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Crush · Oct 11, 2006, 12:06 PM // 12:06

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Originally Posted by Faer

I'll tell you.

The x3 Drop Weekend is for drop rate, not drop quantity. That means that greens will be three times more likely to drop. That doesn't mean that if a green drops, three copies of it will drop.

Kanaxai will be unaffected by this event because he, like Urgoz, always drops his three green weapons. They will only drop three greens per run, no more, no less..

Hope that clears it up for you.

hum yes, since kanaxai drop is 100% that cant be incremented I suppose

thelessa · Oct 11, 2006, 12:11 PM // 12:11

I have never received a green drop in factions, and I have been playing since the release. I am hoping for some this weekend, but I am not holding my breath

Jetdoc · Oct 11, 2006, 02:03 PM // 14:03

As I posted in the other thread, I've soloed (without henchmen) over 20 bosses while Elite capping on my Rit/E in Factions, and have gotten one green over that time - Lian's Lantern. I've killed countless other bosses while just playing the game, as well.

That changed this past weekend, while I was soloing the Arborstone mission - I actually got the Milefaun (sp?) domination staff from one of the bosses.

So, now I'm probably around 2 for 50, so this WOULD improve my chances to about 1 in 10.

P.S. For those of you who are farming greens, I'm 99% sure that, due to the anti-farming code, that if you've tried to get SSkai's Sword by killing him over 300 times...that code kicked in about 290 times ago, so you're basically wasting your time.

Chewbacca Defense · Oct 11, 2006, 02:17 PM // 14:17

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Originally Posted by Warrior1986

How hard would it be to change the code for drops inside Sorrows Furnace? A line or two? That would take all of maybe 10 mins. It's not even an "upgrade." It's temporary change that will go back after the end of the weekend.

LMAO!! HAHA, how hard would it be to change the code for drops inside Sorrows Furnace? A line or two?

I work for a company that changed only one line of code and that cost us over 10 million dollars in 10 minutes because of that one line of code. Granted ANet isn't in high-rolling business, but change code isn't necessarily "that easy".

For proper code change, rigorous testing must be done in order to avoid any long term negative effects. A production requirement change typically requires at least 1 week worth of testing and documentation.

w00t! · Oct 11, 2006, 02:21 PM // 14:21

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

As I posted in the other thread, I've soloed (without henchmen) over 20 bosses while Elite capping on my Rit/E in Factions, and have gotten one green over that time - Lian's Lantern. I've killed countless other bosses while just playing the game, as well.

That changed this past weekend, while I was soloing the Arborstone mission - I actually got the Milefaun (sp?) domination staff from one of the bosses.

So, now I'm probably around 2 for 50, so this WOULD improve my chances to about 1 in 10.

P.S. For those of you who are farming greens, I'm 99% sure that, due to the anti-farming code, that if you've tried to get SSkai's Sword by killing him over 300 times...that code kicked in about 290 times ago, so you're basically wasting your time.

What you're stating is exactly in line with our calculations during hundreds of Sorrow's Furnace runs about a year ago.

Basically, we determined that there was a 2% chance per boss per person for a green drop. This is for real peoople, not hench.

I did SF runs with the same group for many weeks, both FA and Oro, and we found this rate to be relatively constant. Going with 5 was the best for cash accumulation, but going with 8 didn't diminish our individual chances for a green.

This calculation may not work for Factions in that the boss is only set to drop a single green, whereas in SF bosses could drop multiple greens per kill.

I don't have a lot of experience with Factions greens, as I find farming bosses in Factions boring, but I'd say that this weekend your chances should be somewhere in the 6-10% range for a green drop per boss.

Nice deflation of Canthan greens to come I'd say...

Da Scotty · Oct 11, 2006, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Therre are enough Tyrian Greens around

Nice to get some new Cantha ones circulating.
And this makes it accessable to all players.

\ponders a minipet drop weekend

HawkofStorms · Oct 11, 2006, 03:14 PM // 15:14

So far, while playing Factions normally with a full hench team I've gotten
Lian's Lattern
Deathkeeper (shing jing green)
Wing's Axe
Merki's Gaze

Some of you guys who have never had anything drop either have really bad luck or just don't play as much as I do.

Burton2000 · Oct 11, 2006, 03:23 PM // 15:23

Can finaly get some of those greens that i've wanted like everthorns.

GranDeWun · Oct 11, 2006, 03:51 PM // 15:51

I wouldn't mind getting the Kaolin Blade from Sunjiang explorable. Did someone say this is farmable solo by E/A?! I find that hard to believe... this is the toughest district I've found in Cantha so far...

Nickhimself · Oct 11, 2006, 05:08 PM // 17:08

They aren't supporting Tyria because they want you cheap asses to go out and buy their most recent expansion pack, which until the 27th rolls around...is still Factions.

They'll have weekends like this for Nightfall customers only.

Painbringer · Oct 11, 2006, 05:24 PM // 17:24

3 times more likely is better then normal, so it looks like a farming weekend. A “Big Trouble in Little China” farming weekend. Mr. Razorstone you and all your friends will have to wait till you gain favor with A-net.

Arteful Dodger · Oct 11, 2006, 05:59 PM // 17:59

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Originally Posted by Sir Skullcrasher

Still zero? lol

I hope i can finally get some decent weapons on my monk now.

Exactly.

No matter what number you multiply 0 by it's still 0. This has all the earmarks of the weekend when the scroll drops were supposed to increased by 3 I believe. Never saw any difference before or after. This will be more of the same. Pretty much a waste IMHO.

Sephiroth Istari · Oct 12, 2006, 12:37 AM // 00:37

I'll be farming this weekend

Doomlord_Slayermann · Oct 12, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13

3 (0) = 0. Yay.

Sasuke The Betrayer · Oct 12, 2006, 02:25 AM // 02:25

Lol, I just hope I'll get Ironclaw today... hehehe

VitisVinifera · Oct 12, 2006, 03:22 AM // 03:22

I again have to say I'm not complaining, but I do feel let down a bit. When Anerf announced they'd be postponing this by a week in order to make it 'new and improved', I was hoping they'd retool anti-farm or re-assign hench drops, or some new mechanic.......instead they just made 2x into 3x.....they needed a week to do that?

One Tall Amazon Btch · Oct 12, 2006, 03:55 AM // 03:55

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Originally Posted by Bibblenorn

I might farm Ghial. Been wanting that staff, but I haven't wanted to fork over 30k for it.

if you hold out you can get it for 20 k now i almost bought one for 22k but i didnt want to part with my cash..lol .. GL

Ecksor · Oct 12, 2006, 04:09 AM // 04:09

hmmmm sunjiang dist, ghial, and maybe koosun will suffer from a horrid sliver armor death...

kade · Oct 12, 2006, 08:02 AM // 08:02

I've had 2 greens drop for me since i bought Factions on the day of release...2per 6 months = 1 per month=1.33333333per week = yay 1 green for me this weekend................maybe..................prol ly not.................nvm going to farm fow.

Tijger · Oct 12, 2006, 08:36 AM // 08:36

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

P.S. For those of you who are farming greens, I'm 99% sure that, due to the anti-farming code, that if you've tried to get SSkai's Sword by killing him over 300 times...that code kicked in about 290 times ago, so you're basically wasting your time.

Not really. If you only kill Sskai you dont even trigger the farming code. You only trigger it if (like me) you always combine Sskai with Geoffer and kill his outcast buddies as well.

I dont farm Sskai for a 'living' so to speak, whenever a guildmate or a friend wants a Sskai I got get it and except for once I've never triggered the farming code. How many I've gotten? Rough guess would be about 15 Sskai's and 6 Geoffers and its not taken me 300 runs either.
Now I do a maximum of 5 runs at both and then go somewhere else.