look like CCP don't give a flying rat ass anymore about BPO or fixing it.

Apparently if the colors are wrong in the W.A.R. kit, it gets hotfixed in 24 hours. Stats wrong on weapons since May? It can wait.

Weapon stats? Unimportant.

Color Schemes? Super important (except for the Burnscar which lost its color scheme when it went off market... funny that).

So they can do quick fixes on weapons, they have the technology... we've pointed out exactly what's wrong... they just choose not to, because... "screw you"? I guess.

When will the madness end?

look like CCP don't give a flying rat ass anymore about BPO or fixing it.

Maybe a stealth fix in 1.6...

1.7 content-lock is around the corner according to Logicloop.

Somewhat off-topic, but you're showing up as not in a corp at all, which I didn't think was possible.

so, does the op not understand what 'variant' means? am I missing something?

a militia weapon is a variant of a standard weapon...

Let me run this logic train by you.

The fact it says "variant" is not the significant part of the description. Every weapon has a "variations" tab that lists all the variants of that weapon-type. For a Scrambler Pistol, for example, you'd fine Militia, Staff Recruiter, Viziam, and Wolfman's on the variations tap. They're all friggin "variants". If you want to focus on that part - all that means is it's a scrambler pistol as opposed to a Coffee Maker.

There are two places (aside from "stats", which would be the more obvious differences) where the weapon qualities/differences are made known: the description and the meta level.

A Militia quality Scrambler will read as:
A standard-issue scrambler pistol that is less efficient and bulkier than other variants.

The militia "variant" sets itself apart by pointing out that is is less efficient and bulkier than other variants. That's the "Militia" difference. Less efficient & bulkier! It says so on the tin. It's also Meta level 0 to let you know you're at rock bottom.

A Dren Pistol:
A variant of the standard scrambler pistol issued to Ishukone Watch's elite forces.

How is this variant different? Well, it's issued to Ishukone Watch's "elite forces". It has a Meta level of '1', which quality-wise puts exactly on par with a standard scrambler pistol.

There is no mention of the weapon being "Piece of shite given to Ishukone Watch's ELITE forces as a joke", because it would be beyond retardation to give elite troops a weapon that is only equaled by the worst possible weapon you can buy. The description makes no mention of substandard performance at all. It also makes the Meta-level system pointless by equating STD and MLT level gear.

A Templar Pistol:
A standard-issue weapon used by the first Templars.

Again, no mention of the weapon being less than standard quality in any way, but the weapon has MLT fitting all the same. It also has a Meta Level of 3, which is above standard quality. 3 is actually the highest Meta level you can get within standard, higher than an Assault Scrambler Pistol or Breach Scrambler Pistol (Advanced will jump to 4). The weapon has MLT stats all the same.

We know the fact they're BPOs has no bearing on their meta-levels since the BPO for a Militia Scrambler itself is also Meta 0. This is separate from the fact that all other Merc-pack BPOs have been standard quality exactly, which means the pistols (Templar and Dren) and the Dren Swarm Launcher alone have bucked the item-quality trend set by Dragonfly Scout, Assault, AR, Covenant Assault, Sniper, Dren Scout, Logi, Assault, Heavy, AR, Shotgun, Toxin SMG, AR, Syndicate, Templar Assault, Logi, Sentinel, Scrambler, etc. etc.

There you go.

Even with this post, people still post about this again and again. I think I could probably pull up a list 20-30 other bug/feedback posts mentioning this simple simple problem.

Even with this post, people still post about this again and again. I think I could probably pull up a list 20-30 other bug/feedback posts mentioning this simple simple problem.

Hilarious.