Disappearing Items? - Guild Wars Forums

Arch Warriorr · Aug 26, 2007, 02:25 PM // 14:25

Hey,

I have only been playing guild wars for about a week now and have a monk/warrior character and have started to do a bit of farming.

I'm currently farming the trolls in the ice caves outside of draknors forge, when ive killed a big group of them as i move my mouse cursor around where they lay, certain items appear for a split second then disappear so i cant pick them up?

Why does this happen, is it a bug in the game?

thx,

Wrath Of Dragons · Aug 26, 2007, 02:32 PM // 14:32

do you have heroes/henchmen in your party? If so, those are the drops assigned to them.
If you are solo....i have no clue

Holz · Aug 26, 2007, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Ritualists dropping ashes.

Arch Warriorr · Aug 26, 2007, 02:44 PM // 14:44

Yes, im just going solo, i dont understand why its happening, ive only had a couple of blue drops from them so far, no idea why its happening :S?

Smile Like Umean It · Aug 26, 2007, 02:56 PM // 14:56

Have you tried targeting them with the semicolon key? I've never heard of items disappearing.

free_fall · Aug 26, 2007, 04:55 PM // 16:55

I once had a gold item from a drop out of a treasure chest in NF and I couldn't see it - I started to walk away and the other poeple in the party told me to pick up my drop. I had to use the Alt key to see it in order to pick it up.

The Alt key highlights 'friendly' objects in your immediate area.

Coloneh · Aug 27, 2007, 05:55 AM // 05:55

occasionally items will "fall" under monsters bodies and hide them. try holding ALT.

Ben-A-BoO · Aug 27, 2007, 06:36 AM // 06:36

Hold it,
Sounds to me like loot scaling. Happens since they introduced loot scaling. See it often and I am not to surprised that that happens. I think of it more like every monster has a drop item but the program "decides" whether or not you get it depending on party size and killing speed. Sometimes you see it "dropping" for a split second

Not unusual... (Bit worried now that i never worried about it)

Aug 26, 2007, 02:25 PM // 14:25	#1
Arch Warriorr Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Aug 2007 Profession: D/E	Disappearing Items? Hey, I have only been playing guild wars for about a week now and have a monk/warrior character and have started to do a bit of farming. I'm currently farming the trolls in the ice caves outside of draknors forge, when ive killed a big group of them as i move my mouse cursor around where they lay, certain items appear for a split second then disappear so i cant pick them up? Why does this happen, is it a bug in the game? thx,

Aug 26, 2007, 02:32 PM // 14:32	#2
Wrath Of Dragons Burninate Stuff Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Mexico Profession: E/Mo	do you have heroes/henchmen in your party? If so, those are the drops assigned to them. If you are solo....i have no clue

Aug 26, 2007, 02:35 PM // 14:35	#3
Holz Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2006	Ritualists dropping ashes.

Aug 26, 2007, 02:44 PM // 14:44	#4
Arch Warriorr Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Aug 2007 Profession: D/E	Yes, im just going solo, i dont understand why its happening, ive only had a couple of blue drops from them so far, no idea why its happening :S?

Aug 26, 2007, 02:56 PM // 14:56	#5
Smile Like Umean It Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: E/Rt	Have you tried targeting them with the semicolon key? I've never heard of items disappearing.

Aug 26, 2007, 04:55 PM // 16:55	#6
free_fall Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2005	I once had a gold item from a drop out of a treasure chest in NF and I couldn't see it - I started to walk away and the other poeple in the party told me to pick up my drop. I had to use the Alt key to see it in order to pick it up. The Alt key highlights 'friendly' objects in your immediate area.

Aug 27, 2007, 05:55 AM // 05:55	#7
Coloneh Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: D/W	occasionally items will "fall" under monsters bodies and hide them. try holding ALT.

Aug 27, 2007, 06:36 AM // 06:36	#8
Ben-A-BoO Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Europe	Hold it, Sounds to me like loot scaling. Happens since they introduced loot scaling. See it often and I am not to surprised that that happens. I think of it more like every monster has a drop item but the program "decides" whether or not you get it depending on party size and killing speed. Sometimes you see it "dropping" for a split second Not unusual... (Bit worried now that i never worried about it)