PSA - Don't worry [as much] about Weapon Variants

If you're referring to the quote in OP, that's referring to variants dropping before other non-variants are maxed. If we're talking variants of one gun, those will only drop after X of the base gun has been reached--this is more well-known so I didn't put it in OP.

eg. Red Hornet will only drop after regular Hornet X, but Red Hornet might have a small chance to drop before regular Isharay IX.

I had 13 million credits to burn last night.... decent amount to notice a few trends:

- The UR variants, WOULD NOT drop until I had the Kishock 10. I was getting UR character cards, but not a single variant UR dropped until Kishock was level 10. After that, then variant guns dropped.

- Maybe this was pure luck, but the rare variant cards would drop the level 1 of a gun... and continue dropping a different level 1 gun. I didn't get a level 2 variant until all the rares had a level 1 gun of the same variant. So Talon Siphon 1, Scorpion Talon 1, Halberd Siphon 1 etc.......... and once all the siphons dropped, then I got a level 2. I didn't get all concussive or bulwarks, and the ones I do have are level 1. But I did get all the rare siphons, and only those guns went to level 2 and up.

Not sure if that is a pure coincidence, but it was almost as if RNG was waiting for me to have every gun in a certain variant before dropping the level 2 cards.

- None of the new mods dropped for me. I assume they're last on the list of things to fall, as characters & guns will fall first. Once those max out, then the mods will start dropping. Otherwise, you can buy them with mission funds right now which is stupid.

Last night got a Black Widow Variant (siphon I). It was my only UR weapon at X. This SUCKS BALLS!
Now I have to worry about 29 more Black Widow variants in the damn RNG pool stopping my Rozerad and Hurricane upgrades...



My lucky ass brother also got a Hurricane variant and it is his only UR at X. so you can easily get these without everything else maxed first...

i don't fucking get it

so if i get new variabt dropped

al previous normal drops end up being wasted?

The problem should be obvious to you since you created this thread

Imagine you had 4 UR weapons at X prior to 1.09. The Kishock and the variants for those 4 weapons now get released with 1.09 leaving you with potentially 120 UR cards to unlock before you unlock any Kishock cards.

How is that a good thing? I'd honestly like to know.

Edited - I derped on the maths.

Wait, if special version at rank I have same stats as normal version at rank X, what does ranks II-X of special versions actually do?

I'm not sure you realise the scale of the issue, since you still seem to think there isn't a problem. Every time you go on to max any other non-variant weapon, you're potentially adding an additional 30 UR cards to the same pool.

Going back to my original estimate of 120 and assuming a generous 25% UR drop rate, you're potentially looking at 480 arsenal packs (384 successful platinum games) of bloated content before unlocking genuinely new content.

Of course this is a very simplistic view of things. Imagine you max the additional 10 pre 1.09 UR weapons before ever seeing a Kishock.... Do I need to go on?

If you still think there isn't an issue here, then I've really got nothing more to say to you.

I'm pretty shocked this needs to be spelt out tbh.

This isn't some fake nerd rage. I mentioned before I'm not the type to go nuts over situations like this, but this takes the fucking piss. It's either one of the greediest or the dumbest plays I've personally experienced with the industry. Neither is a good thing.