Even farming areas where FB drops more often all I ever get is the mask, holster or knees (occasionally gloves). I've never had the backpack or chest piece drop.
On crafting it's locked and said Operation Iron Horse is required. Is that the only way to unlock those two pieces?
Yes.Originally Posted by Sock_Monkey Go to original post
Foundry Bulwark and Future Initiative vests and backpacks (4 gear items) are locked behind Iron Horse. It's apparent they were both designed for usage there, with particular emphasis on the second and third phases/bosses (Foundry/Fieser, Furnace/Williams, respectively). After you complete the respective gear set projects, you are rewarded with the respective blueprints. TBH, you'll have the items drop with better values than those from crafting.
Thanks both for confirming my suspicions.
I am working on my Shield build again and landed the two most perfect (non-FB) gear pieces to use with a Foundry build, but they are a mask and holster. So I need a chest or backpack to at least get the 3-piece Bulwark bonus.
One of them is a god-roll D+H mask; +20% pistol damage, +15% weapon damage, +8% weapon handling and +10% headshot damage. My Liberty hits for 458k with this mask on and is stable enough to routinely land head shots from distance. This would be killer behind a full Bulwark shield, but I need a chest and/or backpack to do it!
Guess it's time to pester my clan to try Iron horse, since no matchmaking there.