Talk:Braton Vandal/@comment-172.91.93.83-20160130082057



There has been a lot of delusion regarding the exclusivity of the Braton Vandal. The debate over the weapon has much to its history that most people on both sides of the fence seem to ignorant to. The Braton Vandal was originally stated by Rebecca to never be returning while Steve around the same time was suggesting a possible return. Since then, arguments have raged on despite clarification of DE that have, of recent, been reworded to cater to both sides on the fence in response to a continuing debate where players perpetuate claims without strong substance, evidence, or reference.

Although its history is mostly irrelevant to the Wikia page, the statement “The Braton Vandal can no longer be acquired ”  is something that does not belong in the Warframe Wiki. The rhetoric of the statement is unfitting, especially compared to the Founder items or the weapon's event peers such as the Lato Vandal, Latron Wraith, Snipetron Vandal, and others that were once thought as exclusive to their respective events. What is peculiar with the description is that it is in bold which suggests it serves self-affirmation    and too much concern     with      the weapon's exclusivity. Even the Snipetron Vandal's page says “  '' It is currently impossible to obtain. '' ” , notably not written in bold. Another thing to note about the difference in both respective pages is that the acquisition description in the Snipetron Vandal's page is factually valid, as temporally, it indeed is technically impossible to obtain as of this time.

  Another other problem is that the statement asserts(very strongly) the developer's attitude on the matter without any credible citation and without this, it is mere speculation. Given DE's shaky stance on the matter, getting an explicit statement on their position especially with the distinct and diverging statements made by several key people notable [DE]Steve, [DE]Rebecca, and [DE]Danielle. The statement  “ The Braton Vandal can no longer be acquired. ”   at its most complementary with DE's      position(    Braton Vandal Is Supposedly Coming To Wf China [Megathread]    ), frankly can be described as them “beating around the bush” as part of forum PR, while at its most contradictory(    Devstream 22    ), simply proves the statement false. G    iven DE's indecisive history on exclusives, as with the case of the Prime Accessories(Misa Prime as of late where it had been previously stated to never be returning explicitly with [De]Drew as example),     and even if it turns out to be true with the day Warframe shutdowns or false with the day it gets re-released,     a description which uses an absolute indicator on a very uncertain subject is inappropriate for such as highly rated Wiki. Changing it the description present on the Snipetron vandal's page,  “ '' It is currently impossible to obtain. '' ” , would be much more factual and does not perpetuate information that may lead to bad sentiment.



 tl;dr: The statement “ The Braton Vandal can no longer be acquired ” is poorly worded and asserts something that is hard to cite. And I have too much time.