The way this works...
For common; Recruit packs.
For uncommon; veteran packs.
For rare weapons; Arsenal packs.
For Ultra rare weapons; Reserves packs.
Sounds a little counter intuitive to buy recruit packs to get weapons. You're almost guaranteed to get 2 weapons from an arsenal pack as long as you have rare weapons to unlock. But once those are maxed you're much more likely yo get rating IV (4) equipment, it does not increase the odds of getting Ultra Rare weapons. So your odds of getting a Ultra Rare weapons are always highest from Reserve packs.
I ended up buying Reserve packs (got a few until I got all the classes I wanted, Recruit Packs til I got all that to rating X (10), then Veteran Packs until rating X (10), then Arsenal til I got all rare weapons to X (10)... finishing off now with Reserve packs to get the Ultra Rare weapons...
While this is a super late post, and literally my first post on the forums... might still help some people 🙂
~ Galvan0x
Sources:
- http://forum.bioware.com/topic/383659-ur-drop-rate-experiment-spspspsrpsaps-reckoning-dlc-update/ (still seems like the best research out there on it)
- Over 1000 hours playing the game (mostly MP... that was scary to look up 😞 )
(Edit: formatting)
Thanks for the response 🙂
I do randomly get ultra rares from the premium spectre packs every now and then. sometimes I've gotten multiple upgrades with consecutive packs but it's really rare.
I'll try my luck with the reserves packs. The only downside I've had with that is when I get xp for a class I haven't promoted and reset so it's wasted.
Hope you get the weapons you are looking for, and you still enjoy the MP even after lots of hours. I'm sure I've got way too many hours already xD
