Curse

brakner · Feb 18, 2008, 08:58 PM // 20:58

Just curious if this has been discussed?

My main is a 3 year old Ranger that has finished all of Prophecies, all of Factions, all of Nightfall and all of EoTN and not once have I ever seen a green drop when grouped with the usual 8 H/H. Is A-net nerfing the overall drop rate to much and killing it for team/group players because of the solo farmer? You figure after 3 years I would see one green, even a crappy one.

Jetdoc · Feb 18, 2008, 09:00 PM // 21:00

It's just bad luck, IMO...just like Black Dye drops.

enter_the_zone · Feb 18, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

Mhe, they are rare drops, it's just that they are massively overfarmed by solo farmers. Also remember, H/H steal drops so it's pretty unlikely to get one while paired with them. I've had one or two drop while in HM, and only 1 in NM.

MithranArkanere · Feb 18, 2008, 09:03 PM // 21:03

Nah. Not at all. I got almost 70% of the drops that were assigned to by with Heros and Henchmen while playing normally.

The 30% restant where from bosses I killed for tomes and 2 of them playing with other humans.

brakner · Feb 18, 2008, 09:06 PM // 21:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetdoc

It's just bad luck, IMO...just like Black Dye drops.

It must be, I have killed most bosses more than once, I have 75%+ of the elites in the game and still no Green. I even took the 3 x nec crew out and did most of Nightfall main area ( with no henchman ) and still none. Man I suck.......

Kattar · Feb 18, 2008, 09:07 PM // 21:07

If greens where necessary to complete the game, I would say yes.

Otherwise, they're too low for my tastes, since I H/H 99% of the time.

Playing with other people, you see them more.

Randvek · Feb 18, 2008, 09:08 PM // 21:08

In general, green drops seem way too low. On the other hand, my wife once fought Nundak the Archer and Rot Foulbelly (who travel together) while skill capping with a full group of heroes/henchmen and got both greens.

Winterclaw · Feb 18, 2008, 09:08 PM // 21:08

I've seen more greens from normal playing than I have from intentionally farming them.

Stupid avatar scythes...

Teutonic Paladin · Feb 18, 2008, 09:10 PM // 21:10

I'm working on Canthan Vanquisher atm (21/33) and have gotten at least 5 greens so far with a full H/H party. I got a few while playing through EotN as well. I think the frequency is fine, I just wish there was a way to get things other than random drops and farming.

beanerman_99 · Feb 18, 2008, 09:21 PM // 21:21

I think that the drop rate should be tweaked a bit. If people say that greens are not special then no one should have a problem with them dropping more

I don't mind that H/H shares in some drops like say the whites, but I HATE the fact that they can take my golds and greens!!! How about me just paying 200g each time I add a hench to my party and call it good and let ME have all the drops.

Antheus · Feb 18, 2008, 09:29 PM // 21:29

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Originally Posted by beanerman_99

I don't mind that H/H shares in some drops like say the whites, but I HATE the fact that they can take my golds and greens!!! How about me just paying 200g each time I add a hench to my party and call it good and let ME have all the drops.

People you group with steal your drops as well.

StormDragonZ · Feb 18, 2008, 09:31 PM // 21:31

I get plenty of green items all the time when H/H anywhere. Not very often, but I get a good amount. On average, about 1 green and 4 gold every 2-3 weeks.

Kattar · Feb 18, 2008, 09:35 PM // 21:35

Guess my drop rates are crap compared to yours then, Storm.

What a surprise, something else I fail at. Lol.

CandyPrince · Feb 18, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Don't know what the actual drop rate is, but it definately increases if you have an all human team. I tend to get them in fits and starts. I got 3 in 1 area while vanquishing once, then didn't pick up any greens for a month!

Kusandaa · Feb 18, 2008, 09:46 PM // 21:46

I must've gotten around 5 greens in 2 years of gameplay from normal gameplay. Rest were from farming. Right off the bat, I can remember getting Asterius' Scythe, a green in Kurzick Area while vanquishing and more recently Rajazan's Fervor.

Slycandestin · Feb 18, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

It certainly seems that way. Compared to what they're worth nowadays, I actually see them about as much as a good req9 gold, except the gold will be worth mountains of cash and the green will be worth 1-5k half the time, maybe 10k if I"m lucky. I'm suprised at how little Kanaxai's greens are worth now. They did drop often when completing the Deep but now it's hard to even get a group going, I'm suprised the prices haven't gone up instead.

Ferrous Capuchin · Feb 18, 2008, 10:08 PM // 22:08

My data point for non-farming play for 2 years:

3 characters thru Sorrows Furnace quests: 1 green
8 characters thru Factions: Zero
4 characters thru Nightfall: 2 greens
3 characters thru GWEN: Zero

WinterSnowblind · Feb 18, 2008, 10:11 PM // 22:11

I have quite a collection of green weapons, and the only one I ever actively tried to farm was the Enadiz Defender, which didn't take a particulary large amount of time.

The prices of Greens seems to have dropped massively lately though, does no one want them anymore? Or have I just not been paying attention.

Mesmer in Need · Feb 18, 2008, 10:36 PM // 22:36

I just went capping with one of my friends, we got 2 greens in one area, with 6 heros. Its just dumb luck.

Sujoy · Feb 18, 2008, 10:54 PM // 22:54

I played through more then 400 hours before getting my first green, which I eventually threw away somewhere... the way I see it :

If you really want a green, buy it... It should cost you less time to get the money then to get the green. This goes for casual players only.