Curse

EndlessDivination · Jan 18, 2008, 11:32 PM // 23:32

Recently before update i've done opened tons of chests. Not a single Grape was left un inscribable. Now... Well after like 20 chests i already get 2 uninscrip grapes. No way in ...heck that is just chance. Anyone else realize the same thing? Ofcourse, yes im opening chests where there are inscribables

DarkGanni · Jan 19, 2008, 01:04 AM // 01:04

finishing the deep, end chest drops for me req9 zodiac sword > me YAY!!! > identify it just to not have an insc > merchant and bad mood later >thanks anet, day ruined. Only remedy to this > Golds and purples that are supposed to be inscribable SHOULD HAVE atleast an inscription even if it would be crappy.

- Ganni

EndlessDivination · Jan 19, 2008, 01:24 AM // 01:24

Holy crap a GOLD non inscrip (that should be inscrip) wow i hope that doesnt happen to me..oh lord

Buzzer · Jan 19, 2008, 05:02 AM // 05:02

I've had a couple of golds with no inscription slot. Just like getting a pre-nightfall weapon with no inherent mod, this has always been in the game.

strcpy · Jan 19, 2008, 06:05 AM // 06:05

None recently. I've only found a very few rare skins (I have around 1600 hours mostly doing things other than farm so I guess I can't expect to find that many either), of those the "best" (and elemental sword) was un-inscribable. I found a req9 gold fellblade two weeks ago that was, and I've also found a lower req gold colossal sword that was. After those crap drops the only "rare" I have found that was useful was an oni sword - I found it the old way from a chest drop in normal about a month after the release of HM and it's huge price drop - OH well.

So, that is MORE than within the realm of possibility. 3 of the five total rares I have ever found were that way and the other two were not inscribable. In fact, those are the only three golds or purples I have found that way. I would say my luck is even more rotten than yours and I'm not alone (or as bad as I have heard).

While it could be a new bug that is well within chance, there are enough players *someone* has to be out in the +/- 3 or 4 standard deviations - sucks to be us but such is random.

EndlessDivination · Jan 19, 2008, 07:08 AM // 07:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzzer

I've had a couple of golds with no inscription slot. Just like getting a pre-nightfall weapon with no inherent mod, this has always been in the game.

I think the update made it so that it's just as common as getting an item with no inherent (Proph/Fac). Before i rarely ever found a gold or even grape without inscrip, but now 2 in a row. Like i said before thats not chance. Changes have definitely been made

strcpy · Jan 19, 2008, 08:29 AM // 08:29

Around 25 chests opened today (25 keys used - not sure how many I retained) while SS/LB farming, no uninscribable drops so far.

There is nothing in one person getting two in a row that invalidates it being chance - there is nothing if one person reports getting 10 in a row. Changes haven't "definitely been made". You need well over 20-25 runs before something like the Law of Big Numbers comes into play. There is no such thing as a Law of Averages and having one uninscribable item drop has absolute no bearing on the chance that the next one will be one or not (see Gambler's fallacy - it is a common, but wrong, belief that this is a truth).

That's not to say something *hasn't* changed either - we need more data. They weren't terribly uncommon before, in fact as I had said my past record is abysmal compared to yours - both in terms of uninscribable golds *and* grapes (since the latter are merch food anyway I never really care). I've found a good 10 or so of the things and am rank 2 of treasure hunter on my "main" (no more than 100 chest between the others). But then compared to what other people post I seem to be VERY unlucky with chest drops.