User blog comment:Dragonzzilla/ME3 Multiplayer DLC I Ideas/@comment-5030249-20120501044318/@comment-24.18.188.10-20120501155316

It is a bit of an annoying system. It seemed to me that the best way to work with it was to buy a whole bunch of Recruit Packs initially, since that would let me fully upgrade my basic weapons; then I could sit back and gradually accumulate the more more advanced ones. The luck-of-the-draw bit is frustrating, though -- I get three Veteran Packs for every four MP matches, and it's (for instance) taking forever to get my Phaeston upgraded to the point where it's actually better than the Avenger X. Even if the price of getting just the weapon I wanted was astronomical, it'd save me frustration. There's no way I'm spending real-world money on this, though.