Talk:Stealth/@comment-172.15.16.99-20150108010247

I was going to add this directly to the wiki under Grievences (after "there appears to be no inherent benefit..."), but I'm posting it here instead. If a mod likes my comment, feel free to add it to the article itself.

Alternatively, a max-ranked Hush mod requires only 5 mod energy. If placed on a high-damage weapon soon after you acquire it, such as a sniper rifle or high-damage burst fire rifle (the Tiberon or Latron prime come to mind, especially since many players install 5 or even 6 Formas on these weapons, thus requiring they be leveled up several times over), you may be able to level the weapon more quickly by fighting enemies 10+ levels above the weapon and remaining stealthy to counter the weapon's (likely) low rate of fire. For examaple, killing 70 level 30 Grineer is going to earn considerably more affinity than killing 100 level 20 Grineer, thus the enemy level makes up for the lack of quantity. Since earned affinity is divided among all equipped weapons, your sniper rifle will level faster if you bring no secondary or melee weapon along, but if you are not stealthy, you will probably die. Additionally, if you try this, equip a Metal Auger or Shred mod next to add Punch-Through to your weapon and make silently killing more than 1 enemy at a time far easier.