Ifrit (Hard) Weapon drop rate is a joke.

[Rundas342]

I did it 3 times and i got my drop. Sadly my drop is common. BLM <3
But like most of you said its just random. Im my 3 runs whm, MNK, and BLM droped. i greed won the MNK wep aswell as need won my BLM wep.

Im not going to go for my Garuda weapon as soon as i complete my Darklight set. so far i been told im ok to go with 3.1k hp outside an instance. But im scared of the drop rate. >.<

[Amberyl]

30 runs;

Grimoire - 13 times, 6 times in a row at one point.
Claws - 7 times.
Codex - 6 times.
Bow - 2 times.
Cane - 1 time.
Battleaxe - 1 time.

Random is not random. Add to this the fact that the average Ifrit HM run has at least two, sometimes three Dragoons in it, then I'm looking at upwards of eighty to ninety runs total, presuming one actually drops in the next couple of tries.

Meanwhile, philo mats are selling for 40k a piece, and don't take much longer than four Ifrit runs to obtain. I might as well just go buy a Titan HM completion at this rate.

[StormCeritus]

Must be one of the lucky ones. Got my Ifrit Harpoon on first attempt

[ToniRomo]

I have probably killed him over 50 times in the past 3 weeks. It has really started to kill the fun in the game. I saw the bow drop for the first time yesterday, but got outrolled by a guy who said "wow, my first try".
There is a 1/8 chance I will get the bow to drop. Then after that there is normally another Bard that gets queued so it's a 1/2 chances after that. Surely loot can be handled in a better way.

[Woobies]

I have run Ifrit as a paladin successfully 49 times and have not seen the weapon drop. Something has to be wrong.

[Woobies]

I have run Ifrit as a paladin successfully 49 times and have not seen the weapon drop. Something has to be wrong.

Okay..that was 50. Not a single pally weapon drop in 50 successful runs. Simple math, I should have seen it at least 6 times now. I give up. It's not worth it and is nothing but discouraging.

[Vanroe]

Surprisingly it seems like my garuda groups have been ALOT better than my Ifrit groups, here's hoping i can get a weapon or 2 on a greed roll. =D

[Menae]

Okay..that was 50. Not a single pally weapon drop in 50 successful runs. Simple math, I should have seen it at least 6 times now. I give up. It's not worth it and is nothing but discouraging.

The odds of that occurring (a 1/9 chance not happening 50 consecutive times) are about .25%. One in four hundred people will have luck as bad as you. It's unfortunate, but it's math.


I have a question for everyone: which would be worse, not seeing it drop 50 times in a row, or seeing it drop 50 times in a row and losing the roll every time?

[Woobies]

The odds of that occurring (a 1/9 chance not happening 50 consecutive times) are about .25%. One in four hundred people will have luck as bad as you. It's unfortunate, but it's math.


I have a question for everyone: which would be worse, not seeing it drop 50 times in a row, or seeing it drop 50 times in a row and losing the roll every time?

I would rather lose the roll. At least that way, I have a chance of getting it but as it is now, I don't even get the chance to roll. It doesn't matter. I'm going to try a summoner since I won that weapon on a greed roll while trying to get my pally weapon.

[Senchai]

Just saw the topic and found it funny. For me its the full opposite, yesterday alone i did it maybe 10 times, of that 10 times, there were 3 WHM drops, 3 Bow drops (they dropped in row...), 3 Blade Drops and the Book. Im Drg and War and my 2 Weapons i never saw yet. In around 50-60 runs together... Im soon to beat Titan (finished Garuda) without never had a Ifrit Wep...on both jobs.