Drop Rate & How It's Calculated... - Guild Wars Forums

Warpy · Oct 04, 2006, 11:52 PM // 23:52

Has Anet ever discussed or alluded to the way the green weapon drops are calculated. Since it's green wkd approaching there must be some database that controls the drop rate that they tweak?

Malice Black · Oct 04, 2006, 11:54 PM // 23:54

Green weekend was postponed...

There has to be some kind of system but Anet will never discuss it with the general population.

Jumping Is Uselss · Oct 05, 2006, 12:42 AM // 00:42

If Anet is not going to discuss it we can just assume it is random. My theory is Anet probably looks at a heavily farmed area and will decrease the drop rates to discourage people who use bots.

Warpy · Oct 05, 2006, 12:54 AM // 00:54

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Originally Posted by Jumping Is Uselss

If Anet is not going to discuss it we can just assume it is random. My theory is Anet probably looks at a heavily farmed area and will decrease the drop rates to discourage people who use bots.

I don't want to digress to much here, but I hear of bots alot on these forums, what are they?

**Marty Silverblade** · Oct 05, 2006, 06:16 AM // 06:16

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Originally Posted by The Admins Bane

There has to be some kind of system but Anet will never discuss it with the general population.

There is a system. Noobs get all the green drops

. The more you have to yell out 'GRAB THE DAM GEAR' the more greens they get

. That's why Anet is so smart though

. If you don't know how it works you can't farm it, but if you do know it then you can't farm it because you are no longer a noob

.

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I don't want to digress to much here, but I hear of bots alot on these forums, what are they?

Bots are things people download to farm for them. Bots basically make a character (usually Mo/W or W/Mo, depends on what they are for though), go to a particular place, and do a certain thing repeadedly. One obvious example are 'troll' bots. If you go to Droknar's Forge you can watch them go by. They come in, go out, kill trolls, pick up stuff, come back to Droknar's Forge, sell to Merchant, go out, kill trolls...

Bots are BANNED things and being cought with one means you're account will be banned. Also, some bots contain 'key-loggers', which means when you install it, the program will not only give you a bot, but will send you're Email, Account Name, Password, and other personal details to whoever made the bot.

That's all I know. If I had a bot I would know more but I don't.

Warpy · Oct 05, 2006, 06:44 AM // 06:44

I have seen this type of behaviour within Droks, people running to and fro like you mentioned. I never even ussupected them to be non human controlled.

Buzzer · Oct 05, 2006, 09:53 AM // 09:53

Well they're either bots or people being paid to farm.

Oct 04, 2006, 11:52 PM // 23:52	#1
Warpy Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Profession: Mo/Me	Drop Rate & How It's Calculated... Has Anet ever discussed or alluded to the way the green weapon drops are calculated. Since it's green wkd approaching there must be some database that controls the drop rate that they tweak?

Oct 04, 2006, 11:54 PM // 23:54	#2
Malice Black Site Legend Join Date: Oct 2005	Green weekend was postponed... There has to be some kind of system but Anet will never discuss it with the general population.

Oct 05, 2006, 12:42 AM // 00:42	#3
Jumping Is Uselss Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: -... . .... .. -. -.. / -.-- --- ..-	If Anet is not going to discuss it we can just assume it is random. My theory is Anet probably looks at a heavily farmed area and will decrease the drop rates to discourage people who use bots.

Oct 05, 2006, 06:44 AM // 06:44	#6
Warpy Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Profession: Mo/Me	I have seen this type of behaviour within Droks, people running to and fro like you mentioned. I never even ussupected them to be non human controlled.

Oct 05, 2006, 09:53 AM // 09:53	#7
Buzzer Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia	Well they're either bots or people being paid to farm.