why are my chest items always the same???

koj11

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

I'm very frustrated. The last 18 (not an exaggeration) high level chests I've opened (sorrows furnace, grenths footprint, snake dance, desert, etc.) have been 10 wands, 5 staffs, and 3 offhand items. I'M A RANGER!!! ARRGGHHH!!! I haven't seen a gold bow from a drop or chest for months. Is there something I'm missing here? Is there something that makes chests give items for certain classes? What is going on here...this is WAY too many items in a row to be just a coincidence.

Nikki Moonlight

Nikki Moonlight

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Brighton, England

Ice Cold Elements [ICE]

Mo/

i've never had any bows from chests either..i either always get caster items or in FoW..chaos axes...thats it ...i've only ever seen one guy get a bow from a chest so far..

Shimus DarkRaven

Shimus DarkRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Titusville, PA <nowhere>

KOD <Knights of the Dragonrose><Guild Officer>

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by koj11
I'm very frustrated. The last 18 (not an exaggeration) high level chests I've opened (sorrows furnace, grenths footprint, snake dance, desert, etc.) have been 10 wands, 5 staffs, and 3 offhand items. I'M A RANGER!!! ARRGGHHH!!! I haven't seen a gold bow from a drop or chest for months. Is there something I'm missing here? Is there something that makes chests give items for certain classes? What is going on here...this is WAY too many items in a row to be just a coincidence.
In my experience, some classes get a better drop rate on some items. My Warrior/Monk tends to get a crapload of bows/cestas, whereas my real life best friend playing as a Warrior/Ranger gets a crapload wands/staves. We don't know why; it just seems more randomly likely to drop those...It is odd. I should do an official study, but I'm too lazy at the moment.

--The Shim

Night Raven

Night Raven

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

McMasterville, QC

E/Me

With my elementalist i get swords, sheilds, axes, etc...

As for my warrior, cesta and mostly necro stuff.

From my experience (or bad luck) i rarely get drops or chest drops for the class i am playing...

Pompeyfan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Isle of Wight

DVDF

R/

Same here - my three characyers are Ranger, Ele and Warrior yet 80% of what I get are cestas, truncheons, canes, chakrams and staffs - normally poor ones. I've had 2 bows - both with worthless bonuses liuke dam,age v hexed or while hexed.

Juballa

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

From what I've seen and heard, certain areas give certain items.

I can testify that farming griffons seems to yield warrior items almost exclusively, with a ranger item dropping very rarely. Swords mostly, with the occasional axe or shield. And I'm farming with a W/Mo, so I'm actually getting items that are potentially useful for the class. I don't recall ever seeing a caster item drop from griffons.

I haven't done it, but I've heard that farming hydras gives mostly caster items.

Similarly, I've heard that farming other critters yields armor (runes), etc.

thelessa

thelessa

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

Purple Puzycats

R/Mo

the same happens to me, the last bow i got from a chest my ele opened.

Fye Duron

Fye Duron

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Chico, CA, USA

Dragon Fang

I have never opened a gold bow from a chest. It doesn't seem to matter what class I play it is almost always a caster item or a rune. I do find that killing Gawls in whitmans is a good place to get gold bows though. I've gotten several from there...

Nisshoki

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Fabled Myths

E/Me

Around Lions Arch on my elem all i find is raven staffs, not only for ele either, they arent bad staffs, but i just thought it was weird when i farmed there for 3 hours and all i got was raven staffs and gold......

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

Don't farm in the same area (go to other climate zones) the more your farm in the same region, the worse your drops gets. That may be why your not getting and gold drops.

Sean

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

TABU

R/Me

] man, that soooooo much bugs me!!!

] YTF don't they randomize it with some little better criteria??

] I just can't keep on buyng keys @ 600 each for staffs and wands!! not fair at all!!

Tmm Ryan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Plkn

i know were ur coming from, but i saw one man get a req 8 gold stormbow out of a chest in fow. So it is possible, just a small chance of gettting a bow from one.

Azn D

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

DMV

R/

If your in a group, don't be the first to open the chest If it's gold, then it'll be gold for everyone. If that is the case get it, usually for me 3rd works I got a rare chaos axe and rare fellblade from FoW Only once did i get a shitty item, that was when i opened it second...