DUST Search - Announcement:Event: Officer Weapons Week [Nov 20-27]

Thokk Nightshade wrote:

I'm going to parrot what's been said already. Is there some quantitative formula used to determine drops i.e. what type of weapon is dropped? I swear when I get an officer weapon of any kind (outside of the 3 Thales in a year and a half), it is something I'm not skilled into. I would swear this is on purpose to get people to use SP to skill into something they don't really want in order to use a new shiny toy they are not able to.

I use Rail Rifles, Combat Rifles, Sniper rifles, and HMG's almost exclusively. I have NEVER, in a year and a 1/2, received an Officer variant of any of these outside the 3 Thales I mentioned. I have, however, received plenty of either proto or officer shotguns, scrambler rifles, and laser rifles, all of which I have basically no skill points (I'm level 1 in every weapon just for access to something better than a militia weapon). I would like someone to prove to me this is absolutely coincidental and not an effort to make me waste SP skilling into weapons I don't even want to use.

"As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


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CCP Frame C C P C C P Alliance 4632	Posted - 2014.10.30 08:08:00 - [1] - Quote During the week of November 20-27, players will experienced higher than normal drop rate of Officer-grade weapons from Public Contracts. These weapons are only obtainable through End of Match screen and salvage that comes with it. This is the perfect week for every Mercenary to experience the top of the line experimental weaponry of New Eden including brand-new light weapons like Double-shot Plasma Cannon and Fully automatic Shotgun. CCP Frame


CCP Frame C C P C C P Alliance 4632	Posted - 2014.10.30 08:20:00 - [2] - Quote Jadek Menaheim wrote: Cool! Now increase the droprate on a time machine CCP Frame. That event is the end of next month. We discussed timing of this for quite a while, actually. The conclusion was that the exciting new content of Uprising 1.9 (Nov. 4) would be just too much to go in conjunction with this event, so we wanted to let you all get used to the new shiny things and then get some Officer gear (possibly even new Officer Sidearms, depending on how fast winners communicate with us) CCP Frame


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 9793	Posted - 2014.10.31 02:41:00 - [3] - Quote Thokk Nightshade wrote: I'm going to parrot what's been said already. Is there some quantitative formula used to determine drops i.e. what type of weapon is dropped? I swear when I get an officer weapon of any kind (outside of the 3 Thales in a year and a half), it is something I'm not skilled into. I would swear this is on purpose to get people to use SP to skill into something they don't really want in order to use a new shiny toy they are not able to. I use Rail Rifles, Combat Rifles, Sniper rifles, and HMG's almost exclusively. I have NEVER, in a year and a 1/2, received an Officer variant of any of these outside the 3 Thales I mentioned. I have, however, received plenty of either proto or officer shotguns, scrambler rifles, and laser rifles, all of which I have basically no skill points (I'm level 1 in every weapon just for access to something better than a militia weapon). I would like someone to prove to me this is absolutely coincidental and not an effort to make me waste SP skilling into weapons I don't even want to use. They simply don't exist, there is no nefarious SP coercion plan. Thats also why we felt it was important to have the players contribute in a big way to their introduction. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 9795	Posted - 2014.10.31 03:09:00 - [4] - Quote Winners have been contacted. If you are a winner and don't have an email, please contact [email protected] or post here. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Blowout C C P C C P Alliance 30	Posted - 2014.10.31 10:24:00 - [5] - Quote This thread is not as cool as my thread


CCP Frame C C P C C P Alliance 4793	Posted - 2014.11.24 05:46:00 - [6] - Quote We are actively looking at the data from battles and will adjust drop rate if needed of these extremely powerful weapons. Drop rate is increased by roughly 5x compared to the normal drop rate of Officer weapons. Yes, they are rare and yes drops are not guaranteed, but obtaining an Officer weapon shouldn't be something that is common within the game. Again, we are watching numbers - both me and Rattati and will adjust if needed for next few days or for next event when we add Sidearms as well. But our data does show 5x increase of Officer drops overall on TQ. CCP Frame


CCP Frame C C P C C P Alliance 4796	Posted - 2014.11.25 06:09:00 - [7] - Quote We are not simply ignoring your feedback on this and yes, we will implement some of the suggestions that you guys are giving us here for the next event. However - we are also bringing something very cool for you guys in terms of events and instant rewards. Stay tuned for next week's dev blog - it will be awesome, I promise. :) CCP Frame