Easter Drops: Moderated? - Guild Wars Forums

Regulus X · Mar 23, 2008, 12:20 AM // 00:20

Is Easter's Special Event Item Drops being moderated? And shouldn't it be announced? All day I've been getting good steady drops. Now all of a sudden, my drops begin to suffer drastically! What gives?

Covah · Mar 23, 2008, 12:21 AM // 00:21

?? Its just like any other event weekend. We get random drops from foes. And it is announced on the main site and the login screen.

Regulus X · Mar 23, 2008, 12:29 AM // 00:29

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Originally Posted by Covah

?? Its just like any other event weekend. We get random drops from foes. And it is announced on the main site and the login screen.

You're not understanding me. Special Items are hardly dropping anymore. For a while it was dropping at a certain % rate, and now it's like not even dropping at all anymore! Something to do with Anet's Cruel and Careless nature. Very similar to their punishing nerfs if you ask me. What's the purpose of an event if not to capitalize on those drops? If Anet causes an epidemic in drops, they might as well close the special event or something. It'll stop players from wasting their time... (not that Anet really cares...)

Genie100 · Mar 23, 2008, 12:45 AM // 00:45

I noticed a decline in event item drops too. I was getting loads earlier today and hardly any later

Regulus X · Mar 23, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01

I'm just after the title Adept Treasure Hunter. I can care less about marketing the drops as I will use them preferrably for title acquisitioning. No point in having an event with no drops... Please fix!

crazybanshee · Mar 23, 2008, 01:09 AM // 01:09

You're overfarming. Take a break. Go do something else. Get a soda. Take a leak. Take 10 minutes away from farming. Then go back. Your drops will improve. And you won't grow mold on your butt.

Commander Ryker · Mar 23, 2008, 01:21 AM // 01:21

I'm not over farming, I'm not even farming and the drops totally suck for me too.

zerulus · Mar 23, 2008, 01:24 AM // 01:24

I;ve been doing it on and off yesterday and today and havnt noticed any differences.

HawkofStorms · Mar 23, 2008, 01:47 AM // 01:47

I think you mean "modified."

If you mean "moderated" then no, "mean ol" a.net has better things to do with their time then come out and get you.

NeonXero · Mar 23, 2008, 01:54 AM // 01:54

I think somewhere I heard that drops are random... but I'm not quite sure.

Antheus · Mar 23, 2008, 02:01 AM // 02:01

Just did a few raptor runs, same as always.

Albert Algorn · Mar 23, 2008, 02:42 AM // 02:42

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Originally Posted by Regulus X

Special Items are hardly dropping anymore.

I've kinda noticed the same thing. Thought I would take a break for awhile and see what happens later.

pamelf · Mar 23, 2008, 10:19 AM // 10:19

I'm not really sure how the event is programmed, but is it possible that the drops peter out toward the end of the event? Maybe there are a certain number streamlined into the "random" drop generator, so many that they override the other drops, therefore dropping more often. Once most of the sweets have dropped, it's possible they simply don't put more into the sequence, therefore leading to a marked decrease in what drops.

Does that make sense? Like I said, I have no idea how the program these events to work, this was just one scenario.

miskav · Mar 23, 2008, 10:49 AM // 10:49

I just did a few runs, and got more then usual.
What some people don't understand is, is the fact that these drops are random.
Random, as in, you can go on 100 runs without 1, or you can get 20 in 1 run.
(Ofcourse, such extreme values will never be met, but it's an example).

Crom The Pale · Mar 23, 2008, 11:53 AM // 11:53

no change in drops for me, lots of bunnies and eggs. Sold 30bunnies yesterday and I'll probably have a stack more to sell before today is done

masta_yoda · Mar 23, 2008, 12:06 PM // 12:06

took me 3-4 hours a stack, today took me 6-8 hours a stack, but gold drops/dyes are the same for me

Solas · Mar 23, 2008, 12:09 PM // 12:09

people remember bad runs more then good.
iafter the update i did notice a good drop in my drops but that could be because my last few runs before uppdate were higher then normal so i had an unfair comparison.

i've had good and bad and i think its all luck, jsut in a wee bad spot atm.

Malice Black · Mar 23, 2008, 03:11 PM // 15:11

My drops are always better when I enter a new zone.

Anon-e-mouse · Mar 23, 2008, 05:56 PM // 17:56

Fronis was giving me on average 4-5 Easter drops a run yesterday. Tried this morning out of a dozen runs only one had 5 drops, all the rest were one's and two's.

Mar 23, 2008, 12:20 AM // 00:20	#1
Regulus X Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Guild: N/A Profession: D/W	Easter Drops: Moderated? Is Easter's Special Event Item Drops being moderated? And shouldn't it be announced? All day I've been getting good steady drops. Now all of a sudden, my drops begin to suffer drastically! What gives?

Mar 23, 2008, 03:11 PM // 15:11	#18
Malice Black Site Legend Join Date: Oct 2005	My drops are always better when I enter a new zone. __________________ Old Skool '05

Mar 23, 2008, 12:21 AM // 00:21	#2
Covah Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ] Profession: Me/Rt	?? Its just like any other event weekend. We get random drops from foes. And it is announced on the main site and the login screen.

Mar 23, 2008, 12:45 AM // 00:45	#4
Genie100 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2008 Guild: Dragon Tempest Profession: E/N	I noticed a decline in event item drops too. I was getting loads earlier today and hardly any later

Mar 23, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01	#5
Regulus X Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Guild: N/A Profession: D/W	I'm just after the title Adept Treasure Hunter. I can care less about marketing the drops as I will use them preferrably for title acquisitioning. No point in having an event with no drops... Please fix!

Mar 23, 2008, 01:09 AM // 01:09	#6
crazybanshee Desert Nomad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Look out! Profession: E/	You're overfarming. Take a break. Go do something else. Get a soda. Take a leak. Take 10 minutes away from farming. Then go back. Your drops will improve. And you won't grow mold on your butt.

Mar 23, 2008, 01:21 AM // 01:21	#7
Commander Ryker Site Contributor Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: R/	I'm not over farming, I'm not even farming and the drops totally suck for me too.

Mar 23, 2008, 01:24 AM // 01:24	#8
zerulus Jungle Guide Join Date: Oct 2005	I;ve been doing it on and off yesterday and today and havnt noticed any differences.

Mar 23, 2008, 01:47 AM // 01:47	#9
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	I think you mean "modified." If you mean "moderated" then no, "mean ol" a.net has better things to do with their time then come out and get you.

Mar 23, 2008, 01:54 AM // 01:54	#10
NeonXero Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Guild: Leaked Aggression [grr] Profession: D/W	I think somewhere I heard that drops are random... but I'm not quite sure.

Mar 23, 2008, 02:01 AM // 02:01	#11
Antheus Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2006	Just did a few raptor runs, same as always.

Mar 23, 2008, 10:19 AM // 10:19	#13
pamelf Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Guild: Lost Templars [LoTe] Profession: Me/Mo	I'm not really sure how the event is programmed, but is it possible that the drops peter out toward the end of the event? Maybe there are a certain number streamlined into the "random" drop generator, so many that they override the other drops, therefore dropping more often. Once most of the sweets have dropped, it's possible they simply don't put more into the sequence, therefore leading to a marked decrease in what drops. Does that make sense? Like I said, I have no idea how the program these events to work, this was just one scenario.

Mar 23, 2008, 10:49 AM // 10:49	#14
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	I just did a few runs, and got more then usual. What some people don't understand is, is the fact that these drops are random. Random, as in, you can go on 100 runs without 1, or you can get 20 in 1 run. (Ofcourse, such extreme values will never be met, but it's an example).

Mar 23, 2008, 11:53 AM // 11:53	#15
Crom The Pale Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Ageis Ascending Profession: W/	no change in drops for me, lots of bunnies and eggs. Sold 30bunnies yesterday and I'll probably have a stack more to sell before today is done

Mar 23, 2008, 12:06 PM // 12:06	#16
masta_yoda Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Guild: most hated players in the [game] Profession: R/Mo	took me 3-4 hours a stack, today took me 6-8 hours a stack, but gold drops/dyes are the same for me

Mar 23, 2008, 12:09 PM // 12:09	#17
Solas Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland Guild: Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2 Profession: E/	people remember bad runs more then good. iafter the update i did notice a good drop in my drops but that could be because my last few runs before uppdate were higher then normal so i had an unfair comparison. i've had good and bad and i think its all luck, jsut in a wee bad spot atm.

Mar 23, 2008, 05:56 PM // 17:56	#19
Anon-e-mouse Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: @ Home Guild: League Of Friends [LOF] Profession: R/Mo	Fronis was giving me on average 4-5 Easter drops a run yesterday. Tried this morning out of a dozen runs only one had 5 drops, all the rest were one's and two's.