By u/Skolary, its an Arc Raiders story of how the Ferro beats other higher tier weapons and how players are misled into thinking the purple/yellow outline means they are good weapons.
The purple/yellow lining fools the eye of the beholder into believing they’re going to demolish whatever walks across their path.
They get this premonition in their mind, they cannot die with this loadout. For 2 reasons:
(1) This is a purple gun, whoever they come up against stands no chance
(2) If they die with this thing, it’s going to set them back into the Bronze Age.
So they bring this gun they’re not/barely familiar with into raid. They gun down a hornet, maybe a wasp. And the thing already isn’t downing Arc in less than a millisecond, and the feelings are rusty already.
They start getting comfy, and suddenly get piped by a Ferro shot out of absolutely nowhere.
And you might as well call it a raid after this, throw all quick tactical thinking out the back door. And insert, ”I cannot die with this thing. I cannot with this thing. I can. Not. Die..”
They decide to take a Ferro one on one, long range.. and they’re sadly mistaken. ”How could this happen? It’s a Ferro… it’s not supposed to do anything better than my.. my preciousess..”
They either run, or keep at it until their shield breaks. Keep peeking on a guy who has one of the best weapons for that range. Believing their little purple item should dominate at everything. Ever.
So much so, that it should’ve also had the ability to have them absorb Ferro shots on top of being a gun.
After making a series of irrational decisions, brought on by an irrational belief that this weapon is milestones better than all others. When in reality, it’s fractions at best.. and it’s still not going to out perform anything outside of its range of power.
The Ferro goblin stands over the corpse, looting its pockets. And.. what’s this…
It’s so shiny. It’s so beautiful. My eyes have never.. my eyes..
My precious