Sure, I understand you. However, the implementation that we perceive does not have to be inherently fair...at all. In fact, anecdotally, I have witnessed more people get Volte body armor drops from Wave 2 Bosses when attempting a Wave 3 run (i.e. the Wave 2 boss is killed much earlier in the run). Hence, why I posed the question to SE here: do wave 2 bosses give better drop rates on Volte body armor if they're killed earlier in the run vs later on?
I mean, after much badgering, SE gave us the exact drop rate tables they use across all content. This is just another Crafting Compass or other stupid fabricated myth (SE also later told us direction doesn't matter for crafting)
Believe in superstitions if you want, but without data, all you have is that- a superstition. Ancedotal evidence is not evidence. You need to keep track. But what you're postulating makes no sense at best- If there were external factors that affected drop rate, they would have to be things you do before defeating a boss, yet you're suggesting that things you do after matter, which makes no sense. The game doesn't know whether you're going to attempt to do the wave 3 boss or not, so there's no way to make a special condition for that in the first place, other than a timer, which would be unprecedented as that's never been done before as far as I'm aware.
Do it at least 100 times under each set of conditions then we'll talk. His question is not decent. It's dubious at best, based on "I've seen this a few times" and "I want to believe it".
Last edited by Alhanelem; 08-06-2020 at 10:03 AM.
100times is a huge sample for divergence.
Last edited by Ruf; 09-26-2020 at 01:48 AM.
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100 times is actually a very small sample size. It's not my fault it takes a long time
I think you misunderstand. I am stating anecdotally, that I have witnessed more Volte bodies drop from Wave 2 Bosses being defeated in the first 30 minutes of a run (intended as a Wave 3 run) vs other runs, where farming occurs in Wave1/2 (and as a result Wave 2 Boss is killed in the last 30 minutes of a run). I've personally killed this Windy Wave 2 boss over 100 times over the last 3 years and never saw the body drop when Fii Pexu was killed at the end of run (having spent more than an hour in the zone). Meanwhile other friends have entered, killed the wave 2 boss immediately, with little to no TH, and still got the body to drop on a few occasions.
So I am postulating to SE the following question: Does a Volte body drop more frequently if the Wave 2 boss is killed earlier in the run vs later in the run?
Also, to Alhanaelem's assertion, there ARE at least one or two Salvage NMs whose spawn conditions occur if you reached a certain floor within 45 minutes, etc. (Therefore it's not entirely out of the question for a Wave 2 boss to have different drops rates depending how early or late he is killed in a run).
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