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Originally Posted by loramin
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Except, it doesn't. You don't sit at a camp, getting points for sitting there, until you accrue enough points to get the item you want. Maybe in some modern EQ expansion, but not in the classic era.
What do you do? Keep taking random chances that have no connection to any previous chance, until you get what you want. Even if you raid and accrue DKP outside the game, inside the game you still need a random chance for the item you want to drop.
That's how the game we all love works: no points that improve your odds when you take lots of random chances, just equally random chances until you "win".
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You increase your odds of getting items by physically killing mobs and getting named mobs to pop. You also, to a degree, have agency over how quickly this occurs as your character grows more powerful. Additionally, at best, you only compete against yoursef for a fixed % chance of the rare drop or at worst 5 other players all working towards said item.
Physical engagement leads to greater odds. Nothing influences /random (that i am aware of). The mob is on a fixed timer, and you must compete with dozens of players with no way to increase your odds. I dont really know why there would need to be an argument of saying we need to keep it that way to preserve an everquest experience, and why it needs to be more unpleasant than necessary. People that make more rolls or can get some kind of camping currency like the urn system makes perfect sense and i dont know why resisting the idea of putting more time in results in greater odds could possibly be a bad thing.