Quote Originally Posted by Cynric View Post
Like right now if (we are assuming here right?) the weapon from top 10 is the same as the ticket weapon, this devalues top 10, Why bother getting top 10?
There aren't really any assumptions here. It was already confirmed that the weapons were specifically made to be bought with the tickets, not made just for the top 10. It's just that the top 10 get enough tickets to buy a weapon at the end of the season.

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