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[saxybeast418]

I sent Chris Priestly a PM asking if this week's Victory Pack would contain an N7 weapon like Operation Mastiff's Victory Pack did (assuming that we meet the goal, of course).
He quickly responded and said that unfortunately, this week's Victory Pack will not contain an N7 weapon.
I was inclined to believe that Operation Mastiff's Victory Pack would become the norm. This latest development is disappointing to say the least.
To everyone else who made this assumption, I feel your pain.

It probably goes without saying, but the Commendation Packs will still include a random N7 weapon like they usually do.

Edit: Screenshot of PM for proof:

Modifié par saxybeast418, 20 juin 2012 - 09:44 .

[jpraelster93]

saxybeast418 wrote...

I sent Chris Priestly a PM asking if this week's Victory Pack would contain an N7 weapon like Operation Mastiff's Victory Pack did (assuming that we meet the goal, of course).
He quickly responded and said that unfortunately, this week's Victory Pack will not contain an N7 weapon.
I was inclined to believe that Operation Mastiff's Victory Pack would become the norm. This latest development is disappointing to say the least.
To everyone else who made this assumption, I feel your pain.

It probably goes without saying, but the Commendation Packs will still include a random N7 weapon like they usually do.

wheres the screenshot of the pm

[CmnDwnWrkn]

This is probably best this way. Otherwise, everybody would soon have Valiant X and Hurricane X and there would be some balance problems. Might still get to that point eventually, just at a slower pace. Even so, most of the N7's are useable at Level I, so it's not that bad.

[saxybeast418]

jpraelster93 wrote...

saxybeast418 wrote...

I sent Chris Priestly a PM asking if this week's Victory Pack would contain an N7 weapon like Operation Mastiff's Victory Pack did (assuming that we meet the goal, of course).
He quickly responded and said that unfortunately, this week's Victory Pack will not contain an N7 weapon.
I was inclined to believe that Operation Mastiff's Victory Pack would become the norm. This latest development is disappointing to say the least.
To everyone else who made this assumption, I feel your pain.

It probably goes without saying, but the Commendation Packs will still include a random N7 weapon like they usually do.

wheres the screenshot of the pm

I'll update my post with it when I get home; I don't feel like figuring out how to do it on my phone.

[Ponuto]

CmnDwnWrkn wrote...

This is probably best this way. Otherwise, everybody would soon have Valiant X and Hurricane X and there would be some balance problems. Might still get to that point eventually, just at a slower pace. Even so, most of the N7's are useable at Level I, so it's not that bad.

what balance problems. they are meant to be maxed if not it is of no sense to have them

[L.ast L.ife]

Fail. Back to caring about the squad goal only. Good lookin' out on the thread.

[Creakazoid]

Hmph. In this case I will go back to not caring about the allied goal.

[Adhok42]

They confirmed that last week was the only week to have a twofer until further notice.

What surprises me is that people thought the twofer was going to be the norm.

[CmnDwnWrkn]

Ponuto wrote...

CmnDwnWrkn wrote...

This is probably best this way. Otherwise, everybody would soon have Valiant X and Hurricane X and there would be some balance problems. Might still get to that point eventually, just at a slower pace. Even so, most of the N7's are useable at Level I, so it's not that bad.

what balance problems. they are meant to be maxed if not it is of no sense to have them

As good as they are at Level I, it seems like they'd clearly dominate all other weapons at X.

[Babbylonian]

If true, that's a shoddy way to treat new players who might not even have a K/B/V character yet.

It's not great for me either, of course, as the victory packs without N7 weapons are barely rewards at all. "Hey, you played a ton this weekend to help us kill 7 million troopers? Great, here's a free pack that isn't even as useful as what you could get out of a veteran pack."

Modifié par Babbylonian, 20 juin 2012 - 08:15 .

[saxybeast418]

CmnDwnWrkn wrote...

This is probably best this way. Otherwise, everybody would soon have Valiant X and Hurricane X and there would be some balance problems. Might still get to that point eventually, just at a slower pace. Even so, most of the N7's are useable at Level I, so it's not that bad.

As it stands, if Bioware were to continue giving out N7's in Victory packs, the earliest anyone could get those 4 weapons to level X (at least legitimately) would be February.
Sure, some lucky people would end up with Hurricane or Valient at X within the next few months, but it would still take a while even with up to 2 N7's per two weeks. Now, it's going to take so long that I start to have doubts as to whether or not the multiplayer will still be around for 32 more events.

Edit: Mistyped "2 n7's per week", fixed

Modifié par saxybeast418, 20 juin 2012 - 08:29 .

[Someone With Mass]

Glorified equipment pack, GO!

[jfruelas521]

Terrible planning by them. Now, I'll just play one or two games over the weekend to make sure I get the squad goal and not do the allied goal.

[Tokenusername]

CmnDwnWrkn wrote...
As good as they are at Level I, it seems like they'd clearly dominate all other weapons at X.

I've seen one of the devs using a Valient X.
He killed brutes in two shots on silver. >_>

My Smashdept was not happy.

[Moses6533]

Yay!

I am glad that they won't have the N7 weapon. I don't like that everyone gets an N7 weapon even if they didn't participate. I still think they should introduce a 3rd goal which would give you another N7 weapon....Personal Goal.

Like this weekends event. Kill 500 regular level troops and get a Personal Commendation Pack.
(optional: using a Vorcha, Krogan, Batarian - to be thematic with squad goals)
1) it motivates you to work toward the community goal
2) gives you a challenge that will require playing multiple matches unlike the squad goal

[Cpl_Facehugger]

So why should we care about the victory pack if they've gone back to just being tiny supply packs?

[Kyerea]

L.ast L.ife wrote...

Fail. Back to caring about the squad goal only. Good lookin' out on the thread.

I agree.

[RequiemPrime]

Someone With Mass wrote...

Glorified equipment pack, GO!

Oh yeah......that's right!  Dammit!!!

I wonder if the only reason why that happened last time was due to the fact that there was no special "Rebellion Pack" released.  Thinking about it now, most of the Victory Packs from last time, had Rebellion Characters included with them.

Modifié par Angelwave, 20 juin 2012 - 08:20 .

[Babbylonian]

saxybeast418 wrote...

CmnDwnWrkn wrote...

This is probably best this way. Otherwise, everybody would soon have Valiant X and Hurricane X and there would be some balance problems. Might still get to that point eventually, just at a slower pace. Even so, most of the N7's are useable at Level I, so it's not that bad.

As it stands, if Bioware were to continue giving out N7's in Victory packs, the earliest anyone could get those 4 weapons to level X (at least legitimately) would be February.
Sure, some lucky people would end up with Hurricane or Valient at X within the next few months, but it would still take a while even with up to 2 N7's per week. Now, it's going to take so long that I start to have doubts as to whether or not the multiplayer will still be around for 32 more events.

I think you're using some bad math there.  If both packs include N7 weapons every event that would be, in effect, one N7 weapon per week.  Thus, even starting just from today's event it would be possible (though highly unlikely) for someone to max a weapon in 10 weeks.  Even at the 1-per-event rate, it would be 20 weeks.

Modifié par Babbylonian, 20 juin 2012 - 08:20 .

[GGW KillerTiger]

L.ast L.ife wrote...

Fail. Back to caring about the squad goal only. Good lookin' out on the thread.

[neurovore]

Well, the thing is... There are 40 levels of weapons to gather. With 1 per 2 weeks, it takes over a year and a half to max them all. Even at 2 per week, it takes 5 months(!) to max all of them. With the number of people getting bored at the game, just waiting for something else to play, are you really expecting the game mode to maintain its attraction for ~68 more weeks? Or 48? At what point do you think they will just quit making new DLCs? Imagine having played the game for 20 weeks, when they announce "no further DLC", and you still might not have the weapon you want at all. No, even if everything else I say is just foolish ranting, expecting a game that does not reinvent itself at all to survive for 80 weeks just is not feasible.

[mikepaul]

Well, each time I fail to upgrade the Valiant I'll feel less inclined to stick around.

Maybe they WANT to shut down a few servers when people decide to leave...

[CmnDwnWrkn]

saxybeast418 wrote...

CmnDwnWrkn wrote...

This is probably best this way. Otherwise, everybody would soon have Valiant X and Hurricane X and there would be some balance problems. Might still get to that point eventually, just at a slower pace. Even so, most of the N7's are useable at Level I, so it's not that bad.

As it stands, if Bioware were to continue giving out N7's in Victory packs, the earliest anyone could get those 4 weapons to level X (at least legitimately) would be February.
Sure, some lucky people would end up with Hurricane or Valient at X within the next few months, but it would still take a while even with up to 2 N7's per week. Now, it's going to take so long that I start to have doubts as to whether or not the multiplayer will still be around for 32 more events.

It doesn't literally have to be getting the weapons to X.  I just think that making the N7s so easily obtainable and upgradable would be bad for the game.

[superligerzero]

If I can an ultra-rare I'll be happy.