Mass Effect 3 multiplayer

[Pinky]

I've been sort of miffed by the items that I've unlocked over the last month or so. I've managed to finish upgrading the Claymore, Carnifex, Graal, Arc Pistol, and Geth SMG in short order, but there's still a number of rare weapons I have not gotten past level 2 and still haven't unlocked the new super sniper rifle. Hm.

After reading up on the BSN forum, I saw people talking about "pseudo random number generator" mechanics. Instead of real randomization, the Recruit, Veteran, Spectre and Premium Spectre packs weight the rarity tier that's chosen, and then the system further weights the result to favor items that you already have. So, if you're getting a lot of the same stuff it's not just a coincidence.

Made sense to me since my first two ultra rare weapons, the Black Widow and Wraith, got to level 2 and 3 respectively before I was able to get another ultra rare. And my rare items tend to upgrade whatever I have at higher levels before getting lower level upgrades or entirely new items... I unlocked the Quarian Male Engineer three times before finally getting the Vorcha Soldier. My Geth SMG and Claymore reached level 10 in the same pack, and in the next pack my equal level Revenant and Disciple upgraded at the same time.

But now that I do have a Vorcha I have to say they are pretty fun. Gone is my fear of being knocked down to low health, and having to play it safe for several waves to get myself back in fighting shape. With max HP and healing, I just hop around like a lunatic and spray Revenant and Carnage at whatever ails me.