JohnProdman Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Welcome to my thread. I know the topic of Brakk's sudden return is most definitely controversial within the community, so I decided to take it upon myself to make a place for people to share their opinions on the matter. I myself am going to do my best to gather statistics and try to make sense of the amount of effort it would take to obtain the Brakk as opposed to when it was rewarded to Gradivus participants. Whether you disagree with the update, or welcome it with open arms, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter and your reasoning behind such thoughts. Afterthought: Received all the Brakk pieces in one run of the Grustag Three after only 3 missions of searching. After an additional 120 missions, I only received a single Brakk receiver on top of what I had originally gotten from 3 additional encounters. I can conclude that it was just extremely lucky RNG as I have not been able to find anybody else that claimed similar. Since this occured, the drop rate has been severely nerfed, so players are looking at what would likely be a bare minimum of 200+ missions in order to complete the weapon post-nerf. I have ran this by other players in the game after the droprate nerf and it seems that they are getting on average a single Brakk component every third encounter. If we give a rough estimate of a 1 in 30 chance of the Grustag Three appearing with 4 tagged squad members and a 1/3 drop rate for Brakk pieces, players looking to farm Brakk can be expected to do a total of 270 missions in order to acquire the components without good luck being a factor. RNG being RNG, some people are going to end up having to do double that number. Considering that Gradivus participants only had to do 100 missions for Brakk, both faction's supporters obtained the weapon much easier than it may be obtained currently. On top of that, Grineer supporters received their Brakk with a weapon slot and an Orokin Catalyst for an added 20+6 platinum of value. Edited February 28, 2014 by Dominus_Tenno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones7056 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 glad i did 100 of these in a week so now anyone any time can just do 5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towermice Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaths.Reap3r Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It has begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObviousLee Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 glad i did 100 of these in a week so now anyone any time can just do 5... what he said. very $&*^ish move here on DE's part. not only was it 100 missions but a week wait as well. thanks DE, love the punch in the balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandarex Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 glad i did 100 of these in a week so now anyone any time can just do 5... Lucky you. I had to do mine over the weekend (2 days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mr.Meeseeks- Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Spent several hours a day to get it... And now it can be done in just a day with some dedication. Thanks DE. won't be looking forward to competing in future events, whats the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeAtlas Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 love it C: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeAtlas Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Spent several hours a day to get it... And now it can be done in just a day with some dedication. Thanks DE. won't be looking forward to competing in future events, whats the point. inb4 those who has primed chamber cries about it when they release it in game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--MANA-- Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 huge disappointment for this week's release. was not worth staying up for... also that Brakk release was indeed a huge punch in the balls for us who did 100 of those waves.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpilockT_T Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 *Plot twist* To make Brakk, you have to acquire 5 different type of parts and its main bp with 0.001% chance. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbinding Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'm clenched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroraSonicBoom Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Less exclusivity = Less posibility for players to be annoying brag rats I'm happy they destroyed it's prestige and hope for other exclusive items to suffer the same fate(excluding the founder items). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizarreFetalChimpanzee Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 While I see the point (and somewhat agree) with annoyance of those of us already having it (myself included) because we did 100 missions for it, at the same time, we have to consider that this will most likely end up with separate components and be behind multiple walls of the piece of bull excrement known as RNG. As much as I hate RNG, I think that will prove to be a balancing factor of sorts until DE comes up with a more reliable way for people to obtain the brakk (but actually earn it, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnProdman Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I think we all knew this was coming. Brakk was never labeled as exclusive at any point in time. I know people get attached to their shinies that make them feel special, but sometimes people take it a bit far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolake Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Does this game need another OP gun to be mass-available, really? Who are you supposed to fight? All the enemies are pushovers even for weaker weapons. Also I want to fight challenging enemy without almost-never-happening RNG (only ever met Harvester twice, one time even before the Detron) This game is so backwards, its harder to find a worthy enemy than it is to get a very good weapon. Nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mr.Meeseeks- Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Less exclusivity = Less posibility for players to be annoying brag rats I'm happy they destroyed it's prestige and hope for other exclusive items to suffer the same fate(excluding the founder items). It's not about losing bragging rights. No one bragged in the first place. It's about the fact that people did 100 missions in a week JUST for this. and now that means absolutely nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaliceSoul Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 As someone who has a Brakk already, I support the re-release of Brakk. It was going to happen sooner or later, so let's get that out of the way first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mr.Meeseeks- Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Does this game need another OP gun to be mass-available, really? Who are you supposed to fight? All the enemies are pushovers even for weaker weapons. Also I want to fight challenging enemy without almost-never-happening RNG (only ever met Harvester twice, one time even before the Detron) This game is so backwards, its harder to find a worthy enemy than it is to get a very good weapon. Nonsense. It's not even an OP weapon. Unless you are 5 feet away, the damage drop-off nerf they imposed in the Brakk makes it into only a decent weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsAndTheSea Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 how do you know this wont be harder than 100 invasion missions? too bad this brakk wont come with its own slot and potato. but at least it comes with damage falloff. either way you guys have had 6 months of brakk so brakk the ruk up foos and let us join you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnProdman Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 It's not about losing bragging rights. No one bragged in the first place. It's about the fact that people did 100 missions in a week JUST for this. and now that means absolutely nothing. I disagree. If people were told that they would have early-access just as many people would have gotten it, only there would be less complaining. Same thing goes for the Cicero mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaliceSoul Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It's not about losing bragging rights. No one bragged in the first place. It's about the fact that people did 100 missions in a week JUST for this. and now that means absolutely nothing. It doesn't mean nothing, it only means you get to play with the Brakk early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpilockT_T Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 They should make give us a super exclusive robe on the next event!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmoKnight Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 At least we get to have fun beating The Grustrag Three, and not have to worry about getting the Brakk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObviousLee Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 just wish that they released the brakk with the same restrictions that applied to us who did the god damned event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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