This thread is in response to a comment from another player stating that it would take an unreasonably long time to accumulate four purple sicarios without spending real money and Chase's reply that he would need to see the calculations.
To rank up a sicario from rank 1 star to rank 2 star:
5 helmets x 2 hours each = 10 hours
To rank up a sicario from rank 2 star to rank 3 star:
6 kneepads x 4 hours each = 24 hours
3 binoculars x 6 hours each = 18 hours
Total time 42 hours
Each light body armor takes 8 hours to construct plus 2 knee pads at 4 hours each for a total of 16 hours.
Each red dot sight takes 8 hours to construct plus 2 binoculars at 6 hours each for a total of 20 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 3 star to rank 4 star:
4 light body armor x 16 hours each = 64 hours
2 radios x 6 hours each = 12 hours
2 red dot sights x 20 hours each = 40 hours
Total time 116 hours
Each night vision goggle takes 12 hours to construct plus 1 binocular at 6 hours each for a total of 18 hours.
Each heavy body armor takes 12 hours to construct plus 1 light body armor at 16 hours each (see above for calcs) for a total of 28 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 4 star to rank 5 star:
8 night vision goggles x 18 hours each = 144 hours
6 heavy body armors x 28 hours each = 168 hours
Total time 312 hours
Each GPS takes 18 hours to construct plus 2 radios at 6 hours each for a total of 30 hours.
Each heavy helmet takes 12 hours to construct plus 3 helmets at 2 hours each (see above for calcs) for a total of 18 hours.
Each laser sight takes 18 hours to construct plus 3 binoculars at 6 hours each for a total of 36 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 5 star (yellow) to rank 5 star (blue):
5 GPS x 30 hours each = 150 hours
6 heavy helmets x 18 hours each = 108 hours
5 laser sights x 36 hours each = 180 hours
Total time 438 hours
Each aiming system takes 24 hours to construct plus 1 night vision goggle at 18 hours each (see above for calcs) and 1 laser sight at 36 hours each (see above for calcs) and 2 red dot sights (see above for calcs) at 20 hours each for a total of 118 hours.
Each juggernaut armor takes 24 hours to construct plus 4 heavy body armors at 28 hours each and 2 heavy helmets at 18 hours each for a total of 172 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 5 star (blue) to rank 5 star (purple):
10 aiming systems x 118 hours each = 1180 hours
10 juggernaut armors x 172 hours each = 1720 hours
Total time 2900 hours
Total time to rank up a rank 1 sicario to rank 5 star purple = 10 + 42 + 116 + 312 + 438 + 2900 = 3,818 hours (159 days and 2 hours).
Total time to rank up 4 sicarios for offensive squads to purple is 13,136 hours (1 year and 9 months).
Or, you could spend $100 and buy a blue star scorpion sicario and another $100 and buy the juggernaut/aiming system to upgrade scorpion = $200 for each 5 star purple sicario.
The underlying questions are 1) is it reasonable for a F2P player to need to play for so long to accumulate what someone else can buy
To rank up a sicario from rank 1 star to rank 2 star:
5 helmets x 2 hours each = 10 hours
To rank up a sicario from rank 2 star to rank 3 star:
6 kneepads x 4 hours each = 24 hours
3 binoculars x 6 hours each = 18 hours
Total time 42 hours
Each light body armor takes 8 hours to construct plus 2 knee pads at 4 hours each for a total of 16 hours.
Each red dot sight takes 8 hours to construct plus 2 binoculars at 6 hours each for a total of 20 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 3 star to rank 4 star:
4 light body armor x 16 hours each = 64 hours
2 radios x 6 hours each = 12 hours
2 red dot sights x 20 hours each = 40 hours
Total time 116 hours
Each night vision goggle takes 12 hours to construct plus 1 binocular at 6 hours each for a total of 18 hours.
Each heavy body armor takes 12 hours to construct plus 1 light body armor at 16 hours each (see above for calcs) for a total of 28 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 4 star to rank 5 star:
8 night vision goggles x 18 hours each = 144 hours
6 heavy body armors x 28 hours each = 168 hours
Total time 312 hours
Each GPS takes 18 hours to construct plus 2 radios at 6 hours each for a total of 30 hours.
Each heavy helmet takes 12 hours to construct plus 3 helmets at 2 hours each (see above for calcs) for a total of 18 hours.
Each laser sight takes 18 hours to construct plus 3 binoculars at 6 hours each for a total of 36 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 5 star (yellow) to rank 5 star (blue):
5 GPS x 30 hours each = 150 hours
6 heavy helmets x 18 hours each = 108 hours
5 laser sights x 36 hours each = 180 hours
Total time 438 hours
Each aiming system takes 24 hours to construct plus 1 night vision goggle at 18 hours each (see above for calcs) and 1 laser sight at 36 hours each (see above for calcs) and 2 red dot sights (see above for calcs) at 20 hours each for a total of 118 hours.
Each juggernaut armor takes 24 hours to construct plus 4 heavy body armors at 28 hours each and 2 heavy helmets at 18 hours each for a total of 172 hours.
To rank up a sicario from rank 5 star (blue) to rank 5 star (purple):
10 aiming systems x 118 hours each = 1180 hours
10 juggernaut armors x 172 hours each = 1720 hours
Total time 2900 hours
Total time to rank up a rank 1 sicario to rank 5 star purple = 10 + 42 + 116 + 312 + 438 + 2900 = 3,818 hours (159 days and 2 hours).
Total time to rank up 4 sicarios for offensive squads to purple is 13,136 hours (1 year and 9 months).
Or, you could spend $100 and buy a blue star scorpion sicario and another $100 and buy the juggernaut/aiming system to upgrade scorpion = $200 for each 5 star purple sicario.
The underlying questions are 1) is it reasonable for a F2P player to need to play for so long to accumulate what someone else can buy
