Hey guys,
Some people like the RNG nature of the upgrades, but most really REALLY like making mods for themselves. Idea: make the parts drop random quality (poor, good, excellent, pristine or something like that) and then when you go to engineer instead of random number rolls the quality of the parts effects the quality of the stats. If you put four pristine parts into your drive, you get a better result than poor quality. It makes more sense too, since this is engineering, the idea of a random output is strange. It's not biology.
Some people like the RNG nature of the upgrades, but most really REALLY like making mods for themselves. Idea: make the parts drop random quality (poor, good, excellent, pristine or something like that) and then when you go to engineer instead of random number rolls the quality of the parts effects the quality of the stats. If you put four pristine parts into your drive, you get a better result than poor quality. It makes more sense too, since this is engineering, the idea of a random output is strange. It's not biology.