Thoughts on treasure drops in hard mode

Davros Uitar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Fool Wolves

W/Mo

No sooner was I wondering about whether we would see things like Max Tribal axes start to drop when I see one 6-28 on sale. What are your thoughts on what else might drop out there in HM land?

phaffo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Icarus Shift

Mo/Me

WTS MAXreq9 Sephis Axe 15^50 8k OBO

reetkever

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/E

Ehm everything might drop at max damage... But only once in a month :P

New weapons are almost impossible to get now, cause you can't farm them, and prices will be rising sky high. Or you must be lucky enough to find one in a team of 8, but what's the chance of that?

Shadis

Shadis

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

I'm not noticing much a difference to be honest. I can buy cheaper keys and face easier monsters in Normal Mode and get the same kinda drops I've been seeing (or not seeing at all) in Hard Mode.

sixdartbart

sixdartbart

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Peace Machine GRRR [DiE]

W/N

I had to lol when I saw the 6-26 sickle for sale in the High end section that the seller "Had it for a few months" not sure why he felt the need to add that except for it's complete BS and he got it tonight. rofl

Just as funny is the new max damage Tribal Axe and how he is also trying to make it sound like he has had it and just now wants to sell it.

My first thought while seeing what the hard mode ettins were up to was that these 2 styles would finally be maxed and I'm sure some gold ones will be making there way to Ventaris for 100k +10,000 ectos lol

Quote:
Originally Posted by reetkever
Or you must be lucky enough to find one in a team of 8, but what's the chance of that?
It would seem that the chance is the same of finding one solo now.
sorry but all of this is just funny to me maybe I've been up too long

Chris Blackstar

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

United States

so far by my experience with hero's, is that the drops suck, more like a lack of drops. As for weapons, the only one that did drop a grape was ok, but nothing to rave about. I am more concerned with this so called tomes. I have yet to have one drop, and lock pics well I am still undecied about them.

sixdartbart

sixdartbart

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Peace Machine GRRR [DiE]

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Blackstar
so far by my experience with hero's, is that the drops suck, more like a lack of drops. As for weapons, the only one that did drop a grape was ok, but nothing to rave about. I am more concerned with this so called tomes. I have yet to have one drop, and lock pics well I am still undecied about them.
With heroes or henchmen you can't expect to see what actually drops.
I did two zones for vanquisher with a group of 4 and saw 11 gold items and 3 or 4 tomes drop.
Seemed very high for gold drops IMO

Mr_Unlucky

Mr_Unlucky

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Finland

Seekers of the Aetherian (Void)

W/N

WTS 6-28 ^15& 20/20 +30sickle lol

I have had good luck i quess. Did the first 3 missions and bonuses in Prophesies and got 7 gold items so far ( in Hard mode). Ofcourse they all are crap, but still gold. And 2 lockpicks. Maybe my 2 months brake has made my drop rate high, i dunno.

Morgoth the dark

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

[CDEX]

R/

anyone got something completely new? New skin or something? Didnt track down any for now...
except tomes.

berlioz7

berlioz7

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

D/

Well I played some to test it out last night and cleared most of Pongemi Valley this morning and not one gold drop, not even a purple. I got the same old rotwallow fangs and non-max whites as always. Also, I paid 1.5k for a key thingy and it broke after one use. So all I got was a jade hammer out of it.
Why should some players be penalized (lockpicks) because they havent grinded out a title? So now I have to pay more than the grinders for keys, because mine are going to break after one use?

tyche7

tyche7

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Nebraska

The Killer Panda Bears

W/Mo

No new skins and nothing GREAT but I did get 3 purples and 1 gold from an hour of playing in hard mode. (vanquisher and a mish)

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by sixdartbart
I had to lol when I saw the 6-26 sickle for sale in the High end section that the seller "Had it for a few months" not sure why he felt the need to add that except for it's complete BS and he got it tonight. rofl

Just as funny is the new max damage Tribal Axe and how he is also trying to make it sound like he has had it and just now wants to sell it.

My first thought while seeing what the hard mode ettins were up to was that these 2 styles would finally be maxed and I'm sure some gold ones will be making there way to Ventaris for 100k +10,000 ectos lol

It would seem that the chance is the same of finding one solo now.
sorry but all of this is just funny to me maybe I've been up too long
hehe, yeah, I know you. You'll go get some sleep, get up and you'll still think it's funny. lol

Rothaga

Rothaga

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

D/W

I've gotten probably 4-5 purples, 4-5 gold runes, and a green staff from around 200 kills, nothing great, but better than what I would get in normal mode for where im farming.

Rothaga

Rothaga

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

D/W

As for new skins, I just found a Ripper Blade, im not sure if its new, but its max damage, gold, and it only had the highly salvagable inscription.

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rothaga
As for new skins, I just found a Ripper Blade, im not sure if its new, but its max damage, gold, and it only had the highly salvagable inscription.
Just to let you know.....you're not supposed to do double posts. If you need to add something, just edit your previous post.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Also, I looked on wiki and it seems that Ripper Blades are not new. Though they do seem kinda rare so good find.

Envious

Envious

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

13N/144E FoKai

Its good I guess. Just vanquished Old Ascalon with my bro and friend. Altogether we got 7 gold drops, 2 lockpicks, a few purples and whites.

Slabby

Slabby

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

[SCAR]

A friend of mine got a Sephis req.11 15%^50 from some undead around Bergen Hot Springs. So why would we run Hells when we can find them more easily in Kryta ?
Concerning my drops, I got a Celestial Longbow, gold Staff and a nice grape Sword req.9 13%^50, same skin as Kanaxai's Edge.

Heimdallw32

Heimdallw32

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

United States of America

The Seven Deadly [Sins]

Been doing Ascalon stuff in a group of 3-4 humans (Sometimes 1 hero), gold drops are definatly up...One run I got only one white and the rest were purple/gold near-max or max things...got a max Furious sword mod on my first drop out actually. Havn't gotten a skill tome yet, but I saw a guy get an Elite monk skill tome from the first boss we killed in the Northern Wall mission. And the gold....100g for a 4 person party is pretty darn good in my opinion. Compared to 100g for a 8 person party, that is.

Good times.