The simple presence of armor sets in Bright engrams is ridiculous.
It wasn’t as much of a problem in Year One because of the lack of random rolls, but with the introduction of such there’s an issue.
The Eververse Armor sets are made to look good. That’s a fact. Just look the Dragonfly Regalia set (made to appeal to any Warframe fans) the Neoteric Kiyot (themed after the Coyotes) the Firebreak set (classic D1 set) and the VANGUARD DARE SET (I mean seriously why the HELL does Tess have Cayde/Andal’s cloak. Seriously.) These are good looking armor sets, yet a Guardian might be lucky to get one, maybe two of the full set at best. And if you get a piece of armor with a bad roll, well sucks to suck. There’s no way to consistently acquire this armor, and once the season is over that’s it. Gg.
This is even more prevalent in Event sets. Dawning engrams might get you a full set, but you got a couple weeks at best to grind out as much XP as you can. And then there’s still the issue of crummy rolls.
And now with the botched Revelry knockoff list this has reached a new height of ridiculousness. I have acquired every single item in the Revelry engrams on my Hunter except the Hunter legs. I’ve ground out level after level just going for Bright engrams and yet I repeatedly get duplicate ships and sparrows. Really? Then there’s the fact that the Eververse set is BRAND NEW while the ACTUAL Revelry set has been reskinned from year one gear and presented as something new. I’m all for year one sets being brought to year two, but not as event rewards. Having recycled content is not an event reward. Yet the good set is locked behind a paywall with a bugged knockoff list for those who actually grind out the levels.
Bit of spinfoil hat action here, but I find it suspicious that the knockoff list isn’t working properly. Bungie has had previous events with working knockoff lists in their engrams and yet now they suddenly botch it? And their response is a tweet and a little note in the patch notes? No kind of in game notice to prevent, say, players making last minute micro transactions thinking they’ll get that one last thing they want? There’s a post on this forum already stating that is what happened in their case. And the fix for this issue is coming AFTER the event is over? Really?
All in all armor in Eververse packages has been a pain since the first Dawning event. In Year One it was bearable, but in Year Two it’s obnoxious. It allows for no customization of perks, you have to take what you get if you want that look. And now with this recent issue it’s beyond ridiculous. If I don’t get those Hunter legs I’m going to be furious.
Edit: we should at least be able to reroll or pull a new roll from collections for a price of shards.