Curse

floppinghog · Aug 04, 2006, 11:58 AM // 11:58

i wonder which few of you were actually with me just a bit ago in the deep... hmm anyway yeah.....

uh if they gave access without x2 drop it think thats either a bad idea, or just a horrible joke. if its actually x2 right now .... yeah lol uhhh DOESNT seem like it.

dargon · Aug 04, 2006, 12:53 PM // 12:53

Uh guys, you don't seem to understand how the drops in this game work. First, the number of people farming a zone has ZERO impact on how many drops you will get unless you're the one farming. Second the 2x change that ANet made doesn't mean you'll get double the gold drops, it means that instead of it being a 2% chance for a gold item to drop, it's a 4% chance.

xiaotsu · Aug 04, 2006, 01:04 PM // 13:04

Who cares, you get into the missions without having to find a ferry for now, don't whine about that...they didn't even have to open them for the weekend :/

And dargon is correct on the percentage part, can't confirm the rest.

Deacon Roswell · Aug 04, 2006, 01:11 PM // 13:11

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Originally Posted by dargon

Uh guys, you don't seem to understand how the drops in this game work. First, the number of people farming a zone has ZERO impact on how many drops you will get unless you're the one farming.

Finally someone with a clue!

I'm so tired of hearing people complain about farming code and people saying they didn't get any drops today because there were alot of farmers in their district.
The only way farmers ruin areas is when they are WAY over farmed by tons of people and the drops rates are decreased for that area permanently. Take ettin farming for instance.
Just because you didn't get 5 gold drops and a green each, does not mean it's been nerfed or over farmed.

Rok · Aug 04, 2006, 07:44 PM // 19:44

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Originally Posted by dargon

Uh guys, you don't seem to understand how the drops in this game work. First, the number of people farming a zone has ZERO impact on how many drops you will get unless you're the one farming. Second the 2x change that ANet made doesn't mean you'll get double the gold drops, it means that instead of it being a 2% chance for a gold item to drop, it's a 4% chance.

Quote:

In addition, there will be double rare loot drops within Canthan Elite Missions

It doesn't say double the chance for rare loot drops, it says double rare loot drops, meaning twice as many.

xiaotsu · Aug 04, 2006, 08:50 PM // 20:50

You misinterperated what they said, obviously. It's apparent that they meant double the percentage.

Vahn Roi · Aug 04, 2006, 09:01 PM // 21:01

and if the percentage is 2% normally, doubling it doesn't seem like much of a different.

brokenmonkey · Aug 04, 2006, 09:07 PM // 21:07

IMO , screw pvp( to play wow for the PvP)

2nd of all ON WITH THE PVE!! i got good rares i dont what u guys are complaining about

Bane of Worlds · Aug 04, 2006, 09:08 PM // 21:08

been getting more gold pieces and the item drops are the same from what I see

castanaveras · Aug 04, 2006, 10:06 PM // 22:06

I don't know about you guys, but drop for our group was great last night from the Deep. I went only once (made it to the boss) and we get:

6 gold drops

4/5 chests are gold
3 greens

IMHO...I see more rare drops.

shadowfell · Aug 04, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11

I apologize for my comment in another thread, stating that it was going to be 6 greens, instead of 3. Still the same old 3.. as for 'double rare' drops, crap. Same chance of a chest being purple/gold, and out of two runs, one deep, one warren... nothing gold actually 'dropped'

Double the rarity, if you ask me. Was a waste of time =P

Zinger314 · Aug 05, 2006, 01:31 AM // 01:31

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Originally Posted by Update

Fixed a bug in Elite missions that caused rare items to drop less frequently than intended during the Elite Weekend event.

Ironic.

Y.T. · Aug 05, 2006, 02:08 AM // 02:08

sok, they just forget to add double drops lol

patched after some time, then we got massive err007 (8 out of 12) and err058, still cant log on back.....

Mr_T_bot · Aug 05, 2006, 02:18 AM // 02:18

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

Ironic.

Indeed.

Master Bater · Aug 05, 2006, 02:34 AM // 02:34

Im farming The Deep since this morning, and i got to agree, beside chest, i saw one (1) gold staff (req 13 -.-) actually dropping out of an oni...and like 3-4 purple (who care about purple xD) but! the new patch, the one i cant actually see with my very eyes because of err013.. should fix that "Fixed a bug in Elite missions that caused rare items to drop less frequently than intended during the Elite Weekend event." well....i hope it will fix it..

Irongate · Aug 05, 2006, 04:44 AM // 04:44

Still not getting any drops, wtf gone through half of Urgoz so far and not 1 gold drop!!!

Hidden in the Mist · Aug 05, 2006, 04:47 AM // 04:47

Chance is never consistant.

DeathandtheHealing · Aug 05, 2006, 05:07 AM // 05:07

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Originally Posted by Xceran

Thanks

Phew, was a little bit afraid, every totem I´ve recieved I´ve traded for ordinary Luxon keys. Would have sucked if those were the only way to gain the Elite Mission keys, would take ages to collect just 5 to be able to get one key...

buy them for like 100-200 gold each, people still have no idea what they are used for, you save a lot of money on deep keys

Ganik Thress · Aug 05, 2006, 05:36 AM // 05:36

In my opinion, alliances should have kept the elite mission to theirselves, they earned it with their time spent slaving away at faction farming, however ANet may have intended it, but because of complaints from the usuals and e-reputation (wtf?) on the line for alliances, they began ferrying for free, therefore rendering all their time spent faction farming useless in physical purpose.

Queen of the Sand · Aug 05, 2006, 06:04 AM // 06:04

In addition, there will be the chance of double rare loot drops within Canthan Elite Missions

What chance 2%

4 hour run last night in the Warren.

3 golds drop in that run? 12 players?

I had 2 blue and a Purple Armour. 3 chests 2 gold 1 purple.

Whats your drop rates been like