Locked Chests?

saume

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2009

bear

W/

hey im wondering if ALL locked chests are 600g value (for treasure hunter) and if they ALL have 40% base retention rate (including HM, EotN HM, etc., like ALL fo them)? Does any1 know that?

thx for the answers in advance

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

Far as I know, locked chests (ie, lockpicks only) are all the same and only change due to Normal vs. Hard mode setting.

saume

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2009

bear

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Iuris View Post
Far as I know, locked chests (ie, lockpicks only) are all the same and only change due to Normal vs. Hard mode setting.
well from wat i know there are only lokced chests in HM, except in EotN, there are locked chests in normal mode too, so im wondering, if i do HM EotN, will the retention rate still be 40%, or will it lower and be considered higher value than 600g?

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

HM eotn's retain will be lower then in normal mode obviously and theyre all over 600g valued

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

Quote:
well from wat i know there are only lokced chests in HM, except in EotN, there are locked chests in normal mode too, so im wondering, if i do HM EotN, will the retention rate still be 40%, or will it lower and be considered higher value than 600g?
The retention rate will go down to that of all other HM chests. HM chests drop better loot than NM chests (even EotN locked chests) and therefore will have a lower retention rate. I just now opened a HM chest in EotN with a 23% chance of retain (due to my titles).

TheodenKing

TheodenKing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

DoA

Dark Order of Retarded Knights (doRk)

N/Me

Retention rate is also affected by your luck title and I think maybe your treasure-hunter title. Check wiki for the table.

fires element

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

none

Mo/

in NM eotn chests count as 600 gold chests so your retention rate will be higher than if you opened them in HM. so in NM you get the bonus retention rate cause the game only considers then as 600 gold chests instead of the locked chest HM equivilant which would make the rate drop

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Also, keep in mind tomes only drop in HM chests.

That's the main reason I'm still chest running in HM. Once I get elite skill hunter (might as well work on 5 titles at once (lucky, unlucky, treasure, wisdom, and skill hunter) instead of 4)), I'm switching back to NM.

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

It's better to run in NM if you don't want tomes. Since HM chests are higher level, the chances of a req 8 dropping are reduced compared to NM.

At least, this is what I was told a while ago by some people in the game.