Feb 20, 2008, 01:29 AM // 01:29
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#41
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Alberta
Guild: Charter Vanguard [CV]
Profession: Mo/
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I get a lot of funny focuses from necro bosses. I know myself well enough not to try and farm a green I want - instead I build up the cash and buy it directly. Less aggravation overall.
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Feb 20, 2008, 01:33 AM // 01:33
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#42
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Site Legend
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I've had 2 greens (that I can remember) in 30 months. Both were random drops. 1 was back in the SF days, and the other was a non-max green form NF noob island.
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Feb 20, 2008, 01:36 AM // 01:36
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#43
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: USA
Profession: P/W
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Are green drop rates too low for normal non farming play?
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Luck is against you. Not much else to say here. You can get dozens or none, that's what comes from a system that is based on luck of the draw on drops.
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Feb 20, 2008, 01:53 AM // 01:53
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#44
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Francisco, UC Berkeley
Guild: International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]
Profession: W/
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i think greens drop too much imo. i hate getting greens. i either give them away or trash them.
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Feb 20, 2008, 02:38 AM // 02:38
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#45
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Bay Area
Guild: Looking 4 PvP Guild!
Profession: R/
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gotten plenty of green drop when I had full H/H...
like all people said its base on luck...
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Feb 20, 2008, 02:39 AM // 02:39
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#46
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: USA
Guild: The Black Parades [死人死]
Profession: Mo/
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Well... I just got a Ryvers shortbow unexpectedly! haha but thats like my 3rd green drop ever in 2 years.
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Feb 20, 2008, 05:41 AM // 05:41
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#47
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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From personal experience, yes I think the green drop is too low if you're in a group. Heck, even when I solo, I've encountered instances where greens would rarely drop. Once I solo killed a boss 50 times with no green dropping (got tons of gold items and jade shards, but no green). And this was before the change to the game where drops are affected by team size.
While drops are based on luck, the overall rate seems too low IMO.
It may also depend on the area. In SF, greens seem to drop like leaves from trees. In a 5~8 man group, Rago alone has given me his greens more than 10 times (in about 4 months of play). That's more than I've got from normal play in Factions, NF, and GWEN combined in about 2 years worth of play.
Btw, why do some people still think playing with human players increases your drops? It doesnt'. It's just that you don't see the drops assigned to H/H.
Last edited by bj91x; Feb 20, 2008 at 05:46 AM // 05:46..
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Feb 20, 2008, 06:06 AM // 06:06
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#48
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WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: アoo アugs アlan [ァアァ]
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mm i HH 99.9% of time with humans you see em more just H/h you get em dropped more. Ive got LOADs of greens and usually just merching em
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Feb 20, 2008, 06:50 AM // 06:50
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#49
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: USA
Guild: KORE
Profession: N/
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My Prophecies Ranger is one of the "luckiest" characters I have in terms of drops during normal game play. In Pre-Searing he got 2 black dyes and 2 white ones plus an assortment of other colors. He had close to 7k by the time he left Pre at level 8 due to selling and salvaging drops. He's gotten a lot of green drops from bosses in various campaigns but mostly from bosses in EotN - he even got a bow for himself. When I play this character I get the feeling that the game likes Rangers.
I have a Factions Elementalist that seems to get more gold item drops than my other characters and my Nightfall Necro seems to get more dye drops than the others - yesterday he got 3 silver, 1 blue and 1 purple doing cartography. They always go out with full teams of H/H - or maybe 1 or 2 less depending on the area.
On the other hand, my Nightfall Mesmer has no luck at all. Drops of any kind for her are few and far between. When she got to level 20, she had less than 3k and couldn't even afford max armor, much less runes or insignias. Her team is still sadly under-equipped. My Dervish is the same way. I keep them both, for now, but use them primarily for storage and will probably replace them at some point.
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Feb 20, 2008, 01:53 PM // 13:53
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#50
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Nov 2007
Profession: R/E
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Reading these replies, I figure my ranger is "lucky", or at least luckier than most. I started playing in late Nov, and have gotten 3 random green drops, and have gotten several of all colors of dyes, including about 5 blacks and several whites. (2 of the blacks were in pre)
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Feb 20, 2008, 02:21 PM // 14:21
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#51
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Grotto Attendant
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Europe
Guild: The German Order [GER]
Profession: N/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Antheus
People you group with steal your drops as well.
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But you see more drops. Its just psychology.
If you go out with H/H and get only whites you think that droprate sucks.
If you go out with other players and see dozen of golds/greens drop (even if none of them is for you) you think that drop rate rocks.
In both cases you got full white inventory, but in second case you think droprate is OK, in first case you are off to forums to complain.
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Feb 20, 2008, 02:25 PM // 14:25
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#52
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Ascalonian Squire
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I would have to say YES.
Just as an example, a couple of weeks ago I started to capture every single Elite Skill in my character (I only have one), and I only had capped the ones for my Necro and the occasional skill that fit the needs of my heroes.
From all the bosses that I killed to get the Elites, I got ZERO greens. I did it with my girlfriend and she got 2 in the whole process.
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Feb 20, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22
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#53
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: In Spain, of course
Guild: Gamer Español[GE]
Profession: N/Mo
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Maybe not in NM, but when doing somethings on HM I normally get the greens.
Some not expected like Banhba staff/wand and so on, just walking from outpost to outpost.
Some bosses tend to drop their green so often, and if farming you will get the green as much times as you can handle it in your inventory (i got * 8 Milthuran's staff :P).
While vanquishing Cantha (already finished) i didnt get more than 5 greens i think.
And you can always re-try till the green you desire drops. I get the Ugly Stick that way (about.... 15 runs or more with H&H) and also got the Nightbringer just going 1 or 2 runs with full H&H.
Maybe its a random thing and you are out of luck ^^
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Feb 20, 2008, 09:34 PM // 21:34
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#54
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Sep 2007
Guild: Helping Hand of Ascalon
Profession: Mo/
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I've probably averaged 1 green drop per character per campaign by just going through and doing the missions and 50% of the quests along the way, if I see a boss I kill it. And a ton playing through certain ss/lb or EOTN point areas.
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