While there's obviously a slot-machine aspect to mods, it's untrue to say you have no control over mods. You have resources (crystals, energy, and credits) and you decided how much to invest (crystal refreshes), how much to farm (mods vs slicing), and how much to level (using credits here versus for other things). And then there's the "which toon gets which mods" aspect, which we see here all the time is something a lot of people don't have a handle on and can't beat events strictly because the right mods are on the wrong toons.
