Talk:Riven Mods/@comment-2003:D5:BD2:7D93:A8BE:8F3B:4D17:4A0F-20171027171127/@comment-4448946-20171027180918

Here's the thing...

1. Popularity is actually a useful proxy for effectiveness because people are more likely to use a weapon the more effective it is

2. Easily acquired weapons really aren't more popular, if they aren't good people just stop using them or ditch them for something new. For example the MK1's are the easiest weapons to get in the game. But, the Paris and Braton are 3; the Bo is a 4; and Furis, Furax, Kunai, and Strun are all 5.

3. No weapon eneded up with a 4 or 5 based on being hard to acquire and no weapon eneded up with a 1 or 2 by being easy to acquire.