Has anyone else noticed the distinct lack of chests in explorable areas?
I regularly do a quick Supplies/Jade Arena run out of Breaker Hollow (Cantha - Factions) - Normally there will be between 3 to 5 chests, now you are lucky if you come across one.
I also do once a day the Domain of Secrets (Elona - Nightfall) Lightbringer Points run - Normally there are 3 to 5 chests - Last trip I did (Yesterday) there were none.
This all seems to have come about since last weekends gaming event and its reset.
Missing Chests in Explorable areas
Dana Hawkeye
Shanaeri Rynale
Seen fewer chests in UW and FoW than normal also.
Feminist Terrorist
I've noticed it too. I'm lucky if I see one or two chests in an entire area.
Myrkwid
I've recently gone for the grandmaster cartographer title in elona and I also noticed a significant drop in chest spawns. Some areas were like always some others had no chests in them. And when mapping you usually clear the whole map, so I'm sure to not having missed chests. Noticed this in the vabbian and desolation areas, but that's very likely because I don't bother with chests in kourna or earlier.
I also noticed a dramatical decrease in the quality of chest drops. Finished my first level of the treasure hunter title while mapping. Missed 40 chest to get to a total of 100. Got two golden drops when starting to map vabbi, but that's about it. All other chests were purple chests. The last chests spawned drops that bad, that I even thought about dropping them on the ground again.
Has ANet introduced some rediculous anti-chest-farm code?
I also noticed a dramatical decrease in the quality of chest drops. Finished my first level of the treasure hunter title while mapping. Missed 40 chest to get to a total of 100. Got two golden drops when starting to map vabbi, but that's about it. All other chests were purple chests. The last chests spawned drops that bad, that I even thought about dropping them on the ground again.
Has ANet introduced some rediculous anti-chest-farm code?
bubbadoll
ahh.. was wondering that as well.. i needed just a few more gold for third tier wisdom and have a few keys taking up inventory... so this past weekend, i went around Drazach Thicket area and thought.. where are the chests? usually, i'd get 5 per run... but seemed like a couple of times it was just a couple.. 
Dana Hawkeye
I have literally just finished my usual Domain of Secrets run and the chests seem to be back to normal - 5 chests I came across. Hopefully, all the other areas are back to normal as well.
Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled guys.
Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled guys.
Malice Black
Whats an easy way to reduce drop rates..? remove chests. People complain about how nothing is rare anymore, here's your answer.
I could be totally wrong but it's certainly a possibility.
I could be totally wrong but it's certainly a possibility.
Masseur
I've noticed the opposite with NF. I find lots of chests in the explorable areas or when I'm just doing quests. But in missions, I rarely if ever have found any chests in NF. Factions and Prophesies, I see chests all the time in missions.
Mr.H.Mishima
There are no chests in Nightfall Missions. Ever.
Vrolijk
I think they tried to nerf CRing.
I was in the stygian veil. and when we went in a hallway where some popups are a chest appeared at 1 of the popup groups. it wasn't there be4. cause we used that spot as a safespot.
I don't know if any1 can confirm this. or if it's just happend to me and my group.
I was in the stygian veil. and when we went in a hallway where some popups are a chest appeared at 1 of the popup groups. it wasn't there be4. cause we used that spot as a safespot.
I don't know if any1 can confirm this. or if it's just happend to me and my group.
Lichtenberg
i did a couple of fow forgemaster runs recently
a chest spawns with the quest where you take out the groups of beast and abyssl's
i think they have added chest with quest activations
a chest spawns with the quest where you take out the groups of beast and abyssl's
i think they have added chest with quest activations
jaymat
ye i noticed that in fow as well. when we did the defend the forgemaster quest a obsidian chest spawned. also when i was in the spider cave i was actively looking for chests and one appeared as i walked by it when there wasnt one there b4.
when i do solo fow runs as well after i do the spider cave i run around looking for chests. i used to find 3-5 now im lucky if i find 1 or 2
when i do solo fow runs as well after i do the spider cave i run around looking for chests. i used to find 3-5 now im lucky if i find 1 or 2
LONGA
Same as the others.its seem chest need some trigger before they just appear which usually by quests.
RazorEdge
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I think they tried to nerf CRing.
I was in the stygian veil. and when we went in a hallway where some popups are a chest appeared at 1 of the popup groups. it wasn't there be4. cause we used that spot as a safespot. I don't know if any1 can confirm this. or if it's just happend to me and my group. |
Cebe
I only ever see lots of chests when I don't have keys.
Such is life.
Such is life.
Skuld
Tasca's demise spawned 3 chests, and 5-6 in mineral springs when I went capping yesterday, that is more than i've ever seen before.
DrD
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Seen fewer chests in UW and FoW than normal also.
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RTSFirebat
Them I found Torment chests have been lesser as well. Must be bugged at the moment.
MirkoTeran
I went on a little (20keys) chest-run in RoT. There were only 1-2 chests each time while usually 4 or 5 on same route.
Rockby Quickfoot
I was wall mapping the Poisoned Outcrops yesterday and found two chests within 20 feet of each other.
Maximumraver
I noticed there are less chest spawns too, especially in RoT, and there have been some spawns in very strange places, one in mid-air (where later a pillar falls down with a quest) and one about 0.6/0.7 argo circle range "behind" a portal (both in The Desolation)
GourangaPizza
Just CR'ed Nightfallen Jahai couple of times. 1st run only had 3 chests spawned. 2nd run, nothing at all. Either they switch the spawn positions of the chests or they nerf it.
Oh yeah I notice some of the kurzick chests spawned in unreachable areas such as middle of a tree trunk or on a unreachable slope.
Oh yeah I notice some of the kurzick chests spawned in unreachable areas such as middle of a tree trunk or on a unreachable slope.
Yawgmoth
This is a real issue. I can confirm this as i run chests every day, many runs.
This update caused less chest spawns not only in DoA (much much lower chance for chests in all DoA locations) but in all explorable areas too.
Before this update, every explorable zone in Vabbi/Desolation/RoT (or every one that i ran) ALWAYS spawned 5 chests, always 5 not more not less.
After this update its not always 5 anymore, now it can go as low as 3.
From my experience after update:
~40-45% runs still have 5 chests spawning
~40-45% runs have only 4 chests spawn
~10-15% runs have only 3 chests spawn
This update has changed the spawnin algorithm so some spawn locations are different, thats probably the reason some people find less than 3 chests - just look carefully.
So i want to hear an official response on this issue : Is it a hidden nerf or a bugged update ??
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Update - Friday February 16 Fixed a bug that caused chests to spawn less frequently in the Domain of Anguish. |
Before this update, every explorable zone in Vabbi/Desolation/RoT (or every one that i ran) ALWAYS spawned 5 chests, always 5 not more not less.
After this update its not always 5 anymore, now it can go as low as 3.
From my experience after update:
~40-45% runs still have 5 chests spawning
~40-45% runs have only 4 chests spawn
~10-15% runs have only 3 chests spawn
This update has changed the spawnin algorithm so some spawn locations are different, thats probably the reason some people find less than 3 chests - just look carefully.
So i want to hear an official response on this issue : Is it a hidden nerf or a bugged update ??
BlackAngel
I've noticed this too. I'm currently playing my necro through Desolation and I always take 5 keys with me because I go for GMC at the same time. In past few days after I've fully scouted area and went to outpost I've still had 1-2 keys in my inventory while previously I always had 5 chests in every area, so something is wrong :/. Also there's that one chest in Mourning Veil Falls which is always in the wall and you just can't get to it.
NoChance
I like to run through Bazdha Wilderness and I've also seen fewer chests lately in that I come back with keys still in my inventory. My experience is not as scientific as some above, but I've definitely noticed this over the past few days (and I wasn't influenced by the existence of this thread as I hadn't seen it until now).
Edit: just remembered that I also run the Ruptured Heart and I'd noticed the same thing there as well.
Edit: just remembered that I also run the Ruptured Heart and I'd noticed the same thing there as well.
bubbadoll
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Oh yeah I notice some of the kurzick chests spawned in unreachable areas such as middle of a tree trunk or on a unreachable slope. |
this has happened since.. dunno, around june '06(guesstimate) when "I" reached the thicket area.. so it's not something new if that's what ya trying to say.
Yawgmoth
I've just had a Poisoned Outcrops run with only 2 chests spawned. I have triple checked - ran whole area 3 times looking for possible spawns out of reach but found none.
This becomes pretty annoying, what was the reason for such a nerf? Or if it's a bug, are devs even aware of it?
This becomes pretty annoying, what was the reason for such a nerf? Or if it's a bug, are devs even aware of it?
Arkantos
Ever since the update where they *fixed* DoA chests, all chests have been screwy.
Gaile knows about it.
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