tfw you notice 25% (maximum) of weapons actually matter

Well, I'll agree in saying that getting every variant from II-X feels pretty empty. I think it's meant to give you a similar feeling to what it's like when you get almost any classic rare card, but it feels pretty damn empty. Could've at least added a little extra spare ammo or something that makes it feel more prestigious. X variants mean almost nothing to me.

Maybe they made it so all you need is a level one variant so people wouldn't be more pissed than they already are.

25% of the weapons matter *now*.

But we should expect that with future weapon buffs and nerfs that *which* 25% will be changing, some, over time.


Edit:

So, like, over the course of a year, something like 38% of weapons should matter - easily.

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Then why aren't you guys bringing it up more to BioWare's attention? I don't know, request an option to turn off anti-alaising for better frames. They seemed to listen when we complained about aim assist and massive dead zones. Pretending everything is fine like a good BioDrone is not helping our mission priority.

And I'm not exactly boosting about 60fps. I'd be much satisfied with just steady 30fps for starters. Other then that reaching the 40fps mark would be some nice welcome progress, but not holding my breath on this one.

60 FPS would be nice, but they are not archievable. I can run 45+ on a 1080 Ti... Maybe stable 60 on 640 x 480 but I doubt it.

I actually thought on this for a while (and couldn't give you an answer since I was on vacation), and I found a big flaw (at least on my thought)

Sooo... you'd prefer to get the same weapon thirty more times (while diluting the loot pool by astronomical levels), instead of getting a consumable, which is pretty handy now that we have Platinum? I mean, I could maybe understand if there were like 2 ranks maximum per upgrade (while still having three variants, making 6 extra weapons per weapon at rank X, instead of getting a teeny tiny boost I-X, you get a big boost when you find it a second time) but NEVER 30 per weapon. with my idea you'd have 60% more weapons to collect, giving you space to get other weapons that hopefully will come (and space for casual people to actually achieve anything in this grindfest), which is still terrible but not as awful as now. Think that not everyone is a hardcore pro gamer that already has full weapons pre-patch, or when -hopefully- new weapons arrive (since when that happens everyone will still be unlocking the same variants). Most people play casually, and now they're even farther away from having all rares and uncommons at X, since they'll keep getting the same weapon over and over again.

I mean, you do know that people that spent more than a hundred hours into the game playing/farming and had 100% common-uncommon-rares now they only have 25%, right? and I'm not even touching the UR section.

Still, we know the devs don't care, so I'm pretty sure this will stay, even with all the negative feedback.

It isn't, and I haven't noticed people complaining about this part; it's the number B/C/S weapons, not their existence, that is the subject of contention. Had they been single upgrades, I expect most people would be fine. And, there's no good reason why the B/C/S weapons couldn't be single items; they do their job just fine at level one; everything above thereof is superfluous.

This isn't just about bloat and making things difficult for people starting (as you've stated, it's much less of a problem for us with 100+ hours and maxed rares) to play. The more severe issue at hand, IMO, is that they're limiting the diffusion of any new content which might be introduced, especially characters. First, the likelyhood of getting one new thing is lessened by competition with a large number of essentially identical items. Moreover, a character of level I is severely limited point wise, compared to one at level X; this can make people reluctant to play with them at low levels. One has but to look at the character builds around; most are presuming X-characters.

As for consumables: Wholly agree. They're annoying. Make a cap (say, 999), and give boosters or content instead. Chances are, those with hundreds of consumables aren't helped by the addition of another one; they might appreciate a booster, however. Even a low tier one, if it's lacking in the manifest. Again, a lot of character builds and tactics are based on some booster, like ammo for combos. And content doesn't need further explanation, their desirability is pretty much a given. Not getting something one needs or desires is a factor leading to malcontention and boredom, which, in time, increases the probability of giving up and playing something else instead. And that helps no one.