Do ectos and obsidian shards drop more often in hm?

erikjo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

exct

N/

Do ectos and obsidian shards drop more often in hm?

thanks

the kurzick eater

the kurzick eater

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

1323 lancelot dr. greenwood PA

wat

Mo/

nope

12 chars

+1

Sergeant of Marines

Sergeant of Marines

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

Japan

[트두므s], Guild Leader

Mo/

^ ^ what he said, Which means they drop just as much in HM as they supposidly do in NM.

Bohya

Bohya

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Vabbi

Farming Crewuk [fcuk]

D/

Just to be awkward...Yes they drop more in HM!

erikjo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

exct

N/

I thought loot scaling had to do with who gets what drops, people tell me all the time that they drop more often in hm. Just wanted to check, thanks.

nvmu

nvmu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

It's a horse apiece, i did a forge run today in NM,5 or 6 shards dropped by the time we where done with the forge run, and i have been in HM and have it where that many don't drop. And as for uw some times more drop in HM, and sometimes more drop in uw. For the most part there is no guaranty, i know when hm came out they did some loot scale, i just don't remember if materials were included.

nvmu

nvmu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gaile_News/20070420
here i just found this off of wiki, it might have more info for you, i think i'm gonna read it quick 2

Sergeant of Marines

Sergeant of Marines

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

Japan

[트두므s], Guild Leader

Mo/

Rare Materials are exempt from loot scaling...

joshuarodger

joshuarodger

Unbanned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] -- IGN: Swirly

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i think you guys are confusing drop rate and loot scaling. loot scaling affects who gets what and your party size compared to that of a full party. he's asking about drop rate of normal mode compared to hard mode. i don't know the answer for ectos and obsidian but i know that more valuable items drop more often in hard mode, i.e. rare items, unique items.

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

No.
They have the same drop rate, but it is generally easier to kill more quickly in NM, so you are more likely to get more ecto and shards in normal mode.

Kapral

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

[LOD]

R/

Thus, with today's build, all of the following types of items will now be exempt from loot scaling:

* Skill Tomes
* Scrolls
* Dye
* Rare materials
* All rare (gold colored) items
* All unique (green) items
* Special event items

What exactly is left after that? lol

RPGmaniac

RPGmaniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kapral
Thus, with today's build, all of the following types of items will now be exempt from loot scaling:

* Skill Tomes
* Scrolls
* Dye
* Rare materials
* All rare (gold colored) items
* All unique (green) items
* Special event items

What exactly is left after that? lol
Nothing anybody would farm for

Dark Kal

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by RPGmaniac
Nothing anybody would farm for
You're wrong, most gold came from white/blue/purple items when farming.

To answer the OP only purple/gold items have an increased droprate in HM

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hard_mode