Should've called it "Mass Effect: Farming"

Jul 10, 2017 15:52:18 GMT dustin1280 said:

A new player starting with current patch 1.09 would need a maximum (pity counter, assuming worst luck) of 10,909 gold games roughly or 4,800 platinum games to get enough credits to max the manifest including ultra rares. ($680,850,000 credits)

If you get 1 ultra rare every 400k (4 premium packs) it would be 4,364 gold missions or 1,920 platinum missions. ($320,850,000 credits)

If you take ultra rares out of the picture it would be roughly 1,470 gold missions or 647 platinum missions. ($80,815,000 credits)

This is of course assuming you are 100% successful and get full extraction with every game

Well, at a rate of 2 games per hour, 1,470 games take 735 hrs, and gives you 147 days of content at 5 hrs per day commitment, and 245 days at 3 hrs a day commitment. In other words, ye standard grinder gold-capable player will be able to max out rares in under a year. A leet guy who has a premade and can farm platinum will be done faster.

The bragging rights of the full manifest will go to the same 8+ hrs a day, leet crowd as it always does, and they will enjoy whatever the advantages for a couple-three months. Then it will start having an avalanche effect, as the more peeps gear, the more they pass down the carry.

Now, if you are looking for democratic gearing, for a middle-class gamer, and want the manifest to be maxed on the gold games only, with all the URs maxed, what period of time you propose to be adequate at a standard commitment of 2 games per hour, 3 hrs a day? 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? What is the length of playtime to the end of the gearing ladder that is comfortable?

The game is also fully playable at any stage of manifest unlock on an appropriate difficulty for the entire duration it takes you to do it.