Maxed Manifest (non-paid, pre-Patch 1.09).

Just completed my manifest. Time, according to the APEX app, 514 hours. This time includes every single drop and almost every single challenge (stealth grid is bugged ) pre 1.06.

Thank you!  Yeah that's what really dragged it out.  I was in a nameplate collecting mood for almost two weeks, and getting some of those weapon challenges done was only possible to do in bronze.  Pre 1.06 weapons were kinda rough.  

But it's done!  And still below the 600 hours estimate, so I'm still happy with the results.

Definitly Expert Packs for Boosters, its 2x more boosters but some less chance for UR (IV) Booster. I dont think many ppl burn credits after maxing manifest just for boosters. IM 3 UR away from maxing, but i think if i`ll spent money on boosters i`ll be buying advenced packs.

A friend of mine (next to whom I used to consider myself a lucky bastard RNG-wise) has just maxed his manifest all the way to the Exemplar X at 449 hours (Apex HQ time). Maybe I myself wasn't that lucky after all; just average.

Well folks, so far it seems like the manifest grind in this game isn't that bad after all. Eventually more and more players will be reporting maxing theirs at sub 500 hours - unless Bioware decides to release more content soon (and honestly, I hope they do).

They kept coming and leaving each time they put on a XP booster

I was told the boosters are to consumed till wave 5 so If that's true leave I enemy alive in wave 5 and then go and come back in with XP boosters but never tried that or know anyone who did yet

Maxing one's Manifest used to be pretty much a rite in ME3MP, and many veterans came to MEAMP with that mentality - including myself.

Coming to Andromeda, the UR pool was initially small (190 cards when I maxed my manifest) and given all the pity timers and higher chance drops in place, it was all a fun ride, rewarding enough and farming Gold felt pretty laidback.

Unfortunately, with Patch 1.09 Bioware had the abject idea of expanding the UR pool to 720 cards, plus expanding Commons, Uncommons and Rares as well.

I went on my shopping spree, spent 22.6 million on Arsenal Packs (after having spent a couple of millions on Basic and Veteran Packs as well).
226 Packs, 60 URs (26.5%). I got another 5 playing the game today. 65 UR sounds like a lot, but it barely scratches the content (mostly recycled) Bioware gave us today. I still have over 400 URs left. So yeah, ladies and gentleman, the maxed manifest dream is likely over for many people, and that includes me, too.

If there's no hope for you, what hope is there for the rest of us?

I like your pack reveal technique btw. I watched more of the video than I care to admit.

I gave up as soon as I heard about 1.09. Literally impossible for a guy like me who plays only 2 to 3 games a day....

Yea it's absolutely ridiculous what they did to the pool.

I put in ~650 hours into ME3 and maybe got halfway through the UR weapons. And I didn't get the game until after the 1 year support time period was over, so I didn't get to do the weekend challenges.

The fuck am I supposed to do for this game?