there are also instances of it just not starting, and as Mae already pointed out in another reply you sometimes can't do the hive magic circle thing.

is it ok if we could get a why as to everything outside of Third Iteration were put on the Contest Banned Items list if that is possible?

know why Third Iteration was added (Anti-Barrier making it deal more damage), but am wondering why the others are on it.

personally, I think it is gonna be higher stats, more mods you can choose (kinda like with the Heresy mods & Heresy weapons) as well as the 1st, 2nd (for T4) & 5th (for T5) columns being enhanced as well as the 3rd and 4th lower tier weapons would get

tbh I think Crafting will just make tier 1-3 weapons (depending on if a weapon is enhanced and stuff), but yea, no way to know till it is confirmed

tbh I am kinda surprised they didn't launch a Silver one when Heavy Metal/RotN released since they did that with the skimmer, but they probably will do that as they do with a lot of these things.

which reminds me of a thing I saw some peeps call for during the craftening, which was a rollback to before the glitch got implemented, which due to the amount of time such a roll back would cover would be a lore more extreme version of that (think it was 18 months/when WQ released)

motivation*

which would lead to higher player drop off due to lack of moivation

yea no, contest mode is meant to be a challenge, if they just go round giving it's rewards away for those who have not beaten it (legitimately) it would have a higher chance of causing community outrage.

I may be stupid

ok I in all honestly thought that this was a thing to show off your fits 💀