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Leon The Tank · Jun 17, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07

Gold Armor holds superior runes. Anyone know who/what drops gold armor. If u know post the approxamite odds.

Thnx

Eclair · Jun 17, 2005, 05:11 PM // 17:11

Anything that drops armor can drop gold armor. The chances are completely random and I dont' think there's any specific info on what percentage chance it'd drop. Maybe 1/100?

Reiden Argrock · Jun 17, 2005, 05:14 PM // 17:14

Gold armor also doesn't always have superior runes, unless they changed that, but I've gotten many pieces of gold armor with major runes, kinda dissapointing but, oh well

Akilles · Jun 17, 2005, 05:16 PM // 17:16

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Originally Posted by Leon The Tank

Gold Armor holds superior runes. Anyone know who/what drops gold armor. If u know post the approxamite odds.

Thnx

I have played 60 hours, ascended and to date have gotten 2 gold drops, 1 was a gold armor which turned to a superior vigor which i sold quickly for 80k

Digitalblast · Jun 17, 2005, 05:51 PM // 17:51

Ive ascended 3 characters and have only gotten 1 gold armor drop and didnt get anything from exp. salvaging it. Talk about shitty. I would say 1/100 is sorely misrepresented. Perhaps 1/6000 would be better.

So far ive had:
1 gold item drop
8 Purple drops
Limitless "worthless" blue items. Between all my characters.

Eclair · Jun 17, 2005, 06:39 PM // 18:39

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Originally Posted by Digitalblast

Ive ascended 3 characters and have only gotten 1 gold armor drop and didnt get anything from exp. salvaging it. Talk about shitty. I would say 1/100 is sorely misrepresented. Perhaps 1/6000 would be better.

So far ive had:
1 gold item drop
8 Purple drops
Limitless "worthless" blue items. Between all my characters.

You have to take into account that all items are distributed randomly between players and henchmen, and the fact that not all monsters drop armor. Rares also tend to drop more on certain maps than others. Basically on a good map (high level monsters, monsters that drop a lot of armor) its probably fairly close to 1 out of every 100 armors dropped will be a rare, at least in my experience.

ChristopherKee · Jun 18, 2005, 03:30 AM // 03:30

1% chance on gold 5% chance on purple 20% on blue.

Hell Marauder · Jun 18, 2005, 03:36 AM // 03:36

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Originally Posted by Reiden Argrock

Gold armor also doesn't always have superior runes, unless they changed that, but I've gotten many pieces of gold armor with major runes, kinda dissapointing but, oh well

Yea, that's right. That happened to me too. Got a major rune from a gold armor. Not always superior.

Jun 17, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07	#1
Leon The Tank Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	gold armor-how rare is it? Gold Armor holds superior runes. Anyone know who/what drops gold armor. If u know post the approxamite odds. Thnx

Jun 17, 2005, 05:51 PM // 17:51	#5
Digitalblast Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Calgary AB. Guild: Wanta Fanta [WTF] mo/mes, war/el, nec/ra Profession: E/N	Ive ascended 3 characters and have only gotten 1 gold armor drop and didnt get anything from exp. salvaging it. Talk about shitty. I would say 1/100 is sorely misrepresented. Perhaps 1/6000 would be better. So far ive had: 1 gold item drop 8 Purple drops Limitless "worthless" blue items. Between all my characters. Last edited by Digitalblast; Jun 17, 2005 at 05:54 PM // 17:54..

Jun 17, 2005, 05:11 PM // 17:11	#2
Eclair Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	Anything that drops armor can drop gold armor. The chances are completely random and I dont' think there's any specific info on what percentage chance it'd drop. Maybe 1/100?

Jun 17, 2005, 05:14 PM // 17:14	#3
Reiden Argrock Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Shadowstorm Mercenaries	Gold armor also doesn't always have superior runes, unless they changed that, but I've gotten many pieces of gold armor with major runes, kinda dissapointing but, oh well

Jun 18, 2005, 03:30 AM // 03:30	#7
ChristopherKee Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005	1% chance on gold 5% chance on purple 20% on blue.