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    The magical but mythical Famas Unicron

    So over about the past week and a half I've been averaging roughly 6 hours of playtime a day.

    I had been opening up field proficiency caches as I got them but decided to save up and open a bunch at once.

    Between 2 characters I just opened about 45, not one Famas. I also have not seen one drop at all during this time. So, what's the deal?
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    TheToxicAgent's Avatar Banned
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    Depending what timeline you follow, Unicron can be found in Cybertronian space. Or you can also jump into the nearest black hole and hope it sucks you into the universe where Unicron and the Fallen are. Bring back some Dark Energon will ya? Thanks.
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    LOL...I see what you did there!
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    Yeah sorry, couldn't help myself.

    But seriously, I've gotten several FAMAS drop for me, also from caches. HE and purple ones have dropped. So they're out there. Never used one yet so cannot comment on that.
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    Originally Posted by TheToxicAgent Go to original post
    Never used one yet so cannot comment on that.
    It's like trying to hold onto your missus right after you accidentaly whispered another woman's name in her ear.....yeah, the FAMAS is pretty much a handful lol
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    Originally Posted by EddyRockSteddy Go to original post
    It's like trying to hold onto your missus right after you accidentaly whispered another woman's name in her ear.....yeah, the FAMAS is pretty much a handful lol
    Lol!!
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    You'll often see "Pro" haxxors in the DZ wielding a FAMAS like it's as easy as watering the garden... They do love the thing. That lock on button seems to be what turns the FAMAS from being a genuine unwieldy POS, into a laser accurate machine of death.
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    I play quite a lot, too, and was beginning to wonder whether the FAMAS drops at all in the LZ, but I got one yesterday and another today proving they do indeed.

    I agree the FAMAS can be quite unwieldy (especially on the console), but there are weapon talents and at least one skill menu talent which can mitigate this a fair bit without having any impact on its +15% damage. The FAMAS is also quite deadly at point blank range without those aids, when an enemy is so close that you can't miss at all, even while hip firing. Firing in short bursts can sort of help at longer ranges, but then all you're really killing is its DPS.

    I won't use one as my primary fwiw. This is probably true for most folks, especially those who run an Alpha Bridge build where it makes more sense to use something a bit more stable, which is often an M4 variant. If the latter are using a FAMAS to shoot you, it's probably because they ran out of ammo in their primary weapon of choice.

    Edit: There was a god rolled one at the vendor not too long ago, which is likely where a lot of people got theirs.
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    Buy like 20 caches from the vendor. Can get it from those too. I did this once 1.4 came out got a bunch of them, yesterday I was doing Madison and another one drop in the beginning of the mission from an npc
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    Play Survival and get Survival Caches. The weapons in them are somewhat weighted to drop Rhino's, Famas's and M700.
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