Has anyone observed a marked increase in the drops ? I've dropped Urogoz twice since the alleged "elite weekend" began, and if anything the drops are worse and the chests are fewer. Still losing a party member to an 007, and still having a party member have to kill himself with a vamp weapon because they are stuck though.
I can tell you Urgoz isn't gonna give up 6 bows. I can tell you that the chests I saw were close to 50% plum. I can tell you that I saw no appreciable increase in gold drops from monsters.
I'm a little disgusted by the whole thing.
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"double the chance of rare loot drops" - my astronaut
Mr Crapsicle
Keep up the good work Anet ! See if you can't do something to address the system wide issues with sound, lag, 007s, 058s and skill bars that can't be selected during battle too.
Better yet, after the elite weekend put an NPC in Kaineng Center named "Crudder the Apologist" who will give everyone back the time they wasted playing during the elite mission weekend. Or just drop a drop one of Kanaxis or Urgoz goodies in their inventory. LOL
And yes I openly acknowledge that I am whining but that doesn't mean that my points aren't valid. I'm certain that what I am experiencing and feeling is not unique.
Ulivious The Reaper
well just did it, saw not a single gold drop, and 3 of the 4 chests were grape, GG anet GG
X89
yeah, tons of people that i know doing the elite missions this weekend have already complained about the drops being worse then before they "increased" drops. so i decided to get my glad title while everyone else went for elite missions, seemed like a fare trade off since i did the elite missions when the pvp event was going on.
halcyonbiscuit
how about instead of complaining about gw, if you hate it so much stop playing it. we could use one less person whining about how crappy the game is.
Bane of Worlds
there will always will be complaints in the game so less ppl playing won't solve the the matter.
I do wonder why only a few post about how these drops are bad while many are in the elite missions being happy
I do wonder why only a few post about how these drops are bad while many are in the elite missions being happy
Mr Crapsicle
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Originally Posted by halcyonbiscuit
how about instead of complaining about gw, if you hate it so much stop playing it. we could use one less person whining about how crappy the game is.
Not sure what in my OP lead you to down the path of hate, but we could use less haters in the game.
I stated what I had experienced and how I felt about it. Hell I even acknowledged that I was whining about it. I wanted to see if others were having the same experiece as well. Based on the few replies so far, the answer is yes. This is a forum is it not ?
I can't help if you have never beaten one of the elite missions and can't grasp some of what I'm talking about.
I stated what I had experienced and how I felt about it. Hell I even acknowledged that I was whining about it. I wanted to see if others were having the same experiece as well. Based on the few replies so far, the answer is yes. This is a forum is it not ?
I can't help if you have never beaten one of the elite missions and can't grasp some of what I'm talking about.
Ninjowned!!!
"Fixed a bug in Elite missions that caused rare items to drop less frequently than intended during the Elite Weekend event."
Ever since the update yesterday that stated that above ^^^^
I've experienced a huge drop increase. When the elite weekend first started we had (Urgoz's Warren) 1 gold drop from a monster and one chest by the time we got to the area with exhaustion and weakness.
Now after yesterday's update the first attempt at Urgoz's Warren netted us 10 gold drops and two gold chests by the time we got to the energy degen area. Too bad four of the gold drops were for one person
, but I got a +5 energy gold max Vertebreaker so I was happy 
(Among other drops)
Ever since the update yesterday that stated that above ^^^^
I've experienced a huge drop increase. When the elite weekend first started we had (Urgoz's Warren) 1 gold drop from a monster and one chest by the time we got to the area with exhaustion and weakness.
Now after yesterday's update the first attempt at Urgoz's Warren netted us 10 gold drops and two gold chests by the time we got to the energy degen area. Too bad four of the gold drops were for one person
(Among other drops)
ubermancer
Remember, monster drops in Urgoz have never been that hot, and the number of people in an area decreases the drop rate.
Zinger314
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Originally Posted by ubermancer
http://forums.gwonline.net/showpost....0&postcount=25
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Originally Posted by Gaile
And no, the drop rate would not be affected by the number of people playing in an area. Each mission is individual and has its own mathematics -- it's not that there are 10 items to drop stretched across 100 rather than 25 groups. You -- in your party -- have twice as much chance of a elite item drop.
english storm
2nd time in the warren, got to room 8 and got killed thanks to a few which seemed to have 007
Would love to maybe complete the mission some time it just seems that because it takes so long people lose intrest and stop playing as a team.
Stockholm
Most Pug's tend to fall apart in the warden room(second last before Urgoz's)
it takes close to 2 hours to get there so ppl get a bit sloppy just as you hit the tuffest part of the mission. A good strategy is to take a short pause before going in to that room(get a drink, bathroom, smoke, and what ever tickles your fancy). back to topic: drop rates are way better today after yesterdays update. And drop rates seams better if I don't have any rares in the inventory when entering the mission exept the weaps assigned to weapons slots
ubermancer
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Originally Posted by Zinger314
Bane of Worlds
the double drop rate is for elite missions not for every area of the game
ubermancer
New York state law is not applicable in Missouri.
xjej
That's what I experienced :
Urgoz "bugged" = 4 chests ( one purple and the res gold ) and only 1 gold drop vs 12 players Urgoz after the fix = 5 chest ( all gold ) and 15 gold drop vs 12 players
Anarion Silverhand
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Originally Posted by Eve The Sorceress
the double drop rate is for elite missions not for every area of the game
That statement is relevant how?
They were discussing how/if the number of people in the party decreases the drop rate... Anyway, I don't think it seems very "professional" to add the double rare drops one day after the event started..
[DE]
Beat Urgoz with a group last night and we had 10+ gold drops of monsters and all the chests were gold.
meerkats
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Originally Posted by ubermancer
Gaile can say what shed like, but it goes against everything Ive experienced. From my Titan run, to IDS as soon as other people started it my drops dropped off significantly (and Im very careful to (try to) fully avoid antifarm).
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An example that most people would be able to see for themselves would be doing chest runs where the the Kurzick Faction Farming is done. During peak American times you will average a 1 Gold chest out of 5, during off peak periods eg 12:00hrs GMT you will get 3/5. During Festivals (eg Halloween, Wintersday, Tengu and Dragon) all the farming spots yeilded much much more than normal. Before 55ing the Griffons was popular the average was 2.7k gold, 3 gold items per 5:50 second run. During ProtBond 55ing in UW the average was 7 ectos per 35 min run, ProtSpirit/SoJ tappered down to 3 per run and now with 55 + SS/SV its 2 unless you go in the off peak times.
Vyral
I made 5 runs through the Deep yesterday and the drop rate of gold items was significantly increased. We were averaging approximately 10 gold drops per run, up from about 3-4 prior to this weekend. Heck, even Kanaxai once dropped a gold Ironwing Flatbow along with his 3 Green. I've seen absolutely no change in the quantity or quality of chests. Always 5, averaging 70% gold (1-2 purple per run).
Now, quality of golds hasn't been touched. Still seeing plenty of gold straw effiges with, say, req 13 Soul Reaping and AL +5 while hexed. Got one Zodiac Staff req 10 earth magic, HSR domination 20%, HCT Divine Favor 19%. Whoever made that staff was on crack. Electric Sky
ah well i guess im just unlucky then
Mr Crapsicle
Well, based on the newer posts and from what I am hearing from friends and guildies, the drop rate was elevated to some degree. Perhaps we didn't have favor the second time I was in. If there is any truth to that rumor...
I do have to say that my first trap run through UW last night had a nice drop increase ! 7 ectos, 8 golds, 2 gold chests. Too bad it tapered off significantly after that. At first we thought the "double the chance" had been applied to UW and FoW as well. Maybe I'll give tombs a go and see what happens.
cosyfiep
The deep was averaging better yesterday than today on the gold drops, today all the chests there were purple. Ug's was NO gold drops.....in 5 runs (and we didnt make it all the way to the end but good enough to find out). Deep was better by far and all the chests were gold yesterday.
Still was happy since I got my 5 gold items yesterday in the deep and didnt really care today ..... Horible
Did part of The Deep today. Got 1 gold drop right in the first 4 rooms. I think its working great
Horible
llsektorll
ok so the gold drops doubled.... considering the hundreds of players farming the deep this weekend caused the doubled gold drop to come down to less than regular... its counteracting its purpose.... /bow to anet
dargon
As Gaile said, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE ZONE, the drop percentage chance is the drop percentage chance, it DOES NOT FLUCTUATE
TheYellowKid
gaile doesnt know shes jus repeating what shes told.. chinese whispers anyone, from playing ive found that heavily farmed areas have poorer drops and thats why people say troll farming is crap now. FoW drops less shards at peak times then if i go in as soon as we get favor (when i first started the only time i completed a run and didnt get any shards was when i went in the evening after that i only went in the morning as soon as we got favor). Greens drop less from heavily farmed bosses as anyone who farms greens regularly can testify
TheMadKingGeorge
drops sucked period anet sucks period the next weekend should be called were gonan glitch you mofos weekend
Blackhawk
Done a few tombs runs on Friday and the ecto drop had certainly increased to the fact that we was getting around 4-5 ecto drops per run.
Then A-net patched the game due to lack of drops in the elites and we got sod all for the rest of the weekend so work that one out 
Shadowfox1125
Let's see out of the 12 chests I encountered, only 1 was purple. This was in The Deep, btw. I only killed Kanaxai once this weekend due to RL issues, but managed to get to 12 chests. 5 the time we killed him (all Gold), 3 in a failed group, 2, 1, and 1 = grape)
but as for Gold drops, I'd have to agree. Not only did I get very few, but there were crap gold drops. I didn't even get a green. -.- PickledGherkin Also took a total of 2 hours to get into 3 groups. Waste of time.......back to "normal" PVE for me..... |
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