Drop rates? - Guild Wars Forums

saveed kalstif · Jul 14, 2008, 07:12 AM // 07:12

I have been playing GW for just bout 3 years and i am really wanting to see somthing of a drop rate counter or somthing instead of me trying to get somthing over and over and find out that it would drop 1 out of a thousand times so if there were a way for this to occur or if someone knows of such a thing plz tell me.

And if anything the drop rate of "ironclaw" the axe.

miskav · Jul 14, 2008, 10:50 AM // 10:50

Please, use, punctuation. >w<

And.. What's the problem? Who cares if the drop-rate is 1% or 99%, you'll get it @ the same time wether you know it or not.

Drop rate figures are usually there to please the twitchy people who HAVE to grind a mob for ages, but they want some assurance that it does really drop.

Daemon Dremora · Jul 14, 2008, 12:38 PM // 12:38

I agree with Miskav, showing the drop rate is just going to assure you that the item might drop. It will still drop at the same time regardless of having a visual drop rate tool. The only thing this would cause is people giving up on farming for an item when they see how low the chances of getting it are. I mean I am in the same boat as the o.p., I too have been playing GW for over 3 years and I don't have a problem with the drop rate. Normaly the rarer the item drop the better the item is so it is normaly worth the grind anyways.

Crom The Pale · Jul 14, 2008, 12:47 PM // 12:47

I believe the overall drop rates are randomly generated each time you zone.

So for cash drops you get anything from X% to Y%(randomly selected for each foe in the zone), then for white items its -Z from that number, for blue its -2Z for purple -3Z and gold/green -4Z.

Not exact numbers but you get the drift I hope.

Commander Ryker · Jul 14, 2008, 01:22 PM // 13:22

I used search and got all these results

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Jul 14, 2008, 07:12 AM // 07:12	#1
saveed kalstif Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2008 Guild: Fall of Mortality Profession: W/	Drop rates? I have been playing GW for just bout 3 years and i am really wanting to see somthing of a drop rate counter or somthing instead of me trying to get somthing over and over and find out that it would drop 1 out of a thousand times so if there were a way for this to occur or if someone knows of such a thing plz tell me. And if anything the drop rate of "ironclaw" the axe.

Jul 14, 2008, 10:50 AM // 10:50	#2
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	Please, use, punctuation. >w< And.. What's the problem? Who cares if the drop-rate is 1% or 99%, you'll get it @ the same time wether you know it or not. Drop rate figures are usually there to please the twitchy people who HAVE to grind a mob for ages, but they want some assurance that it does really drop.

Jul 14, 2008, 12:38 PM // 12:38	#3
Daemon Dremora Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Millington, TN Guild: Seele Erntemaschine {Nein}	I agree with Miskav, showing the drop rate is just going to assure you that the item might drop. It will still drop at the same time regardless of having a visual drop rate tool. The only thing this would cause is people giving up on farming for an item when they see how low the chances of getting it are. I mean I am in the same boat as the o.p., I too have been playing GW for over 3 years and I don't have a problem with the drop rate. Normaly the rarer the item drop the better the item is so it is normaly worth the grind anyways.

Jul 14, 2008, 12:47 PM // 12:47	#4
Crom The Pale Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Ageis Ascending Profession: W/	I believe the overall drop rates are randomly generated each time you zone. So for cash drops you get anything from X% to Y%(randomly selected for each foe in the zone), then for white items its -Z from that number, for blue its -2Z for purple -3Z and gold/green -4Z. Not exact numbers but you get the drift I hope.

Jul 14, 2008, 01:22 PM // 13:22	#5
Commander Ryker Site Contributor Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: R/	I used search and got all these results closed