Relic of Rin, Diessa's Chalice, wrong drop rate?

ryanryanryan0310

ryanryanryan0310

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Most likely when HM comes out they'll increase the drop rate. They can't give you all the goodies in one month.

undeadgun

undeadgun

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

US

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanryanryan0310
Most likely when HM comes out they'll increase the drop rate. They can't give you all the goodies in one month. well said

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knifff

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
Most likely when HM comes out they'll increase the drop rate. They can't give you all the goodies in one month. Yeah, that's not a bad idea

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

DVD Forums [DVDF]

Mo/Me

Over the course of 6 runs of the dungeon, I found 1... They seriously need to look at the drop rate on these -_-

Velvet Wing

Velvet Wing

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

In your cupboard *nomming* your cookies

Blade of Souls

P/W

Well, let's just hope Anet fixes this when HM will be implemented. Until then, only thing we can do is hope/pray ^^

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

I see like one chalice every 2-3 runs, it's a stupid low drop rate

Never seen a relic of rin.

Dahnel

Dahnel

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Rt/Me

Maybe its because they are called Golden Rin Relics, Get it right. Thanks.

Bloodflesh

Bloodflesh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

Heavenly Angel Tears Essence [Hate] GL

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50 runs and zero

Yes ... ZERO

Not one single Relic or Chalice.

Out of curiousity, is it true the blindfold cannot be dyed? if this is true Id like to know now before I waste *more* of my time.

trobinson97

trobinson97

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless :(

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanryanryan0310
Most likely when HM comes out they'll increase the drop rate. They can't give you all the goodies in one month.
Why not? The drop rate is bugged. Blindfolds aren't such prestigious items that it takes HM to get them. It's just a blackish bar across your face and can't even be dyed. That's not so much a goodie, at least from where I'm standing, that I should have to wait til hard mode to get a decent drop rate of the items use to trade for it. The dread mask looks like a random Dragon Festival hat. It's bugged plain and simple until Anet chooses to say otherwise.

Woden

Woden

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

W/N

The first time I did the dungeon, I got a chalice from the first enemy I killed. As you can guess, I still have yet to see another one drop. My first thought was "Hey, I can get that headgear pretty quickly maybe." By the end of my second time through I had changed my position somewhat.

thezed

thezed

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

Iowa, USA

HoTR

Wow, I must be lucky. Done the dungeon once and got one of both.

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes Ascent

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodflesh
50 runs and zero

Yes ... ZERO

Not one single Relic or Chalice.

Out of curiousity, is it true the blindfold cannot be dyed? if this is true Id like to know now before I waste *more* of my time. Zero? =\

I've done about 30, and have gotten 17 Golden Rin Relics (don't know how many chalices I've gotten, but I get them much more frequently then rin relics), been selling them for 30k a pop while its hot. Maybe because clearing out dungeons isn't people's forte.

Most people do Cathedral of flames as fast as possible, skipping un-necessary groups, which I go out of my way to kill, and just so happen to drop diessa chalices and golden rin relics often.

My Sweet Revenga

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanryanryan0310
Most likely when HM comes out they'll increase the drop rate. They can't give you all the goodies in one month. Fair enough. But there is a fine line to the balance. You've just stated one end of the arguement. Unfortunately, the drop rate as it is is almost at the absolute other end, that is the drop rate is obscenely low. There's maybe a small handful of people who have the blindfold/mask. At this rate, I doubt if even a quarter of GW players will have either mask or blindfold in a year's time. Not that I'm saying there won't be enough of these relics to have dropped to give this quarter of the population a mask or blindfold.... but most people want one so you'll have a lot of people with somewhere around like 3-10 of these relics and nothing else to show for it. Some will have to give up and sell, others will try to hold out.

lursey

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

d2

R/N

I like the challenge, please don't increase the drop rate.. or else it just doesn't mean anything.

trobinson97

trobinson97

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless :(

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Quote:
Originally Posted by lursey
I like the challenge, please don't increase the drop rate.. or else it just doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean anything now.

Bloodflesh

Bloodflesh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by lursey
I like the challenge, please don't increase the drop rate.. or else it just doesn't mean anything. Its the same as the titles.

GWEN is just one big grind fest.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

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The relics are invisible unless you are blind. (kidding)
Never gotten either yet, not a single one.

MoldyRiceFrenzy

MoldyRiceFrenzy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Santa Rosa, CA

Confusion in The Ranks[tArD]

Mo/W

um, it cost me 100k for blindfold... so much wasted money if they socialize it.

and yet still not dyable ftl.

HawaiiGamer

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Desolation Lords [DL]



This is the dread mask. I got it in the 2nd week after 1 week spent spamming in doomlore to buy relics. Yeah, it cost me the price of a small kingdom but I wanted it.

I to was fed up with the low drop rate on the relics. Even paying 10k+ each I'd go hours without finding a seller. In the beginning I was able to buy a few for 500g each but as people learned what relics were and what they were for I started to get competitors. The bidding wars began the seems to have found level ground at the 10k each mark.

Farming the relics will give you something to do until GW2 is released. Or, you can be like me and buy them at rediculous prices.

mage767

mage767

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Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

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Originally Posted by HawaiiGamer


This is the dread mask. I got it in the 2nd week after 1 week spent spamming in doomlore to buy relics. Yeah, it cost me the price of a small kingdom but I wanted it.

I to was fed up with the low drop rate on the relics. Even paying 10k+ each I'd go hours without finding a seller. In the beginning I was able to buy a few for 500g each but as people learned what relics were and what they were for I started to get competitors. The bidding wars began the seems to have found level ground at the 10k each mark.

Farming the relics will give you something to do until GW2 is released. Or, you can be like me and buy them at rediculous prices.
Sweet pic. I love it.

fireflyry

fireflyry

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

New Zealand

A/D

While I agree the drop rate needs to be increased slightly the idea of these armor pieces in a high-end installment is that you have to work/grind to get them....a lot.

Firstly to adhere to the rule an item is more attractive and rewarding if it's hard to get secondly so every second character is'nt running around with a blindfold on.

I have no issues if it takes me a few months to get such an item, it's the only one I want in EotN as it will suit the theme of my character and I'll be stoked when I finally get it, far more so than if it took me a few days.

I think many people are just to impatient and want every special armor item the day after release when these were intended to be long term goals and rewards not something you can get in a week.

This quote from another thread sums it up perfectly:

Quote:
Originally Posted by iridescentfyre
. If you want something of prestige, you need to work for it. Otherwise, it has no prestige. If you disagree that its prestigious, then obviously you don't care enough to work for it and thus, have nothing to complain about.

Bloodflesh

Bloodflesh

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fireflyry
While I agree the drop rate needs to be increased slightly the idea of these armor pieces in a high-end installment is that you have to work/grind to get them....a lot.

Firstly to adhere to the rule an item is more attractive and rewarding if it's hard to get secondly so every second character is'nt running around with a blindfold on.

I have no issues if it takes me a few months to get such an item, it's the only one I want in EotN as it will suit the theme of my character and I'll be stoked when I finally get it, far more so than if it took me a few days.

I think many people are just to impatient and want every special armor item the day after release when these were intended to be long term goals and rewards not something you can get in a week. As I understand your point, There is a difference between impatience and frustration. As I stated before .. I have done 50 complete runs of the cathedral, if it moved; I killed it, if it was a red dot; I killed it and not 1 single relic or chalice was droped.

It just seems a bit hippocritical to me of Anet and playNC to nerf farming, frown apon it and even go to the extend of banning people for it then go and create things like title specific crafters and items that for example require 100 glacial stones to craft, I've taken 5 chars through GWEN completely and only found 20 stones. Lets not mention the Treasure Map pieces which are completely random. Lets just face it ... GWEN is just some big farm fest used to fill in the gap and buy time till GW 2 is released, in which we will be needing more items from GWEN.

fireflyry

fireflyry

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

New Zealand

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodflesh

It just seems a bit hippocritical to me of Anet and playNC to nerf farming, frown apon it and even go to the extend of banning people for it then go and create things like title specific crafters and items that for example require 100 glacial stones to craft Superb point and I agree on the blatant contradiction there.

Kaida the Heartless

Kaida the Heartless

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

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I see more people running about with 75 ecto chaos gloves and 250 core destroyer gauntlets than I do blindfolds or dread masks.

Something is amiss here...

knifff

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

Gemstones in torment were a challenge, strong mobs with decent drop rate.

Here we have weak mobs (really weak when you think you can do 100 to 300dmg each hit) and horrible drop rate.


At least they could add one of these in the dungeon chest as a third drop.

unknown1

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

They will probaly be higher rate drops for hm

Origin Kaiser

Origin Kaiser

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2007

Alaska

The Leskaat

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So.... About these drops being higher in HM...? What's the status? Has anyone seen better drops doing HM runs rather than normal?

Jhadur

Jhadur

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Glob of Ectospasm [GoE]

Did a run through the dungeon in HM at the weekend didn't see a relic or chalice at all

Fjalar

Fjalar

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2007

Spain

Hell Lambs [HL]

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Hi everyone , I usually farm Murakai everyday like 3 times a day. I do this since two weeks ago , wich means a not bad number of runs in this dungeon.

Everything I can say is that I have 15 Diessa Chalices and 5 of them are gifts from friends. I do this Dugeon with H/H but eaven knowing that I really think it's rare that I NEVER had a Relic drop, this is like a joke man, I really hope Anet repair this shit.... I'll never get my mask if this continues like now...

intarwebs

intarwebs

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Rt/A

Are they affected by loot scaling?

If not, you may be able to 2 or 3 man them..

Karyuu

Karyuu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Kahlifownia

Roses of the Moonlight Sigil [RoMS]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by intarwebs
Are they affected by loot scaling? That's a question I'm interested in as well... I've found CoF one of the most efficient dungeons to run through with the builds I have, so I'm there at least two times a day. But since the week EotN was launched, I've only found one rin relic and maybe 20 chalices. I'd certainly not want to have a complete set within a week or two, but at this rate.... eep.

Aranox

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/N

I have done little else then farm this dungeon since I finished EotN (a few days after release)
Haven't counted how many times I've run the dungeon, but to give you a general idea:
- I have all the greens (several more then once)
- I have bought 2 elite armors with the money made from this dungeon (only drops and merch fodder)

I now have 4 diessa chalices and 0 rin relics.

This is really getting rediculous...

ReiNaruto

ReiNaruto

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Valencia, Spain

Green Arse Team

Yesterday night, I friend and me got 3 chalices in a run for each other.

Maybe it is just a luck issue.

Missmelady

Missmelady

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Wisconsin

Our Gostly Solo Caps

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The drop rate imo has increased in hm. Currently I run a 3 man build 2 monks and a ranger.... If you dont know what it is i dont know what to tell you. We can easily get to the 3rd lvl but can not kill the boss. On average we get 4-5 rin relics a run that we sell and split the money 3 ways(if i am not running it with heros) Challices are a joke though. I see more of those drop in Nm then i have in Hm. I am always up for teaching people my farms and if you want to come with sometime just message me in game.

IGN is Glyph of Healing

kielus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

MU-Tants [MU]

bah was also my idea to do 3 man cathedral, in NM i have to say it was worse than HM due to lack of dmg taken (pre-nerf conjure didn't trigger spirit bond ;/), now it's like walk in the park, including murakai (without wipes and with human party, killing only what's needed to be killed) it's ~1h in HM, with border kills it'll be around 1:30 (i belive even less, done with henchies boss only + few other groups on lvl3 in 1:15, few wipes on the way due to me chatting too much).

I have never yet encountered any of these two items though... and i mean never as i've done it several times. I do agree with statement it's about prestige, but i consider people being more amazed about easy to grind destro gloves or chaos gloves than actually quite rare blindfolds. Might be just me and i don't want to offend anyone, i really appreciate effort put to getting these and a bit jealous of course ^^ (me is lazy!), but still ... kinda weird with such a never dropping item

Nebulaz

Nebulaz

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

Elonia

Mo/D

fix this absurd drop rate!! the price is 20k-35k for a rin relic now! if you can find a seller!!

im not really into paying 650k for a headpiece.

what happened to this accessible to all concept?
Yes im farming there in HM now and i have acquired 4 chalices which totals 8k.
well i can buy a 3rd of a relic for that! ty from a player who is losing intrest

Redvex

Redvex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

R/

Cathedral of flames is my favourite dungeon. I make it several time (only one in hm killing murakai) and i never get diessa or rin relic.

Mark Nevermiss

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

I do this stuff almost daily and have nothing to show for my efforts

Sheriff

Sheriff

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Heroic Order of Tyria

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Originally Posted by Velvet Wing
Edit for grammer purposes Best. Edit. Ever.

tekDragon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

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I actually have the blindfold now. After 4- runs though cathedral with different characters I had all of one Diessa chalices. So i bit the bullet and bought them...

Damn even buying them was a grind but it was quicker (got lucky with a fella who sold me 20).