Curse

Mordread · May 04, 2005, 07:19 PM // 19:19

Hi all,
My main is an elemental/mesmer, and one of guildmates is a mesmer/necro. We have noticed a huge discrepency between the number of good axe/hammer drops and that of wand/staffs. I have looted numerous 11-17 and 12-17 dmg hammers but not one wand or staff with dmg better than 7 (another guildmate has looted a couple 7-11 dmg wands) Is it possible that its just the part of the game we are in? I doubt it. Have others noticed this? Mobs should be dropping an equal number of good hammers/wands/staffs/etc, or else everyone will end up being warriors cause they cant get a decent weapon.

Post your thoughts on this subject, I'm curious if this is the case for higher lvl El/Mes/Nec as well (lvl 11 currently).

Griffry · May 04, 2005, 07:27 PM // 19:27

I've seen some decent damaging canes and staves and so forth, I can't recall offhand, but I believe my current cane does something along the lines of 9-16 or so.

Aside from that, I think our focus as casters is that of our spells. I sort of rely on my weapon, only if I'm either out of or conserving energy.

adam.skinner · May 04, 2005, 07:31 PM // 19:31

It doesn't strike me as odd that wands and staves do less damage than swords and axes, while hammers do more damage (per hit) than all of the others. Keep in mind that what really matters with regards to weapon damage is DPS (damage per second).

Ossus · May 04, 2005, 08:44 PM // 20:44

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Originally Posted by adam.skinner

It doesn't strike me as odd that wands and staves do less damage than swords and axes, while hammers do more damage (per hit) than all of the others. Keep in mind that what really matters with regards to weapon damage is DPS (damage per second).

Thats not what this post is about at all. This post is about the frequency of dropping high dmg weapons of different types. I have noticed I get a TON of mesmer items. Bows seem to drop often for me as well. As far as wands or staffs, I almost never get any. I'm level 18 now, at the Amnoon Oasis and have seen no change in the drop rates. I agree, I think the rate should be fixed.

Mordread · May 04, 2005, 09:08 PM // 21:08

I'm glad someone understood what I was saying lol.

Well that confirms my suspicion that wands/staffs are dropping at a lower rate for more than just me and my guildies. I wonder if there is some sort of dev logic to this or they just didnt think about it.

Nicholai Phoenix · May 04, 2005, 09:16 PM // 21:16

I think the rate is low is cause you shouldn't be attacking THAT much anyway... I mean if your an elementalist, you have all those freakin strong spell to throw at people, you shouldn't really need to attack. As for mesmers and necros, well iv never really played as them much but I see there major role as support (buffing, and debuffing)... im not sure lol those are just my thoughts

Joiry · May 04, 2005, 11:02 PM // 23:02

I've had the opposite experience. I get lots of wand/staff/energy items drops than axes and hammers, and sword drops seem the most rare. And when I say drops, I mean drops of equivalent "level" - based on what the stats of the items collectors offer in the region. So, if the collectors offer wands with X damage range, I tend to get wands of greater than X range, while the bows, hammers, swords and axes are generally of a lower damage range than their equivalents on the collectors. Hope that made sense...

I think drops are biased toward what mob they come from. I have been fighting lots of mobs using mesmer and necro powers recently and get lots of nice drops for those professions (like mergoyles and skales in the kryta and maguuma regions).