Q: What are masterwork rolls?
A: Most legendary weapons are capable of being Masterworked. The masterwork system is a way for you to upgrade your favorite weapons to their maximum potential.
Q: What does it take to upgrade a weapon to a masterwork?
A: Upgrading your weapons, in broad terms, takes a small amount of glimmer, legendary shards, and, most importantly, Enhancement Cores.
Depending on what Tier your weapon is at, the requirements to raise it to the next tier increase the closer the weapon is to being fully masterworked (Tier 10).
Q: What benefits do I get for masterworking a weapon?
A: Each tier that you increase your weapon will grant a small buff to a single stat, chosen randomly when the item drops.
Beyond that, at Tier 5 you gain access to a kill tracker. At Tier 10, your multi-kills will generate orbs of light.
Q: So what are these "masterwork roll" stats?
A: These are the possible stats that upgrading your weapon will grant a bonus to. Depending on what tier you are at, you can grant anywhere from 1-10 additional points in any of the stats listed to your weapon.
Q: Any catch with this?
A: The Bungie API currently says that all weapons can potentially roll with all stats as their masterwork stat. This obviously isn't accurate, as Blast Radius isn't applicable to, say, Auto Rifles.
The list you see on this page is trimmed to only show stats that actually appear on the weapon. However, it is possible that Bungie has additional logic behind the scenes that further filters these
possibilities to, for example, prevent certain items from being able to have an Impact masterwork. Until Bungie modifies the API files to 100% accurately display which masterwork stats are possible on
each item, take what you see here with a pinch of salt.
Stag has had virtually no changes since its last perk refresh - take your pick of PvE perks, like Archers Tempo + Anything, Pugilist + Swashbuckler, etcetera. Or go for PvP, like Archers Tempo + Anything, Eye of the Storm, Elemental Capacitor, etcetera.
But lets be frank - I'm afraid poor Stag has been done dirty. There's a new Precision Frame Arc bow in town, and its more stacked than Stag by a mile. Non-Denouement, from the new Salvations Edge raid, rolls up to the party with VOLTSHOT. On the high damage bow archetype. Oh baby thats hot. And for PvP, the new hotness can get Opening Shot/Impulse Amplifier + Archers Gambit, which really puts it on another level.
So while all the boys and girls flock around the newer and younger model, Stag is left to sit in the corner, nursing a beer and wondering where it all went wrong. Sure, if you happen upon a good roll, Stag can show you a good time just like it used to. But sweet Traveller above, the things Non-Denouement can do for a Guardian... that's the kind of performance that makes you want to put a lock on it and keep it by your side forever. So sorry Stag - there's just no Point anymore.