Its not a whale problem since every player, regardless of spending level, ends up accumulating a lot of ArmaTek Tactical Data since they are hardly used compared to other g12 gear
It's a whale problem since only a very, very few non-whale accounts are in a position where their guild has already completed enough RCT raids to be worried about r8.
The vast majority of people are not worried right now about which gear to salvage for r8 mats. Someday that will be a problem any persistent player - even FtP folks - will have to face. Just like someday there will be clean water everywhere in Africa & people will so take clean water for granted that instead of worrying about walking 30 minutes each way to a good well the can sit around and talk about which electric helicopters get the best range on a single charge. Saying that electrical helicopter range is a first world problem isn't to say that no one in Africa is worried about transportation or no one in Africa could use a dependable helicopter. What we're saying is that they're not at the point of worrying about that yet.
Likewise, the number of non-whales who are going to need to worry about which r8 mats to buy with which gear is very different this week than it will be 20 months from now.
Right now? This is #FirstWhaleProblems.
I'm not misunderstanding the inability to cash in Armatek Tactical pieces. You're misunderstanding where the actual players of this game actually are, on average, in the process of gaining r8 toons.
