Non-weapon epic gear drop rate...

CrazyJ · Post by **CrazyJ** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:12 pm

...is waaaay too low.

Take a look at my store on the Reflection Trade forum for an example. That's all the stuff I've found and didn't want. In all that time, I have seen exactly TWO non-armor/non-weapon drops: A sorceror cloak and a set of Imbued Adamantine Threaded Boots (off of Ragnar). Everything else that's not armor or weapon has only dropped because it's specific to an enemy (ie Advisor's cloak on Cheery, Boots of Escape on Terran Emperor).

Most epic characters who don't have good connections (and few on Reflections do at this point) are running around with epic armor and weapons, and level 16 rings, boots, belts, and cloaks.

:-/

Post by **Flailer** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:34 pm

Noted - we can see if we can bump up the weighting in the database on those.

kingfatzo · Post by **kingfatzo** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:44 pm

do epic rings even exist (yet) ? in all my time on the planes, i have yet to find one on either server..... :cry:

aye yes, sometimes certian things tend to drop more often than others -- like +6 poleaxes and clubs :lol:

---but maybe not having the uber belts,boots, ammies drop any more frequently than they already are is a good thing

watchwood · Post by **watchwood** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:37 pm

I'd like to see ammy drops bumped up a bit. Epic level ammo is bloody expensive, especially given how quick you burn through it at that level.

P. Fricebottle · Post by **P. Fricebottle** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:27 pm

I've been leveling for 7 levels at Dwarf Home and have yet to see the Dwarven Holy Plate.... :cry:

Planar Epic Ring: Anti-Ruby Ring (Shadow Plane from Ebontaxis)

CrazyJ · Post by **CrazyJ** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:28 pm

It took us 20+ tries at the Forge + several clearings of the Hall to get a sword to drop there on Reflections. Good luck on the plate, or the mace for that matter.

kingfatzo · Post by **kingfatzo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:07 am

some items are rarer than others..... :wink:

P. Fricebottle · Post by **P. Fricebottle** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:10 am

I don't believe an item that drops off a non-boss should be so rare that its non-existant....

We have more Drider Short Swords (artifact) than Holy Plates, I've killed countless High Priests. Only one has actually LEFT a remains, the others leave no remains whatsoever.

CrazyJ · Post by **CrazyJ** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:50 am

Wow, hadn't ever looked at that one before. Interesting blade. Is this on Prime or Reflections? J-Mart could use one of those in the stock.

Cthulhu Drega · Post by **Cthulhu Drega** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:54 am

you wont be impressed by it j its lvl 9 and has 1d4 bonus pierce and mas crit and dc 14 dex poision IIRC

P. Fricebottle · Post by **P. Fricebottle** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:10 pm

Yeah, as stated before, artifacts are the Gold cards of Magic of the Gathering. They're rare, cool-lookin, and neat but mostly useless.

CrazyJ · Post by **CrazyJ** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:25 pm

Lower damage, but it's a +2... so you hit a bit more often.

Could use a bump to d6 dmg though.

WillDearborn · Post by **WillDearborn** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:03 pm

the other option besides upping the drops on the non-weapon/non-armor drops is to lower the drops rates on the weapon/armor/artifacts. this would make gear much more valuable. rare gear would be fun and meaningful...like books.

n00bie · Post by **n00bie** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:48 pm

wouldnt the really low droprate make sense? it is a rare stuff after all. but then again, by the time you get teh one you want. youre already too high to use it

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P. Fricebottle · Post by **P. Fricebottle** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:49 pm

n00bie wrote:wouldnt the really low droprate make sense? it is a rare stuff after all. but then again, by the time you get teh one you want. youre already too high to use it .

That made so much sense, I don't know why you chose that name.....