Curse

Theli · Sep 03, 2007, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Glints Challenge, Like 2-4 Destroyer Cores per Run (complete mission)

Zabe · Sep 03, 2007, 07:19 PM // 19:19

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Originally Posted by FelixCarter

Nope. No full set.
Personally, I'm going for Chaos.
It's gonna cost alot though... >_<
75 ectos. I currently have 0. xD

Really have to ask what armors those are :S except for chaos gloves ofcourse.

kuhu · Sep 03, 2007, 07:34 PM // 19:34

can any profession wear those gloves?

Marverick · Sep 03, 2007, 07:38 PM // 19:38

Actually I don't think loot scaling applies in GW:EN...
During the preview I was soloing the Spectral Vaettirs and getting 4-5 glacial stones each zone, and almost every single Vaettir was dropping something. Certainly not loot-scaled...
Although I haven't tried after the preview.

And yes any profession can use the gloves, they have your profession's standard armor level and are inscribeable and runeable.

Abedeus · Sep 03, 2007, 08:02 PM // 20:02

I noticed it during Kilroy's quest. I get an item from each monster, so it's very nice farm. Easy, fun and worth it (a lot of Survivor/Radiant runes, 300-500 each). And I almost always get a full sack of items. So yeah, I think loot scaling, hard mode and other few things that are in the chapters before GWEN don't exist.

ducktape · Sep 04, 2007, 08:08 AM // 08:08

I'm going make a guess and say that destroyer cores are a bugged drop and their rate is way lower than all the other drops are. Since yesterday I've killed about 350 destroyers by redoing the g.o.l.e.m quest three times and the first 3 levels of destructive depths twice and I have not gotten one damned destroyer core. Some people here finished the game and never got any destroyer cores or only got 1 by then, so that sounds about right considering how bad the drop rates are when I'm trying over and over to kill destroyers for destroyer cores.

In comparison, I'm getting plenty of superb charr carvings without even redoing any quests that involve killing charr. I got 5 from doing blood washes blood, 2 during against the charr, 7 from warband of brothers, 2 during what must be done, and 3 from assault on the stronghold. 19 superb charr carvings just from playing normally, and no destroyer cores at all from doing 5 quest runs that involve nothing other than killing destroyers constantly!! I also get decent drop rates of things like simian fur, amphibian tongue, quetzal crests, undead bones, skelk claws, skale fangs...anything where I kill at least 15 of a certain enemy I'll get a couple of their collectibles easily. I kill 75 undead and I get 4-5 undead bones. I kill 50 simians I get 4 simian furs. I kill approximately 350 destroyers, and get no destroyer cores. That's just wrong.

Either destroyer cores are bugged in that they rarely ever drop compared to the rate at which every other collectible items drop, or every single other collectible item is bugged in that they drop so much more often than destroyer cores do.

Forever Faithless · Sep 04, 2007, 08:25 AM // 08:25

Well i have 100 but still need 150 payin 1k each for them if anyone has lol

Matt_Night · Sep 04, 2007, 08:39 AM // 08:39

OK, my question regarding this topic is if all those single pieces of armor like chaos gloves or ninja mask can go into HoM or, since there's no full set...

Cebe · Sep 04, 2007, 08:43 AM // 08:43

I've taken one and a half characters through the game and I've gotten 4 destroyer cores. I've completed Glint's Challenge twice... They don't drop nearly enough for my liking...then again, I've always been unlucky with drops such as those. If I didn't need them, they'd drop all the time. Such is life.

Vamis Threen · Sep 04, 2007, 11:08 AM // 11:08

In Glints I got 1 core every 2-3 attempts, and that was with getting killed midway through 2nd wave every time. So there is hope..........

Sprites · Sep 04, 2007, 11:24 AM // 11:24

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Originally Posted by Esan

The repeatable primary quest Destruction's Depths have you fighting a ton of destroyers. You will usually find one or two cores in a 15 minute run.

am I especially unlucky?
done this in a 6 player (+2 hero) team , no core dropped for anyone ...

Vl Vl D · Sep 04, 2007, 11:28 AM // 11:28

0 for me sice the start of Gwen.I will laugh my box off if this item is fixed and people realy did pay over 1k for them.

Vitas · Sep 04, 2007, 11:30 AM // 11:30

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Originally Posted by Sprites

am I especially unlucky?
done this in a 6 player (+2 hero) team , no core dropped for anyone ...

Your hero's got them all... as usual

What frustrates me is that my hero's are billionaires by now and I still have to outfit, upgrade and arm them from my own meager white drops

Esan · Sep 04, 2007, 11:58 AM // 11:58

When I wrote the second comment in the thread, I had only done Destruction's Depths once, during which I got two cores. I have since then redone it a dozen times and gotten exactly zero cores. I have also finished Glint's Challenge enough times to clothe all the heroes and gotten a total of ONE core for all my trouble.

Their drop rate is lower than that of ecto, which is just wrong. I hope it is a bug.

boxterduke · Sep 04, 2007, 02:03 PM // 14:03

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Originally Posted by SotiCoto

... No... I don't.
The Wiki is filtered at my workplace, so I can't view the images.
Oddly enough, this is one of the only game-related sites on the entire web that isn't filtered... so if you'd care to attach an image it would be much appreciated.

Same here with this site, I just hope its stays this way since thats the only site that keeps me connected to GW.

flettir · Sep 04, 2007, 02:33 PM // 14:33

never midn buying them for 1k apiece...where/how did u get 100? just massive farming of glint's challenge?

anyway, i got 7 going through the game once, including ONE go of the Raven's Point Dungeon (I probalby only got 1 in there anyway).
however, i've seen people buying for as much as 2k...that makes destroyer glovse more expensive than chaos gloves, and that REALLY doesn't seem right.

Vel · Sep 04, 2007, 02:37 PM // 14:37

Found 6 or so during preview weekend...sold them. Found 2 since GWEN went live. I don't think I will have the patience to get 250 to get a pair of gloves. Why all game making companies eventually get into grindfest?

- Vel

SotiCoto · Sep 04, 2007, 02:43 PM // 14:43

Meh...

I don't think this is a glitch at all.
I don't think it will "get fixed".
Destroyer Cores really are that rare. The only reason they can be considered "more rare than ecto" is because people are farming Ecto a lot these days. Killing Destroyers is easier and doesn't require an initial monetary investment... so even if their droprate is similar, it isn't as hard to accumulate them over time.

Just keep farming the damned things and eventually you'll get 250. It is just going to take a lot of time. Might as well max out your dwarven title while you're at it.

Esan · Sep 04, 2007, 02:58 PM // 14:58

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Originally Posted by SotiCoto

I don't think this is a glitch at all.
I don't think it will "get fixed".
Destroyer Cores really are that rare.

There are potentially three skills (Light of Deldrimor, Breath of the Great Dwarf, Alkar's Alchemical Acid) and one Armor of Salvation that are blocked by the requirement of 10 cores. At the present drop rate, they will take weeks of dedicated destroyer farming. I'm not one to go mental whenever grind is mentioned, but let us call the ridiculous ridiculous.

Make cores ultra rare after the first 10, and it just might begin to make sense.

GloryFox · Sep 04, 2007, 03:28 PM // 15:28

Ive done Glints challenge 3x already with full human teams. I am convinced that ANET changed the drop rate between the preview and release. I have a total of 6 from casually playing over preview and 0 since release. With two characters now done with GWEN I can honestly say something is wrong here. Furthermore I'm finding a few other collectible items were loot scaled back.