Curse

Arngrim120 · Nov 09, 2005, 06:19 PM // 18:19

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Originally Posted by Droven

My drops are always Armor's and this freaks me out while the others get green/gold/purple....

Hey, at least that's something. You're doing better than I am. 10 trips into SF, and all I have to show for it is Wroth's Icon and enough Enslavement Stones to open a crappy jewelry store.

Siren Danica · Nov 09, 2005, 06:36 PM // 18:36

I only started farming SF in October, and here's what I found:

With my N/R, I probably went on 6 5-real-person-group farming runs into SF, each lasting 30 minutes at least, a couple as long as 90 minutes, and never got a single green. On every run, someone on the team always got green however, and some players more than 1 green drop in a run.

Then one night I did the first SF Galen Trask quest with 7 henchman, and on the way out of the Furnace and back to camp, I got the green Thorgall's Shield! Figuring it was my lucky night, I got together with some buddies to farm SF in a 5-person group, and got two more greens in that run - a Brimstone, and Gardock's Staff.

Statistically, I don't know what this means, but perhaps I was due for green because of the law of averages.

Lycan · Nov 09, 2005, 08:07 PM // 20:07

Out of my 3 characters I have in the SF area, only one has gotten any decent drops. So far my W/mo has gotten the Yakslapper x2, Shadestone, and thats about it except for tons of blue and purple armor. My E/R has gotten Flints Wand, a ton of gold swords, Sup Curses, Sup Domination Magic, Sup Blood Magic, Sup Strength and 3 Sup Vigor. My Mes/N on the other hand has yet to get a gold or green drop in SF. All I seem to get is blues and purples, be it armor or weapons. I seem to think my Mesmer is cursed or something.

A User Name · Nov 09, 2005, 10:10 PM // 22:10

Yeah i found out my account is cursed lol. out of close to 10-12 trips and clearings of sorrows forge with me and 4 hench (5 man team) i have gotten 2x Thorgal stone smashers. That it. I haven't gotten anything else of value, no runes, golds, ect. This is with my ranger/ele, my mes/necro hasnt gotten a green yet.

streetboy · Nov 09, 2005, 10:51 PM // 22:51

I got my most dyes from per-searing, and less from post-searing. I went out yesterday doing SF farm, the monk said he was the bad luck for nothing dropping for the entire team, I told him hell no. The first FA farming we went with empty green for everyone, second trip went in without FA quest, so we killed about 3 bosses and got no green drops, at 4th boss, I got a green, then next boss dropped 2 green for the team, then again a single drop. All I am trying to say, it is random, sometime green drops crazy, sometime drops nothing.

EagleEye33 · Nov 10, 2005, 02:14 PM // 14:14

this thread is still going? its random luck dudes lol

Darkest Dawn · Nov 10, 2005, 05:45 PM // 17:45

Speaking of random luck.... or the lack thereof, I have farmed Grenths around a dozen times with peeps twice, and henchies around another ten times. I have yet to get a green.

While not a big deal, it still would be cool to get one, lol ;p

Funk ee Monk ee · Nov 10, 2005, 08:24 PM // 20:24

As a quick update I must say the fortunes for my Nec have changed for the better. I went to Perdition to cap Tainted Flesh, then to Dreadnaughts with my guild to cap Fest of Corruption. I then tried one more group for a fa farm run and it was unreal. I personally got Malinon's Shield, Ivor's Icon, and Rago's Wand. I do not remember the other drops but there was only one boss (Brimstone) that did not drop a green.

We decided to push our luck, zoned into GF and back, and I got a Willcrusher while farming SF. There was also a Brohn's Staff, a Tarnok's bow (forget which), Tanzit Cleaver and a few other greens drop for the group. So a FA/SF farm group of 5 got roughly 12 green drops in an hours time. So I guess all those runs (20-50) of no/crappy greens paid off in one lump sum.

Eldrig · Nov 10, 2005, 10:04 PM // 22:04

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Originally Posted by Darkest Dawn

Speaking of random luck.... or the lack thereof, I have farmed Grenths around a dozen times with peeps twice, and henchies around another ten times. I have yet to get a green.

While not a big deal, it still would be cool to get one, lol ;p

i've cleaned out grenths a few dozen times with henchies and never seen a green. I'm one of those "beginning players" who has to farm for 1-2 days to scape up 15k so im hopin for a lucky green drop to sell.

allience · Nov 13, 2005, 01:48 AM // 01:48

i think that the more u farm in 1 place on an accnt the less drops u get.
i say it coz i have 2 accnts. and sometimes i play a lot on 1 of them and neglect the other. and after a while the char i play starts to get no drops assigned to him. if i go on my other accnt that i didn't play in a few days, i start to get more greens assigned to me again.
but maybe it's just coincidence.

Lanzen Traeger · Nov 14, 2005, 08:25 AM // 08:25

hmm nice theory,

think ive been "cursed" at the beginning when i got there, but now its kinda over and i get enough green drops so yaay for me

. was gettin kinda worried whenever i would get 1 lol.

Eldrig · Nov 14, 2005, 09:34 AM // 09:34

eh, i never got a green drop. im giving up for awhile.

Nefertem · Nov 14, 2005, 01:52 PM // 13:52

Monk > *? You gotta be kidding me, right? As a Prot monk, I get *nothing*. Seriously, nothing of value. Just a bunch of Enslavement stones and Stone Summit Badges. And I'm the one spamming the most spells

Loralai · Nov 14, 2005, 02:29 PM // 14:29

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Originally Posted by Savio

Current stats for my recorded runs (albeit a bit low at 27 runs):

Green drops:
Total: 63 - 100.00%
Elementalists: 24 - 38.10%
Necromancers: 20 - 32.75%
Monks: 10 - 15.87%
Rangers: 2 - 3.17%
Mesmers: 0 - 0.00%
Warriors: 7 - 11.11%

Party Composition
Total party members: 202 - 100.00%
Elementalists: 70 - 34.65%
Necromancers: 42 - 20.79%
Monks: 42 - 20.79%
Rangers: 15 - 7.43%
Mesmers: 3 - 1.49%
Warriors: 32 - 15.84%

Looks pretty even to me honestly. Compare it this way. (First number is party compilation, second, percentage of green drops.) Keep in mind if you have a larger percentage of elementalists in your party, you should expect them to have a larger drop rate percentage.

Elementalists: 70 - 34.65%....24 - 38.10%
Necromancers: 42 - 20.79%...20 - 32.75%
Monks: 42 - 20.79%...10 - 15.87%
Rangers: 15 - 7.43%...2 - 3.17%
Mesmers: 3 - 1.49%...0 - 0.00%
Warriors: 32 - 15.84%...7 - 11.11%

The largest discrepancy seems to be in the Necro class (with a 12% difference between the two). I think 0-5% difference between team comprisal and drop rate is acceptable, 12% is a bit of a stretch.

When I first started farming SF with my ranger (most times with a guildmate or two and henchmen) I got a pretty decent drop rate. There have been a couple times when I've watched one person get 2-3 and everyone else gets left in the cold. Lately, I get nothing, other than the "once in a blue moon" crap drop from outside the furnace. I think it's just a crazy combination of luck and timing.

I think, however, I may start to keep tabs on it likewise, just to see. Nice job with the record keeping. Interesting information.

Damon Windwalker · Nov 15, 2005, 03:11 PM // 15:11

This is really nothing new - rather consistant with the rest of the game.

I played an ele and a necro all the way through, before starting a warrior. The warrior has always gotten significantly better and more drops than the other 2 combined.

So far I've only run my minion necro in the footprint/forge. Many many runs - missions, farming, 5-man, full party, henchies - not a single green drop.

Some people think it's based on damage output. With the numbers and levels of minions I can keep running, combined with the AoE nerf, I end up being the main damage-dealer. Yet no greens. To me, combined with what I have observed in the rest of the game when it comes to drop distribution, I still think that something is hosed with the drop distribution system.

Darkest Dawn · Nov 16, 2005, 03:45 AM // 03:45

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Originally Posted by Eldrig

i've cleaned out grenths a few dozen times with henchies and never seen a green. I'm one of those "beginning players" who has to farm for 1-2 days to scape up 15k so im hopin for a lucky green drop to sell.

I finally got two. I was in a state of shock.

Yes, It takes me a while to build up gold as well. My current characters aren't able to access some of the real juicy places to farm and explore at this time.

ChoKILLate[FDG] · Nov 16, 2005, 02:10 PM // 14:10

I have done several runs almost all of them with my monk. I have a storage half full of Green items, and my 8 characters all have at least 2 green items corresponding to their class. I have gotten several repeat items, but I have never ever gotten a green sword. I am wondering if certain green items will only drop for a certain class?

I seem to get the fewest greens with my necro and ranger.

Darkest Dawn · Nov 16, 2005, 04:21 PM // 16:21

The two came from my ranger, lol. It's the warrior and the elementalist who have come up empty handed.

Savio · Nov 16, 2005, 04:34 PM // 16:34

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Originally Posted by ChoKILLate[FDG]

I am wondering if certain green items will only drop for a certain class?

Not sure if this has anything to do with your question, but I only farm SF with my Warrior, and he has gotten about 30 greens with ones from every profession. I doubt they're profession-specific.

One2theHead · Nov 17, 2005, 02:45 PM // 14:45

I always wondered if being in 'favor' had anything to do with it. Sometimes, or so it seems, I have better luck when we are in favor.