Drop rates in Posi

[Nyeleni]

Ive been keeping book about kills and drops in Posi plane for the last days. And here is the revelation: 101kills equal 5 good drops. That's a ratio of 1:20. I think that is a tad too low. 1:10 would be more appropriate.
I guess other high lvl planes and areas have the same problem. Like Negative and Illithid. Not sure about HoD, but might be the same.

Anyways if you want to see what I killed and got, please let me know and I send you a PM... (This offer is for the devs of course ).

[Fezz]

Oh only for the devs i wanted to see too.

Lol on a serious note the drop rate sucks like a vaccum cleaner in that place. As it does in the neg plane and to a lesser degree the shadow planes, but posi tops the list in my opinion.

[mgrjebbo]

Yeah thats the point. If you have enough strength and power to go there and kill stuff then you dont really need that may drops do you?

[Nyeleni]

Huh? What do you want to say with that? Do you agree that the drop rate is too low? Or do you just state that you have to kill enough stuff to get anything?

Anyways, why do I bother lately to read and esp. answering the forum? (That smile is for myself and in no way directed at the above poster).

[LinuxPup]

Drop rates for positive plane haven't been changed at all.

[mgrjebbo]

LOL. I think what she is saying linux is that it needs to be changed.

[Lorkar]

The drop rates in all the planes are fine. That gear is supposed to be hard to get. If anything they should be lowered some more. So we dont have 50 toons running around with death rapiers and white robes because they went through the planes a few times.

[VagaStorm]

The drop rates in all the planes are fine. That gear is supposed to be hard to get. If anything they should be lowered some more. So we dont have 50 toons running around with death rapiers and white robes because they went through the planes a few times.

Yeah, caus death rapier has always been an easy drop to get O.o I had a toon that could solo neg pre wipe, so I did alot, grinding them ¤&¤%/%&(%& death arcers without ever geting a single one....

[mgrjebbo]

Neg plane drops should be increased x5. The rest i agree are fine.

[MLoki]

The drop rates in all the planes are fine. That gear is supposed to be hard to get. If anything they should be lowered some more. So we dont have 50 toons running around with death rapiers and white robes because they went through the planes a few times.

I do agree with Lorkar for the most part. The drops on the mobs in all of the planar areas should be fairly rare to keep people coming back to them. If they become common then parties will just run through to the bosses and ignore the mobs completely. The bosses are the hardest part of any run so drop rates on bosses should still be fairly consistant. (and they are, except perhaps Cheery) You should have something to look forward to after defeating a boss but everything else is just there to slow you down. Be glad we still get some gear and xp along the way.

There were some things I noticed in the new areas though. Some of the Dragons in Dragon Eyrie just drop seals. I haven't checked recently but the Seal Sabar dropped wasn't called Sabar's Seal and it didn't open up the second area. Sarek in Illithids only drops his hand and the main boss in Illithids didn't drop anything. The transition to the boss wasn't working then but still took the hand. The seals and hand are both important items but not really a worthy prize for defeating these difficult opponents. Kultach in Dragon Eyrie has some unique gear and so did one of the other Dragons. Hopefully these new areas will be finished up "soon" and the final touches added to them.

As always I appreciate all the hard work that goes into these areas and these areas have some wonderfull scripting in them. If you haven't checked them out I would suggest making a run through Illithids to see the new special effects. It may require failing a will save but it's worth it.

[LinuxPup]

Neg plane drops should be increased x5. The rest i agree are fine.

That would be 100% drop rate.

[mgrjebbo]

Yeah in a prefect world. IN a bio-ware world that might be 1 drop every 7 mobs.

[DM_Kim]

WOW!! Increase the drop rate? Then everyone could have neat gear. What would we give away as prizes for some events then?

The drop rate is what it is. It worked fine pre-wipe and will remain the same. You want the good stuff, ya gots ta work for it.

[mgrjebbo]

Intresting idea Kim.

[Gornickthy]

You want the good stuff, ya gots ta work for it.

Oh you are mean. I like it.