Increase to drop rates on old content stuff please?

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Originally Posted by svengalis

With the new exspansion there really is no need for the horrible drop rates in the old system. It's why I won't do void watch anymore.

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Totally Agree with you all the way

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Originally Posted by Anjou

I know it's selfish, I know it sounds dumb, but what's the point of it by this point? People are getting super powerful weapons like candy, and yet when I try to get something outdated, the drop rate is just horrendous. I'm not talking about a few items, I'm talking all of the rare/ex stuff that drops from specific nm's, give them at least like a 30% increase, because some things will never drop and people get screwed out of hours of work.

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Originally Posted by Daemon

There is a reason why drop rates are made to be time consuming. If every single player could get any rare item in 1 day, what next? Then the entire server will be complaining about wanting new items, new content. Although competing with 18 people per alliance doesn't help in a specific person getting an item, I think SE should adjust the drop system because I've seen many many many times 1 person getting all of the good drops than a fair distribution among everyone in the alliance.

The other day playing NNI, 1 player got every single drop vs the 5 others in party. How many times you see 1 person getting HMP multiple times doing Qilin? Or the same person getting 2 ogiers? Or 2 rubeus spats? Obviously there is a flaw in the drop system that SE needs to take a closer look.

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I agree with both of you.

If its something like Neckchopper or Mycophile Cuffs, both great items for their level but rarely gotten anymore due to leveling speed and amount of time it can take to get them. They could use a nice boost to their drop rates, and in the case of the cuffs maybe even having the EX removed now. Doing something like this might help with having more low level gear on the AH as well, in case larger numbers of newer players does occur.

If it was an item like them, but intended for current endgame use, yes the drop rate or whatever method of obtainment used should be much lower. However, once they get bumped into nothing more than a stepping stone item, they should gradually become easier to obtain depending on how far they get away from the top of the gear ladder.

So really the drop rates for items should be based more on how permanent an item is, instead of just being set low and kept that way for the sake of time sinks. Moldavite earring is a good example of an older item I would not adjust its current drop rate on, because it is one of those more permanent items as only a handful of earrings that fill the same role and slot better.

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Originally Posted by svengalis

With the new exspansion there really is no need for the horrible drop rates in the old system. It's why I won't do void watch anymore.

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People still regularly do akvan and mantis dude.
1/386 on heka.

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

People still regularly do akvan and mantis dude.
1/386 on heka.

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Sad, not on our server. Barely see that many VW shouts anymore. And when I do see a shout, the person making the party is usually stuck at 5-10 people for more than 2 hours.

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Originally Posted by Daemon

Sad, not on our server. Barely see that many VW shouts anymore.

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Nah, you're just missing them while you're off doing whatever the taru equivilant of galavanting around is.
Those two are the only relevant shouts anymore. Too bad when they update R/M/Es after another decade, empyreans will be impossible to finish do to the inability to obtain any of the neccissary items.

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

Nah, you're just missing them while you're off doing whatever the taru equivilant of galavanting around is.
Those two are the only relevant shouts anymore. Too bad when they update R/M/Es after another decade, empyreans will be impossible to finish do to the inability to obtain any of the neccissary items.

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Lol my Taru is usually parked in town all day with bazaar up. Lost motivation to do stuff so yeah that's why I'm in town most of the day.

Yesterday morning I saw a JP shouting for 3 hours VW 11/18.

3 hours. I took a shower, went out to eat, came back and still shouting.

Speaking of drops rates, I killed 22 Faffys. 0 Ridills, 9 sweet teas............. WTF SE.

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

Speaking of drops rates, I killed 22 Faffys. 0 Ridills, 9 sweet teas............. WTF SE.

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Did you get your twilight mail? Lol

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

Speaking of drops rates, I killed 22 Faffys. 0 Ridills, 9 sweet teas............. WTF SE.

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lol I'd like to have a Ridil, I mean the Sweet Tea should be a low drop rate, but Ridil would be a nice thing to have since we got wines coming out of our ears right now ^^;