This is a short, abridged version of a discussion just had on the Discord.
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Give the WEXP status screen numerical values, and not just pixel bars to represent progress to the next rank. This can be a % counter to the next rank, or actual numerical value. This can be optional if the other two solutions below are done instead, since this might look ugly and jarring.
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When you gain EXP at the end of every fight, also show a WEXP bar above the regular EXP bar ticking up, or a MAX! if that rank is maxed, similar to how FE13 does for EXP. You don’t want to pause the game to show WEXP ticking up, which is why I say it should show the bar going up at the exact same time as regular EXP.
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When you gain a Wlvl, all you see is that your equipped weapon rank goes up. Change this to show what the new rank is. So “[Icon] level increased to A rank.” as an example.
Why bother making these changes? WEXP is a very passive thing in GBAFE. If you aren’t paying attention, you might not even realize a weapon, like the Devil Axe, is giving you absurd amounts of WEXP. You also might not realize a weapon is giving you zero WEXP. Often a player may get the “Weapon level gained” dialog box during an enemy phase, and by the time their phase rolls around they’ve forgotten about it.
A fourth option is to also show in a weapon’s description how much WEXP a weapon gives. I think this is optional, and it might make the weapon stat box rather ugly, but if it could be added, that would be neat.
Edit: Tequila fixed this.