For both guns (only hard light for me cuz Xbox), the following forces an element swap:
-reviving
-scanning
-starting patrol/ep/adventure
-and certainly more
Furthermore, death or starting any new activity defaults the element back to void.
It gets increasingly annoying to have to deal with this. Especially if you most frequently use arc like me. If this could be fixed and an option to set a default element was added alongside the swap mechanic (like hard light used to have), that would be excellent.
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It would also be nice to be able to set the starting type as every time you swap gun it resets to void and my character is set up for solar so I keep having to swap it before shooting and it takes the fun out of quick gun changes.