Quality of drops and loot distribution

Deamon

Deamon

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Order of the Dark Angel

N/Mo

I dont know if its just me , but it strikes me that drops have gone increasingly bad lately. Im not referring to any area in particular , im refering to all of them. For example it started happening lately that when i go on a Sorrows Furnace hunt and very few greens drop , 1-2 total and of course none for me. I must add that yestday evening no greens dropped at all and it was not a henchies grabbed my greens case. Chests yield mostly purples and when it is gold i end up with a grim cesta of armor +4 while 15>50% From time to time however it does happen that a gold magnet enters the group and he/she gets it all. Golds , greens u name it drops for that person. Is it just luck , is it a crazy equasion i dont know but, i do know that hunting for good items which is one of the things i enjoy most has gotten really bad for me. I got 4 characters and alternate between them and still no dice. I tried alternateing between areas , doing solo and group hunts and i got no improvement on drop quality. Also i must say that its frustrating as hell to go into UW play 5 hours and get noting while the guy next to u gets 5-6 ecto and a gold drop. I say fine if i would b that guy from time to time but the fact is i am never that guy. No solutionto this comes to mind. Im just very confused and unhappy with this and i would like it to get better. If any of u have similar expiriences or any comments pls post em

Good luck and have fun all

MJ12trooper

MJ12trooper

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

farming somewhere

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sybergeek
something else i wonder about is i have noticed that when i get gold armor drops, they turn out to be major runes?purple armor drops become minors and so do blues?has anyone else noticed this?


gold runes = major/superior
purple runes = major/minor
blue runes= minor


always been this way

luck o the draw

Sybergeek

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2005

Tyrian Heros

R/

I have noticed the same, but not so much the part where someone else gets the drops NOBODY gets gppd drops,something else i wonder about is i have noticed that when i get gold armor drops, they turn out to be major runes?purple armor drops become minors and so do blues?has anyone else noticed this?

Sybergeek

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2005

Tyrian Heros

R/

havent noticed this till JUST recently
and then why do it that way?

ththat makes no sense, if you gonna have gold runes(rare)purple runes(uncommon)and blue runes(common) on the trader why change it up on the drops?

Charcoal Ann

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

armor drops. the quality of runes on a peice of armor depends on the armor value of that peice of armor. if it has a high value then the better your chances of getting a superior (if it is gold) or major (if it is purple). there is no absolute cut-off for runes but the armor lvl thing is a very good indicator of rune level when used in conjunction with the colour.