most extreme being… 7? I think I made a mistake on that one at some point and ended up undoing it, but I’m not sure.
As many times as required to put on the build I want to put on. That was especially problematic before umbra forma if I wanted to use two umbral mods, and it’s problematic today with ranged weapons because they don’t have stances/auras to increase mod capacity, and the primed & galvanized mods cost a lot of capacity.
The only problem is that it also limits the builds I can put on because of conflicting polarities.
True, shotguns are especially so bad about this. And it’s gonna be even worse if they add more primed mods.