That is no longer correct. The weapon blueprints make a huge difference. If you want to level a weapon up, you need its blueprint. A low level weapon is very weak against a high level player. Its one of the main reasons this update is so terrible, and it will only get worse as players continue to level up. They need to make weapons easier to obtain if they want a larger player base. The two main complaints I see are forced pvp and how hard it is to get weapon blueprints. They didn't address either of those issues in this update (they actually made it harder to get blueprints).

Yes. If you are against a higher level opponent you get a slightly better reward. I think its one of the 4 (5?) things the game calculates at the end of a match to determine your mission score. However, the other variables are likely to be much lower since it is doubtful you will get far against an opponent who has vastly higher stats and more experience than you. I am thinking about all the times I have crushed new players on hanging by a thread without superior stats.

I posted this in my other thread, but another problem with the increased stat system is that it makes guns feel very weak if you haven't been lucky enough to get an advanced blueprint. This problem is only made worse as people level up and their bullet resistance stat increases. In theory, this power creep is balanced by the forge system. However, every time you forge a weapon you lose one of your blueprints. So as you level up, you need to keep collecting the same blueprints over and over again if you want your weapons to remain viable in pvp. To make matters worse, you have to roll for those blueprints against other players. This has led to melee combat (which increases in power as you level up without needing any sort of collectable) becoming way more powerful than ranged combat in pvp for all but your most recently forged weapons. Think about it. How many of your guns will remain viable against opponents of your level as you level up? Only those that you have recently forged. This games melee combat has a low skill ceiling, and I don't like that it is becoming how I deal most of my damage (this is a shooter after all).

I can forgive this in part because it is another way for the developer to make money (selling xp packs). I can't forgive the blueprint system however. They don't even profit from it. It annoys the player but benefits the developer in no way financially (other than by trying to convince people to buy all the campaigns by spreading the weapons around). Let me spend gold to buy blueprints or give them to me when I level up. You can even still tie weapon availability to owning specific campaigns. This will benefit everyone. The players have a reliable way to get the weapons they want and the developer makes more money (by selling gold or xp packs).     

Agreed. The fact that they made the worst part of this game even more annoying is unacceptable. I thought they said they listened to the community. I honestly think the game is in the worst state it has ever been in.

Can we please get an ETA on the fix? You can't play on xbox right now and during the games first "event" no less. 

Any ETA on when the reward system is going to be fixed? I understand that the team is small, but it shouldn't take this long. The last change you made only benefited people who haven't purchased the game (allowing people who just play the prologue to buy characters). The lottery system for blueprints absolutely should have been patched out of the game by now. Look at Destiny and Diablo 3. The number one complete for both games was the loot system. The developers addressed the problem and both games became much more popular as a result. When are you going to address the obvious problem? It should be your number one priority if you want your game (and thus your livelihood) to survive. 

He can't be grabbed out of the air. I have played as him plenty of times and once you are fully airborne he is immune to melee. You can melee him before he is fully airborne however. He is without a doubt the best raider in pvp in the hands of a skilled player. He needs a nerf. They should allow you to melee him in the air, cause him to fall out of the sky if he takes a certain amount of damage, lower his total health or nerf "WARM" MM1 (gun is broken in pve and pvp). He just has so many advantages it is absurd. I would love to see how many player at the top of the antagonist leader boards use Hans most of the time. I know I do.

Thanks. I am glad to know those issues are being looked at. I think antagonist matchmaking is broken again this week on xbox. I haven't faced an antagonist since Monday and haven't been able to find a game as the antagonist myself this week no matter how long I search.