Question: Loose gameplay tag vs gameplay effect

[reisandbeans]

Currently I've been using two different ways to add tags to an actor that uses the AbilitySystemComponent:

• Via GameplayEffects: I basically create a GameplayEffect class with an infinite duration and a UTargetTagsGameplayEffectComponent that adds the tag I want, and if necessary to remove the tag, I call AbilitySystemComponent->RemoveActiveGameplayEffectBySourceEffect to remove the tag
• Via AbilitySystemComponent->AddReplicatedLooseGameplayTags(...): I manually tell the ability system to add the tags I want, and if necessary to remove them, I call AbilitySystemComponent->RemoveReplicatedLooseGameplayTag

Is there a recommended way? Are there any advantages of using one option over the other?

[reisandbeans]

I ended up having some replication issues with AddReplicatedLooseGameplayTags. Not sure why it didn't work quite as I expected, so I opted by using GameplayEffects that seem to have a more robust replication system. Also, having it wrapped in an effect made it more flexible in case in the future I also want to add other modifiers associated with the same effect (and not only adding the tag)