how do the game make choice on who to assign ectos to?

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rugal nuker
Lion's Arch Merchant
#1
lets say,do a dual uw run,how do the game decides who this ectos goes too when a ecto drops? and can a person get 2 ectos in a roll?
Mathias Deathwater
Mathias Deathwater
Frost Gate Guardian
#2
I'm pretty sure it's just random, you can get two of anything else in a roll, so I don't think ectos are an exception, just rare.
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eom
Krytan Explorer
#3
it's 50/50 depending on your character name --- if it starts with a-m, you get it.
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rugal nuker
Lion's Arch Merchant
#4
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Originally Posted by eom
it's 50/50 depending on your character name --- if it starts with a-m, you get it.
>.< wtf? please tell me u r kidding ^^
Valerius
Valerius
Desert Nomad
#5
it's completely random... if u have 2 players in the group... 50% chance the item that drops is urs... has nothing to do with ur name...
lyra_song
lyra_song
Hell's Protector
#6
i was doing a duo with my me/ne (21 second SV, 29 dmg SS) with leslie from xD and after the end of one run:

Les: 4 Phantom Keys, 1 ecto
Me: 3 Gold Weapons
Sereng Amaranth
Sereng Amaranth
Desert Nomad
#7
I know for a fact that my elementalist cannot get shards.
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Lord Cooper
Krytan Explorer
#8
Quote:
Originally Posted by rugal nuker
and can a person get 2 ectos in a roll?
[random comment] i had 2 cheese in a roll once... [/random comment]

FrogDevourer
FrogDevourer
on a GW break until C4
#9
All your ectos are belong to me.

Seriously it's random just like all drops.
chippxero
chippxero
Krytan Explorer
#10
Spin 4 times while in combat clockwise for ectos in UW and 2 times anti-clockwise in FoW for shards.
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Pompeyfan
Wilds Pathfinder
#11
The game checks to see if I'm in the party - then assigns the ecto to someone else.
Mordakai
Mordakai
Grotto Attendant
#12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompeyfan
The game checks to see if I'm in the party - then assigns the ecto to someone else.
LOL.

In a related question, how many monsters do you usually have to kill to get an Ecto drop?

I was in the UW for 3 hours on Friday night, and not a single Ecto dropped for anyone in the party.
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Ruin
Ascalonian Squire
#13
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
LOL.

In a related question, how many monsters do you usually have to kill to get an Ecto drop?

I was in the UW for 3 hours on Friday night, and not a single Ecto dropped for anyone in the party.
It's not a matter of how many. It's completely random. You could get an ecto from the first Aatxe you kill, or some random monster in the furthest reaches of the UW.
quickmonty
quickmonty
Ancient Windbreaker
#14
The other night an ecto dropped on the stairs with the first group of ataxes.

I got both ectos that dropped that run (4 man team)
Vilaptca
Vilaptca
Pre-Searing Vanquisher
#15
I heard it checks how many you have in storage, and then gives it to already has the most.
Maxiemonster
Maxiemonster
There is no spoon.
#16
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Originally Posted by Vilaptca
I heard it checks how many you have in storage, and then gives it to already has the most.
Yep, I've got over 500 Ectos in my storage already, and I get about 5 each run, since I get all that drop.