Effective
Up to
Up to adjective - Busy or occupied with.
Both terms in one sentence
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The devs specified this was to mitigate the frustration of leveling up to more powerful weapons but having them be less effective.
Source: Video Game / Killing Floor 2 -
In the Gaunt's Ghosts novel Salvation's Reach, Meritous Felyx Chass is actually 11, but juvenat and other bio-treatments were used to age him up to 17 effective.
Source: Younger Than They Look -
It makes a chair look a lot less effective but doesn't quite measure up to being chokeslammed off a ledge.
Source: Wrestling / Kurt Angle
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