The traps each have a lightning bolt icon next to a number. In other games this would indicate power, but they don't need power to run, right? What does the lightning bolt measure?
What does the lightning bolt icon represent
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Best Answer
The lightning bolt on your weapons is simply a power rating. From what I've seen, it doesn't really correlate with much; the number you may want to pay more attention to is the DPS, as that actually translates to damage output.
For example, I have three different weapons with a 34 "power" rating:
Despite having the exact same power rating, the DPS between them is drastically different, and they do not perform equally well. On top of that, the Copper Founder's Raptor actually outperforms all three of these (from personal experience), yet it is given a lower "power" rating due to not being leveled up as much as the first three.
The takeaway from all this should be that this number hardly means anything. The weapon type and damage output are what you should be looking at. This number mostly represents how leveled a weapon is, but even then, doesn't give much information about the usefulness of said weapon.
The lightning bolt in the top left corner is your personal power rating. It also doesn't mean much, but it's based on your own FORT stats. Leveling up Survivors that are part of your Squads or purchasing stat boosts in the skill trees will raise this rating.