Daldaen
02-21-2017, 01:04 PM
Previously discussed and resolved in this thread:
http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59531&highlight=Ancient+Blade&page=3
At some point on Live however it went from being an uncommon drop to a guaranteed drop. I'd like to make the argument this change coincided with the June patch which eased the requirements on the Warrior epic to add Green Scales to Hoshkar:
http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20010627.html
Rumor has it that there is a new source for green dragon scales in Norrath.
First mention of the blade drop being changed is in August 2001:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4979&p=2#comments
the ***** drops blade every time now.
Granted the post doesn't seem like the most credible of posts, but I know on Live this did get changed and I've yet to find any posts about Queen not dropping a blade after this point.
Now I know Magelo (https://eq.magelo.com/npc/30760) shows an 84% drop but it doesn't count it if you don't actually loot the item and being that it is a non-MQable piece of an epic it's understandable some people would leave it behind. It is 100% on Live currently and has been since late Velious.
In the absence of evidence to suggest June versus August, I think flagging this change for August is also acceptable, I just figured they might pair up some epic changes in a single patch and not mention the drop rate one.
Discuss!
http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59531&highlight=Ancient+Blade&page=3
At some point on Live however it went from being an uncommon drop to a guaranteed drop. I'd like to make the argument this change coincided with the June patch which eased the requirements on the Warrior epic to add Green Scales to Hoshkar:
http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20010627.html
Rumor has it that there is a new source for green dragon scales in Norrath.
First mention of the blade drop being changed is in August 2001:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4979&p=2#comments
the ***** drops blade every time now.
Granted the post doesn't seem like the most credible of posts, but I know on Live this did get changed and I've yet to find any posts about Queen not dropping a blade after this point.
Now I know Magelo (https://eq.magelo.com/npc/30760) shows an 84% drop but it doesn't count it if you don't actually loot the item and being that it is a non-MQable piece of an epic it's understandable some people would leave it behind. It is 100% on Live currently and has been since late Velious.
In the absence of evidence to suggest June versus August, I think flagging this change for August is also acceptable, I just figured they might pair up some epic changes in a single patch and not mention the drop rate one.
Discuss!