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So, I want to speculate about how Ultimate Gunsmith works. Especially with an eye on game balance.
Anything which violates the law of "equal level, equal potential" -- as Demonic Commandeer did -- is broken.
However, there are legal ways to circumvent that rule: Gaining new Enhanced Armaments, either from Enemies, the Shops, or other Burst Linkers. Yet all of these methods somehow obey the balance.
All of them involve risking or outright trading away your Burst Points, so you're not getting something for nothing. More than that, anyone else could have gotten the same weapon or tool before you did, or their own copy, or they might steal it from you.
Ultimate Gunsmith would need to balanced against the three normal methods of acquiring new weapons. It cannot be a way for Red Rider to endlessly expand his versatility (and thus power) in combat.
Perhaps Shops have randomized inventory, and Ultimate Gunsmith allowed Red Rider to pay Shop-equal costs in order to get any kind of gun he wanted on demand, without needing to wait for the right one to appear?
If Shops (or at least some Shops) can instead make weapons to buyer specifications, then perhaps Ultimate Gunsmith could do the same more cheaply (and allow Rider to skip the tedium of traveling to a Shop)?
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