Remove +'s on Gathered Items

[Amineri]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes

The following adjustments have been made to loot.
High quality +1 and +2 materials can no longer be obtained through combat. The frequency of drops will remain the same, though all items will now be either normal quality or high quality +3.

Prior to Version Update 　 After Version Update
Normal Quality → Normal Quality
High Quality +1 → Normal Quality
High Quality +2 → High Quality +3
High Quality +3 → High Quality +3

The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

[Vesper]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes



The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

I missed that. But either way its not going to flood the market with HQ gear imo. Not with how damn random the HQ system is.

[Xenor]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes

The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

I think that was more of a panic fix. They saw people desperately wanting more inventory and changing a couple of variables in the code seemed like the easiest way to apply a quick fix.

I actually wouldn't have a problem with +1 and +2s returning to battle drops if they handle the inventory better. But I want gathering to be on equal footing so either get rid of +1/2 in gathering or re-add them to battle drops and find a better way of handling them in the inventory.