Legendary vs Special?

[EmperorsGaming]

What's the difference between a unique name and just a special weapon?

 

IE Big Boy is the legendary Fat Man mini-nuke launching death cannon... General Chao's Revenge is obviously legendary as well.

 

"Incindary Assault Rifle" doesn't seem unique. "Quickdraw Switchblade" doesn't seem very unique either.

 

Are there weapons that'll pop up with stars by their names that aren't really special?

 

And is there an Assault Rifle version of a real legendary?

[Boombro]

Special weapons have enchantment that only they have most of the time, Legendary items have random ones that any other weapon of the same tier can have.

Some legendary items don't need to have their own models and textures, some can look just like you normal shotgun or combat rifle.

[AtmaDarkwolf]

also: Unique weapons names will NOT change if you mod them (IE: Kremvh's Tooth will stay Kremvh's Tooth even after you remove the 'mod' that is special for it, and it will not become 'serrated Kremvh's Tooth' if you remove the mod and instead replace it with the serrated blade mod)

 

Legendary items will change as you mod them.

[Deagroth]

I find that "Special/Unique" items are essentially pre-made Legendaries with a fancy (often lore friendly) name. Aside from a few truly unique Special weapon abilities, it looks like most Special weapons simply have a legendary ability on them.

 

You can prevent a legendary weapon's name from changing as you modify it simply by renaming it to something else, you can even use <i> for italics and such.