yesterday I ran out of skill points on my warrior. SO to get some exp I got some scrolls and ran to the cave..After 18 runs I had a lot of skills and noticed something new.
OF course this is just a little run test but
1 4 golds gold chest.
2 1 old and gold chest.
3 No golds droped 1 purple off mob.
4 No golds 1 purple chest.
5 gold.
6 no golds 1 purple off mob.
7 1 gold 1 purple.
8 No golds.
9 No golds.
10 No golds.
11 1 purple.
12 No golds.
13 No golds.
14 1 purple chest.
15 No golds.
16 No golds.
17 No golds.
18 1 gold.
this is the pits of the quality drops this fast.
then I went 4 runs each way on trolls.
4 golds
1 gold
1 gold
1 gold
no gold
1 gold
no gold
no gold
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1 gold was superior ----earth magic...wheeeeeee
and that was one of the ones on first group..not sure which
so with a chr that had never been to the cave and yea last month I got superior vigor and absorb off ettins...long time no runs
so the anti farm seems like it kicks in REAL QUICK on my chr
maybe I need more runs
sparks
dimishing drops
sparks
Antheus
I get that regularly. For example, I went back to FoW spider farming after 1 week of not playing the warrior, first drop was obsidian shard, then junk. This happens each and every time after taking a few days break from that place.
It was same with griffons.
I also regularly see first-timers in UW get ecto from the first mob.
My guess woiuld be that it's not the anti-farm code. It looks more like inactivity bonus. First time, or after a few days, you get a bonus drop when you enter an area.
Of course, it could be just some extremly random event, but it happens way too often to ignore.
It was same with griffons.
I also regularly see first-timers in UW get ecto from the first mob.
My guess woiuld be that it's not the anti-farm code. It looks more like inactivity bonus. First time, or after a few days, you get a bonus drop when you enter an area.
Of course, it could be just some extremly random event, but it happens way too often to ignore.
Forsythe
I got two golds from The Wilds mission. wtf.
jonnybegood
Fow does not seem to be diminishing as much for me.
I get about the same every run, hell the 8th one I did the first two drops were shards
I get about the same every run, hell the 8th one I did the first two drops were shards
htb723
FoW drops are fine for me. I had a few good runs yesterday, and averaged like 4-5 shards per run.
Mr D J
I got a gold idol from nightmare in uw 
and the same run a gold eternal shield from a smite + an ecto after not playing the game for about a week on my 2nd accnt and 55 didnt get anything except 1 gold eternal 
jonnybegood
ecto from Fow?
Bugz Bunny
) i still only got like 1-2 golds per run and about 2-3 purp's, now i farm griffons right outside dunes mission in the crystal desert and still havent got any gold drops from griffons only chests now and most of them r purp chests, and when farming trolls outside droks i still havent got any golds beside's purps which r lame by the way, and uw i havent went in for a while kus we DONT HAVE FAVOR BEARLY ANYMORE, but idk i usually farm all of gates of kryta mission and them drakes in there usually give me some max mods but bearly any good gold dropsSincorpDeath
I've noticed this with ettins. It seems i profit the most if i do just one, MAYBE 2 runs a day. Also, I seem to have more luck with ettins outside of the luxon village, NOT FROM THE QUEST, but regular ettins. For example, the last 5 times when it was my first ettin run of the day, meaning in the last 5 days, i'd get at least 1 gold pauldron on the first run. Yesterday, on my first run, i got 6 purples and a gold pauldron. I think it's better, and more enjoyable, to simply do one run every few hours or one a day.
Barinthus
My question here is how long does the period of inactivity in that area has to be before you get back to 'full drop' potential. Does the time being logged off counts?
Francis Crawford
Good thinking on the "inactivity bonus".
On my first ettin run EVER, I got a Sup Death and Sup Soul Reaping in my first five drops. Since then it's been slimmish picking in a lot of tries (one Sup Healing, one Major Vigor and nothing else except the occasional Minor I actually had use for).
And my first EVER drop in Kryta was one of the better things I ever got in Scoundrel's rise (a 9-17 fire wand I used for quite a while). Oh, I'm sure I got a few better things there -- but I also have two chars I took up at least a level and a half each farming mergoyles.
On my first ettin run EVER, I got a Sup Death and Sup Soul Reaping in my first five drops. Since then it's been slimmish picking in a lot of tries (one Sup Healing, one Major Vigor and nothing else except the occasional Minor I actually had use for).
And my first EVER drop in Kryta was one of the better things I ever got in Scoundrel's rise (a 9-17 fire wand I used for quite a while). Oh, I'm sure I got a few better things there -- but I also have two chars I took up at least a level and a half each farming mergoyles.
tuna-fish_sushi
done 4 runs fow spiders runs
1shard
2keys
no chests
no golds
2 purples
and that was the first four runs i ever did on my new account
1shard
2keys
no chests
no golds
2 purples
and that was the first four runs i ever did on my new account
Exile Of Heaven
done 5 spider runs in FoW
1 key
4 shards
3 golds from chests
2 purples from chests
rest was total rubish
its just luck i think how ure drops are
1 key
4 shards
3 golds from chests
2 purples from chests
rest was total rubish
its just luck i think how ure drops are
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Im lucky if I see 1 ecto per UW smite run. Thats 1 ecto not 1 ecto per person. Been like this since the last patch.
Sofa King Dominant
I have been noticing that the ecto drops are becoming very scarce from the smites. They have been dropping only from the bulls and the dryders for me lately. I cant remember the last time I saw a smite drop an ecto for me or my parnter. I am begining to wonder if its even worth doing smite runs anymore.
jackie
5 FoW Spider runs yesterday gave 14 shards & 2 golden + 3 obsidian keys
getchoo
in the book it says there are 3 golds per area like 10 purple and a random amount of blues teres a set number so u cant find like 12 gold items in 1 area
Ietwat
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Originally Posted by Exile Of Heaven
done 5 spider runs in FoW
1 key
4 shards
3 golds from chests
2 purples from chests
rest was total rubish
its just luck i think how ure drops are
A bit off-topic ut all i wanna say hes lying becuz he's my brother and he didn't do that
1 key
4 shards
3 golds from chests
2 purples from chests
rest was total rubish
its just luck i think how ure drops are
Evilsod
Been doing Forest trips on my ranger. First 3 trips don't count cos i bodged up. 4th run i got 5 shards. Since then i've been getting roughly 3 shards a run, not a single gold drop yet (cept chests), 3-4keys and a few few purples.
Sofa, i've noticed ectos are dropping less and less from the smites too. Guess its lucky i usually do the Terrorweb quest at the reaper too, usually end up getting a glob or 2 from that.
Sofa, i've noticed ectos are dropping less and less from the smites too. Guess its lucky i usually do the Terrorweb quest at the reaper too, usually end up getting a glob or 2 from that.
Poison Ivy
I also got 2 Shards in a row...sadly, my computer froze right when I was about to pick them up, and I was just starting to clear the mouth of the cave.
Anubis Servants
i do fow spider runs on my warrior everyday 2-3 times a day
i did 2 monday got 2 shards each run and a key and various purple
i did 2 tuesday first run got 1 shard and 2 keys went back in for second got 5 shards and 1 just in the spider cave in the span of 15 minutes so i doubt the inactivity comes into play here just dumb luck of being there at the right time
i did 2 monday got 2 shards each run and a key and various purple
i did 2 tuesday first run got 1 shard and 2 keys went back in for second got 5 shards and 1 just in the spider cave in the span of 15 minutes so i doubt the inactivity comes into play here just dumb luck of being there at the right time