A question about Oink

(I am not sure if this is the right forum for posting this in so bear with me)

When doing the Gates of Kryta mission (and other stuff there) I would always get oink to follow me, as he is an invincible blocker, that does damage. But recently, I heard from someone that Oink screws up the item drops.

Is this true?

Keep an eye out, maybe sometimes you get a blank drop off of monsters or chests open but nothing comes out. If that's the case and you have no henchmen, oink is eating more than he's letting on.

I wouldn't be surprised if Oink did take some drops, as to help eliminate people taking him further than he's supposed to go (the town).

I doubt he screws up drops....even if he does, it's never been to any noticable degree.

Anyway, you need oink for the bonus, so bring him. Loot at the part of the game isnt worth fussing about.

I thought the Lightning Drakes in that area were considered good farming?

It isn't really worth it to farm them anymore, it takes too long to get to them and only the first time I did it, did I get any good items.

Seriously, what does a pig need anything for in the first place? I'm sure there is plenty of mudd bogs in the jungle for him to lay in.

Quote: Originally Posted by arnansnow

The quality of the drop depends on your level and the monsters level. The first tme you run an area the drops will be much better, cause your level is closer to theirs. As you progress in exp. the drop quality will get less and less. I would be worth while to go back and do a few times before you start to level higher

Quote: As you progress in exp. the drop quality will get less and less Is it a Known Fact that drops get worse as you reach higher levels? I'd never heard that before.

That's weird.

Quote: Originally Posted by JoDiamonds

How many people have seen Oink spout "Rurik speak" ? He becomes Prince Rurik. It's probably the same hench script, and sometimes it really is Rurik but in his well-known piggie form. And when it goes this bugged, Oink is unusable... you walk him up to the kid and it doesn't trigger.

Quote: The Quality of the drop depends on the monster level vs. your level. As you play the game the monster levels gets higher and so does your's, so the drops remain generally the same. The quality of the drop also factors in the difficulty of the monster. Regular monsters will drop typically a +/-1 level item on their drop, i.e. a level 5 monster may drop a level 4, 5, or 6 item. The more difficult the monster the better the drop will get, bosses and monsters of greater difficulty have a chance to drop an item that is +4-5 level's above their's. Resulting in a purple or gold drop, or an item with mods. Anyone have another source with this same information? It's pretty obvious that higher level monsters give higher quality drops, but I've only seen on this thread that higher level players receive lower quality drops.

(It's not that I don't believe it's true or anything, I'm just very curious about this...)

can you charm oink? :|

Quote: Originally Posted by JoDiamonds

Quote: Originally Posted by mylilpony

Quote: Originally Posted by GW Monkey How many people have seen Oink spout "Rurik speak" ? Yeah I seen him talk also. Kinda the same as Joe when you have to feed him the juniper meats? click, click . It's just creepy hearing the scorpion talk to ya