Talk:Flameberge/@comment-24335505-20160924122237/@comment-28185666-20160924150225

That's a possibility, but I didn't want it to be completely useless from the get go. What I intended was something that resembled a double edged sword - you start with 4 decent passives. With teamwork, you can have 8 passives - but your opponents can cripple the entire weapon by applying relevant debuffs.

Though it's still a decent idea, one that could work for another piece of Gear elsewhere in the Special Operation.