I never saw someone get the shader from the random prototype weapon, as far as I know and by my own experience getting this shader (which in my case droped faster than the Armory factions ones) is by dismantling an Armory weapon with the Refurbished shader and not from a Prototype drop.
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The Refurbished Black Armory shader is only obtainable from a chance drop from dismantling a prototype weapon form the forges. They are the only weapons in the game that drop with the shader. And the weapons themselves are a chance drop from forge completions. So it’s RNG stacked on RNG, making the search for the shader unbearable, especially after earning everything else in the seal.
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I have the Reburbished shader, I remember the pain of getting it as the rng is disgusting low, but as I said I got mine from dismantling an Armory weapon (with that shader) forged from a frame instead of a prototype weapon (which I got a lot and never gave me the shader).
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I’ve never seen anyone say or post or state anywhere that the shader can drop from regular forge frame weapons. The shaders on those weapons are always the legendary black armory shaders, and Refurbished is a blue rarity shader that is only supposed to drop on prototype weapons. No where else.
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This shader have always had a very very very low drop rate, since the beginning unfortunately. Getting a prototype weapon as you know is not a guarantee it will give you the shader, just a chance. But there is also a low chance a frame weapon to be forged with this shader (I did get mine in one of this, not lying). This has been the case since they came out over a year ago, a disgusting rng.
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I’m not trying to be confrontational or rude, but, looking further into it, there has never been a chance for it to drop off frame weapons. What I read actually said it will [i]never[/i] drop on a frame weapon, only prototype. Either way, it is very defeating to not get it after so long.