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AceOfCayde

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  1. That seems like a very measured approach, and leaves you with minimal risk. I'm definitely due for some spring cleaning myself 😄 I'm glad you made choices based on your overall enjoyment and not one specific game mode.
  2. This topic is about the Duviri randomizer specifically in regards to the Steel Path Circuit and improving the odds of getting gear that you enjoy. If you love the randomizer for SPC, that's great, enjoy! This discussion is not about whether you like or dislike the randomizer, it's about the efficacy vs risk of a specific method some players have resorted to in order to improve their enjoyment of the game mode. The Question: For someone who does not enjoy the weighted randomization for Steel Path, is it worthwhile to sell the excess gear that I've kept for years because I enjoy using them for non-steel-path gameplay in order to reduce my pool of owned gear, thereby increasing the odds that I'll get something moderately Steel Path viable until the decrees kick in? The Theory: DE has stated that the Duviri randomizer is guaranteed to give you at least one piece of gear that you do not own (per slot?). Beyond that, however, the randomizer seems to be weighted towards giving you several options that you do not own. It also seems that you will get at least one piece of gear in each slot that you do own. So, theoretically, if you narrow either of these categories (owned or unowned) significantly enough, you can effectively guarantee yourself to get one of a handful of weapons and Warframes in that pool. This means, if your goal is to narrow the options to something that performs better in Steel Path, you would want to narrow your pool of owned gear by selling off anything you don't want to use in Steel Path, because owned gear will allow you to use your forma and mod investments, whereas narrowing your unowned pool for the same purpose would restrict you to using default mod loadouts for that gear. Several players have already sold off large portions of their arsenal and succeeded at improving their loadout options by doing so. The Risk: Duviri is still a very new update. DE has so far only made significant changes in the form of bug fixes, and has not yet made major changes based on feedback. If you sell off the majority of your arsenal in order to narrow the pool of owned gear and guarantee yourself better loadout options, you run the risk of future changes to the RNG system actually putting you at a disadvantage, while also being guaranteed to have limited your options for content outside of the Duviri update. An Example: There are several weapons and Warframes that I've kept for a long time because I enjoy them or am nostalgic, but prefer not to use them in Steel Path due to their stats or mechanics making them underperformers and a general burden in Steel Path. To name more than a few: Banshee, Styanax, Hydroid, Nyx, Phage, Quanta, Grakata, Sonicor, Castanas, Hirudo, Lecta, Dark Dagger, and Fang. I've kept all of these in one variant or another because I have fond memories of them, and choose to use them in normal star chart content even if they aren't the most efficient. While most of them can be made half-decent for steel path with significant enough investment, I don't want to use them in normal Steel Path and don't see that as a worthwhile investment for a single game mode. So, to implement the above methodology, I would have to sell these items to improve my chances of getting things I actually do want to use in Steel Path Circuit - with the risk above of making that effort futile still very much present. My Answer (Opinion): No, it is not worth it. I do not believe that enjoyment of the greater game should be sacrificed in order to improve your odds in one specific new game mode that is still subject to change. If you really, truly hate the randomizer for Steel Path Circuit, you should not sacrifice your arsenal for it, even if you knew for a fact that no changes would be made that would to reduce the effectiveness of this choice. If the randomizer is not something you want to work with, your best option is to ignore it entirely. Play the parts of the game you like, and if changes are made to make Steel Path Circuit more palatable to you in the future, jump back into it when that time comes. I understand that this means foregoing the Incarnon Adapters, but I firmly believe that no new toy, no matter how shiny, is worth sacrificing your enjoyment of the rest of the game. Add to that the risk that such efforts may be made futile in the future, and you'll just be hurting yourself in the long run. So that's it. I'm curious what other people think, and if you think the risk is worth the reward, what makes it worth it to you? Please remember this discussion is not about "randomizer good vs randomizer bad", it is about the risk vs reward of this specific method that several players have already implemented in order to make the new game mode(s) more palatable to their specific preferences.
  3. This just started happening to me almost every time i use it to move more than a few meters :/
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