Drop Rates: Nuking vs. 1-0n-1 Killing - Guild Wars Guru Archive

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Mar 25, 2008 at 9:59 PM • #1

Ok, this is less of a question and more of a discussion topic.

after viewing the "number of bunnies/eggs you got this weekend" thread, i noticed people talking about how some of them got better drops if they killed off all the enemies withing a span of 2 seconds, (raptor nuking) and some got better drops when they killed them off one by one, slowly. (Glints VwK farm)

my question is, have you had better drops when killing foes all quickly, or when one-by-one-ing it? (an example of 1v1-ing is the dervish AoB smite farm, whacking with your scythe till theyre all dead)

Captain Miken

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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:03 PM • #2

Whenever I farm the UW, I do it without looking, and whatever drops I get are a surprise! :O

That way, I don't come up with stupid ass conspiracy theories about drop rates, I just find ectospasms in my inventory!

Skyy High

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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:03 PM • #3

One by one, definitely. Hit all the charr in nolani with barrage a few times, I get 3 or so drops maybe. Kill them individually, and the drop rate goes up quite a bit.

Sir Pandra Pierva

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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:15 PM • #4

shouldn't this be in the farming section?

1v1 for me seems to get better drops in heavily farmed areas but in lesser farmed places it doesn't seem to matter

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Fay Vert

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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:28 PM • #5

No suprises here, the rate of kill bug/nerf is well established and proven.

Jade

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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:34 PM • #6

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiragi Yagami

Ok, this is less of a question and more of a discussion topic.

after viewing the "number of bunnies/eggs you got this weekend" thread, i noticed people talking about how some of them got better drops if they killed off all the enemies withing a span of 2 seconds, (raptor nuking) and some got better drops when they killed them off one by one, slowly. (Glints VwK farm)

my question is, have you had better drops when killing foes all quickly, or when one-by-one-ing it? (an example of 1v1-ing is the dervish AoB smite farm, whacking with your scythe till theyre all dead) Again, answered about 1,000,000 times over in various other threads like:

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showt...ighlight=drops <--- This one

But in my experience you get more 1 vs 1 than mass kill. I just don't have the patience for the 1 vs 1 killing spree.

Murmel

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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:42 PM • #7

I made a thread like this one like 2-3 days ago.. There we came to the conclusion that no-one really knows if it's better 1-1 than nuking em to peices all at once. But from my own experience, I thinks it's better to take 'em down 1-1 rather than nuking them to smitereens.

Just what I think, you guys may have other experiences and such

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Molock

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:01 PM • #8

I use a non-wiki build to farm HM raptor and with Sliver armor I kill them one by one. I seem to get more drops like that. Not fact, it just seems that way.

MithranArkanere

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:08 PM • #9

Since I also have an use for the Exp, killing all in one shot is better for me.

Terraban

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:22 PM • #10

There is a thread that proves that the drops are identical...and I mean literally identical.

Can't be bothered to find it, so go forth children, and search.

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:37 PM • #11

um its evens out kill ten you get 3 drops in 10 seconds kill individual you get 5 in 2 minutes really up to you

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Molock

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:43 PM • #12

I don't know if this is related to what you are talking about.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Loot_scaling

Look at the Bug notice at the bottom of the page.

Terraban

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:50 PM • #13

Quote: Originally Posted by Molock

I don't know if this is related to what you are talking about.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Loot_scaling

Look at the Bug notice at the bottom of the page. Not like it is official or anything...I could add that if you kill 50 charr at once they drop a chainsaw. Doesn't mean that it is true.

Edit: Found the thread...was on the very front page of the farming section....
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10225077

mr_groovy

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:52 PM • #14

Quote: Originally Posted by Terraban Not like it is official or anything...I could add that if you kill 50 charr at once they drop a chainsaw. Doesn't mean that it is true.

Edit: Found the thread...was on the very front page of the farming section....
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10225077 It's the official wiki >.> how does it not make it official?

Terraban

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Mar 25, 2008 at 11:56 PM • #15

Quote: Originally Posted by mr_groovy

It's the official wiki >.> how does it not make it official? Because anybody can edit it? The Devs didn't add that there was a bug, a normal player just added that, thinking there is a bug. Look at the talk page, they didn't even reply and show proof, they just put it there.

Edit: Look at history, an anon added it today, not long ago.

Eli Rela

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Mar 26, 2008 at 12:09 AM • #16

Please look here for detailed discussion and analysis:

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showt...php?t=10159729

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showt...ight=zelnehlun

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~ Dan ~

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Mar 26, 2008 at 12:12 AM • #17

Did you not know that loot scaling doesn't have an effect if you kill one-by-one? (well, technically it does as that's slower than mass rapage).

Old news.

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Fay Vert

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Mar 26, 2008 at 12:25 AM • #18

Quote: Originally Posted by Molock

I don't know if this is related to what you are talking about.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Loot_scaling

Look at the Bug notice at the bottom of the page. Not that I disagree with the bug comment, but it doesn't have much credibility when its added a few hours ago from an anonymous poster who doesn't spell check his entry!

Captain Miken

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Mar 26, 2008 at 12:27 AM • #19

Quote: Originally Posted by mr_groovy It's the official wiki >.> how does it not make it official? Quote Wikipedia as a source in a college/university level paper and you'll see how a wiki is not official.

Mr. Undisclosed

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Mar 26, 2008 at 1:26 AM • #20

Quote: Originally Posted by mr_groovy

It's the official wiki >.> how does it not make it official? The answer is in the quote "I could add that if you kill 50 charr at once they drop a chainsaw. Doesn't mean that it is true."