So i heard about this myth called "Named Weapons" which are supposed to be some HE weapons with prerolled talents which on some of them are pretty good.
During closed beta i could get a taste of the Cadeceus which could be bought from the DZ3 safehouse vendor once you had the appropriate DZ level.
I tought to myself: "Cool, ill farm all the named weapons for my collection and try to come up with builds which would suit them"
So on the day of the release my friend and i started our leveling. Once we hit 30 we started rerunning the missions on hard for better gear. Soon after we could finally start challenging mode only to be disappointed by there only being 4 challenging missions. But that wouldn't ruin the fun. We kept on going. After 4 or 5 challenging missions my friend got the Cadeceus to drop. After checking around on the internet it seemed all named weapons were random drop so we kept on spamming challenging missions. Still no drop for me.
In the meantime i see a guy in my party with the Midas.
"Where'd u get that" i asked
"Random drop in the DZ" was the answer.
Ok cool i tought i need to do me some DZ-ing. That same night i started on my DZ grind for the Midas. The guy told me he had it drop in the "Kalkesse Sports Store" so i focused my grind around that. Ive made a route of Kalkesse Sports Store > Blockade > Library > DZ 3 Safehouse for restock and rinse and repeat.
Then i heard about the Bullet King named elite exploit. I have never liked exploiting but at this point i was getting a little frustrated and i tought "well they are going to patch it tomorrow so ill get a few runs in and hopefully ill get it"
So i started my BK farm. My friend who got the Cadeceus first joined my party and after a few runs he gets 1 to drop again. That got y hopes up. I tought : Ok so it does drop from him i still have a chance" A good few runs later still no drop. Suddenly a friend of mine who just dinged 30 joined the party asking what we were doing. After we explained it to him he wanted to do a few runs with us for some purple starting gear. U wouldn't imagine my amazement after i see him get not 1 not 2 but 5! Cadeceus drop. It was running pretty late and i had to stop my grind. Next day it was patched so no more BK farm for me.
After a few days we got the patch of doom. The patch that made the DZ into a hell on earth. Now im seeing rogues left and right and on top of that we have the cheaters. I never cared much about PvP and being a mainly PvE guy myself this made my DZ grind impossible to bear.
I tought to myself ok ill wait for a few weeks for it to settle down and then ill come back to continue the grind. So i went back to challenging missions hoping for the Cadeceus drop.
I started my normal grind of challenging missions again still hoping i could get a named weapon to drop for me. After doing so much challenging missions and hitting the Phoenix Credits caps multiple times my gear was really good and me and my friend were running trough challenging difficulty as if it was hard difficulty.
With patch 1.0.2 i've learned that Ubisoft made some changes to the looting which would make my grind "easier". Sadly still no named weapon drop.
After a few weeks we heard about the incursion patch was incoming and with it new named weapons. I was getting hyped again. "This time ill get one for sure" i tought
Se now patch 1.1 hits. We get a group together and do the incusions. After a few tries we completed it and i got an set item to drop and another one from the mission. And then i froze. I could not believe what im hearing on teamseak. My friend who got the Cadeceus from challenging and from BK had the Warlord drop. 1st try.
Now im thinking this is personal. Named weapons dont exist. They are a myth only to keep people going. Like a carrot on a stick.
I dedicate this post to all the goats and sheeps i have sacrificed to RNGeezus. May u all Rest In Pepperoni.
Named weapons drop a lot. Midas, for instance ... that damned weapon is like a roach. No matter how many times you deconstruct it for crafting mats - it just ... keeps ... coming ... back. Caduceus actually still performs for my Electronics Build character. Tenebrae was awesome until the M1A blueprint quickly replaced her. That new one - Valkyria - or however it is spelled. Anyway, it is a literally piece of junk. it looks ugly as hell and one look at those talents ... yikes. just yikes. The ONLY people carrying THAT hunk of junk are living wet dreams of trying to look like a cheesy gang banger.