Quote Originally Posted by Xtrasweettea View Post
I did two sets of +1 armor and two weapons. I know I didn't hit 18 hours just for one weapon.

Either you are exaggerating to make a point, or you have had many instances where most of the instance population was AFK/Bunny and only a small group was spawning NMs.

The drop amount of crystals isn't bad. What is bad is the instance not participating.

Quickmafs:

Based on your numbers:
Min Avg: 5 Crystals per drop
Max Avg: 10 Crystals per drop
One weapon is 350 crystals
Min Time Frame: 18 hours
Max Time Frame: 36 hours
No Ovni Spawns
No Support Fates happen

350 Crystals/18 hours = 19.4 Crystals an hour
If we do Min Avg: 19.4/5 = ~4 NMs an hour
If we do Max Avg: 19.4/10 = ~2 NMs an hour

350 Crystals/36 hours = 9.72 Crystals an Hour
If we do Min Avg: 9.72/5 = ~ 2 NMs an hour
If we do Max Avg: 9.72/10 = ~1 NM an hour

So, what you are telling us that people are only spawning 1 to 4 NMs an hour? If so, then this isn't a drop amount issue: this is a lack of participation issue.
This might be different on your data center but on Light this is sadly the norm. This is what happens most of the time:
  • Ever since the datacenter split we only have one active instance of Hydatos active most of the time
  • People spawn the left side mobs, since they are easy and fast to spawn
  • When Ovni pops everyone run to him
  • If you are lucky people start spawning Daphne (also somewhat easy)
  • After that people either try to convince the train to spawn Ceto (means getting murdered by snekeladies for hours) or PW (killing Claws for hours on the off-chance to get scales).

Finding a train that actually tries to spawn the other right side NMs is rare. So unless your'e with the instance from the beginning you are pretty much screwed if you come into a instance done with the left side NMs.

They really need to adjust the drop/spawn rates for NMs here. And I don't understand why they didn't add the scales to the birdwatcher with this patch.