Forum:Skepticism Please

Does no one find it strange that new posters to the Wiki are asking about some weapon they just found and it has uber-stats and/or a twisted barrel?!

I've been playing this game since it came out and have been farming my ass off and I could probably count the number of twisted barrel SMGs that I've come across on one hand! But now they seem to be popping out of the woodwork! Come on, what are the odds?! 1:87 bazillion?

Mod'ing is becoming rampant and it's common knowledge that to tweak a weapon's stats and get it past patch 1.3 is to add a twisted barrel. Willowtree's Hall of Shame is full of them.

When weapons are posted here with uber-stats and/or twisted barrels, they should be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. Legit or not, the odds are that it's a construct and not a random drop. I'm just saying ... -- MeMadeIt 04:11, April 11, 2010 (UTC)