Wait, are Rularuu weapons still level-locked on villain-side?

Today was... Weird. I wanted to try a Claws Brute of mine with some Rularuu Claws, and to do so, I asked a friend of mine to help provide the story arc needed to unlock them. I was originally looking to run the Bravo of the Shadow Shard arc by Tech Naylor, but this... Didn't work. My friend couldn't start it via Ouro because I had to be in the zone, which I couldn't with a level 9 Brute, and when we tried it in his base, the game told him I wasn't in the right level range. He didn't have a character in the absurdly specific 37-39 range for Naylor's Bravo of the Shadow Shard, so we changed plans.

Turns out he had another character with Efficiency Expert Pither as a contact, but he hadn't done his Alone in the Darque arc. I knew for a fact that this arc unlocked Rularuu weapons. However, when we finished the arc, I still didn't have Rularuu weapons unlocked on my character, leading me to conclude that I need to run the arc, myself. I didn't miss the reward in any mission, I didn't door-sit, I mixed it up in every fight (to unimpressive effect) but at the end of the arc, I got zilch.

OK, so what does that mean, then? I CANNOT get the Rularuu weapons until I'm at least level 37 and grab Tech Naylor's arc? I remember whining about the 100 Overseers defeat badge for the hero-side unlock, but at least with the Shard open to all levels, a low-level character can be helped with this task. I've had Rularuu's Bane unlocked on a level 1 Scrapper. So, what? Is it impossible to unlock these things ahead of time on villain-side? What gives?

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

I think it's inadvertent. You get the unlock by Shard related accomplishments like getting a badge or completing a mission arc. As it happens, a mission arc only counts as having been done by you when you personally have the mission; you don't get the unlock from someone else's story arc any more than you get the Souvenir for the arc. But a kill badge just requires you be on the team doing the killing. Before they removed the zone level limits that meant it was actually easier for villains to get the unlock; an inadvertent side effect of the unlock is that low level heroes can join a badge team in the Shard and get the weapons early.

Just this week I got burned by the very same arc. Well, I got my claws, but my two friends, that I waited to complete the arc to catch them both online, to get them their weapons, got nothing. That was quite the bummer.

Of course mistakenly thinking that the badge mission that Technician Naylor has unlocks the claws and waiting to catch said friends online at the same time was a downer as well.

Villain side unlocks for both Rularuu weapons and Redcap daggers are still, frankly, bull hokey.

Then again, MOST of the weapon unlocks are bull hokey, sadly. The only reasonable ones IMO are the Council rifles which don't even require a badge; you just punk 100 Council soldiers.
Nice and simple and ties in thematically; why is that not a standard model?
(Although that still wouldn't help Villain side...yay)

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Sow hat we need is a villain mission full of over seers that can be farmed for the badge?

Can you farm them in Technician Naylor's stuff?

I wouldn't want to farm Overseers inside a mission for a couple of reasons.

1. Farming missions is needlessly complicated and fat
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2. Missions scale to the level of the person who took them, unlike hunting Overseers in the Shard where they can be level 40 and you can be level 50.

By the looks of things, I just won't have Rularuu weapons on this character. Possibly ever. I don't think I'll be able to focus on her long enough to get her to 37 before losing interest and putting her on hiatus. Which is a pity.

I'm with the Techbot on this one. Weapon unlocks for almost all unlockable weapons are "Fudge! Puppies! Baby hippos!" The Tommygun, the Red Caps daggers, the Rikti axes and swords, the Romulus sword and shield and so on. See, when I see threads like "Would you pay for <...> pack?" this is why I say "Yes!"

I am seriously disappointed right now. I was hoping I could have an even more threatening character through the use of the huge blades with eyes on them, but it looks like that ain't happening. Oh, well.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Some consolation at least you can get incidental Overseers in Villain tip missions at 50. That said, it's not much of a consolation I'm sure. I'd probably be more likely to switch to Rogue for a romp in the Shard to fix the problem now.

tbh it would seem easier to get to 20 Tip to blue side and get them that way.

Just goes to show they need to add weapon unlock vouchers to the E-merit vender.

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