Apr 03, 2006, 08:33 PM // 20:33
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jul 2005
Profession: N/Mo
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dimishing drops
yesterday I ran out of skill points on my warrior. SO to get some exp I got some scrolls and ran to the cave..After 18 runs I had a lot of skills and noticed something new.
OF course this is just a little run test but
1 4 golds gold chest.
2 1 old and gold chest.
3 No golds droped 1 purple off mob.
4 No golds 1 purple chest.
5 gold.
6 no golds 1 purple off mob.
7 1 gold 1 purple.
8 No golds.
9 No golds.
10 No golds.
11 1 purple.
12 No golds.
13 No golds.
14 1 purple chest.
15 No golds.
16 No golds.
17 No golds.
18 1 gold.
this is the pits of the quality drops this fast.
then I went 4 runs each way on trolls.
4 golds
1 gold
1 gold
1 gold
no gold
1 gold
no gold
no gold
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1 gold was superior ----earth magic...wheeeeeee
and that was one of the ones on first group..not sure which
so with a chr that had never been to the cave and yea last month I got superior vigor and absorb off ettins...long time no runs
so the anti farm seems like it kicks in REAL QUICK on my chr
maybe I need more runs
sparks
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Apr 03, 2006, 08:56 PM // 20:56
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#2
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Forge Runner
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I get that regularly. For example, I went back to FoW spider farming after 1 week of not playing the warrior, first drop was obsidian shard, then junk. This happens each and every time after taking a few days break from that place.
It was same with griffons.
I also regularly see first-timers in UW get ecto from the first mob.
My guess woiuld be that it's not the anti-farm code. It looks more like inactivity bonus. First time, or after a few days, you get a bonus drop when you enter an area.
Of course, it could be just some extremly random event, but it happens way too often to ignore.
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Apr 03, 2006, 09:10 PM // 21:10
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#3
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Academy Page
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In a pup tent near your house.
Guild: [DOJL]
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I got two golds from The Wilds mission. wtf.
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Apr 03, 2006, 09:12 PM // 21:12
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#4
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: huh?
Guild: The Final Exodus[FX]
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Fow does not seem to be diminishing as much for me.
I get about the same every run, hell the 8th one I did the first two drops were shards
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Apr 03, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17
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#5
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: Holy Patriots
Profession: Mo/W
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FoW drops are fine for me. I had a few good runs yesterday, and averaged like 4-5 shards per run.
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Apr 04, 2006, 02:03 AM // 02:03
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#7
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: huh?
Guild: The Final Exodus[FX]
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ecto from Fow?
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Apr 04, 2006, 02:11 AM // 02:11
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#8
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Feb 2006
Profession: E/Mo
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yeah i have noticed this too, even when the griffon farm was good in augury rock (til stupid update ) i still only got like 1-2 golds per run and about 2-3 purp's, now i farm griffons right outside dunes mission in the crystal desert and still havent got any gold drops from griffons only chests now and most of them r purp chests, and when farming trolls outside droks i still havent got any golds beside's purps which r lame by the way, and uw i havent went in for a while kus we DONT HAVE FAVOR BEARLY ANYMORE, but idk i usually farm all of gates of kryta mission and them drakes in there usually give me some max mods but bearly any good gold drops
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Apr 04, 2006, 01:25 PM // 13:25
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#9
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Oct 2005
Guild: The Fallen Prophets
Profession: R/Me
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I've noticed this with ettins. It seems i profit the most if i do just one, MAYBE 2 runs a day. Also, I seem to have more luck with ettins outside of the luxon village, NOT FROM THE QUEST, but regular ettins. For example, the last 5 times when it was my first ettin run of the day, meaning in the last 5 days, i'd get at least 1 gold pauldron on the first run. Yesterday, on my first run, i got 6 purples and a gold pauldron. I think it's better, and more enjoyable, to simply do one run every few hours or one a day.
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Apr 04, 2006, 06:49 PM // 18:49
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#10
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: California
Guild: (TRUE)
Profession: R/Me
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My question here is how long does the period of inactivity in that area has to be before you get back to 'full drop' potential. Does the time being logged off counts?
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Apr 07, 2006, 03:17 PM // 15:17
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#12
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: California
Profession: E/A
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done 4 runs fow spiders runs
1shard
2keys
no chests
no golds
2 purples
and that was the first four runs i ever did on my new account
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Apr 13, 2006, 09:52 AM // 09:52
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#13
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The Netherlands
Guild: Farmers Union [CASH]
Profession: Mo/
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done 5 spider runs in FoW
1 key
4 shards
3 golds from chests
2 purples from chests
rest was total rubish
its just luck i think how ure drops are
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Apr 13, 2006, 10:23 AM // 10:23
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#14
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Nottingham, UK
Guild: GV
Profession: W/
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Im lucky if I see 1 ecto per UW smite run. Thats 1 ecto not 1 ecto per person. Been like this since the last patch.
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Apr 13, 2006, 01:35 PM // 13:35
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#15
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jan 2006
Guild: We Blame It On [Cody]
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I have been noticing that the ecto drops are becoming very scarce from the smites. They have been dropping only from the bulls and the dryders for me lately. I cant remember the last time I saw a smite drop an ecto for me or my parnter. I am begining to wonder if its even worth doing smite runs anymore.
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Apr 13, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46
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#16
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/retired
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the Beach
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5 FoW Spider runs yesterday gave 14 shards & 2 golden + 3 obsidian keys
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Apr 13, 2006, 02:48 PM // 14:48
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#17
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: PA
Guild: none
Profession: Mo/W
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in the book it says there are 3 golds per area like 10 purple and a random amount of blues teres a set number so u cant find like 12 gold items in 1 area
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Apr 14, 2006, 12:35 PM // 12:35
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#18
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Academy Page
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Holland
Guild: [JAMM] Justified Ancients of Moo Moo
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Exile Of Heaven
done 5 spider runs in FoW
1 key
4 shards
3 golds from chests
2 purples from chests
rest was total rubish
its just luck i think how ure drops are
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A bit off-topic ut all i wanna say hes lying becuz he's my brother and he didn't do that
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Apr 14, 2006, 01:38 PM // 13:38
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#19
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: England
Guild: Lievs Death Squad [LDS]
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Been doing Forest trips on my ranger. First 3 trips don't count cos i bodged up. 4th run i got 5 shards. Since then i've been getting roughly 3 shards a run, not a single gold drop yet (cept chests), 3-4keys and a few few purples.
Sofa, i've noticed ectos are dropping less and less from the smites too. Guess its lucky i usually do the Terrorweb quest at the reaper too, usually end up getting a glob or 2 from that.
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Apr 14, 2006, 01:54 PM // 13:54
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#20
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Guild: Hopping
Profession: Mo/A
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I also got 2 Shards in a row...sadly, my computer froze right when I was about to pick them up, and I was just starting to clear the mouth of the cave.
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