Difference in Classic Live *Rare* drops

Thatguy05 · #1 10-17-2011, 01:03 PM

P99 ... 3 Days on and off lvl 30 mob with what seems like 1/100th chance of dropping after killing said mob 14 times in 3 days

Live ... IF even 30 mins on a level 30 mob to get the item drop.

Ohyeah I MAD BROS

Mardur · #2 10-17-2011, 01:04 PM

Very informative post 5 bloody stars.

Thatguy05 · #3 10-17-2011, 01:06 PM

Thanks on the understanding and will to get to the bottom of this.

Ele · #4 10-17-2011, 01:30 PM

overwhelming details

Palemoon · #5 10-17-2011, 01:42 PM

I saw a Melodious Truncheon in the auction forums. You know not even ONE of those exist on Al'kabor , and I personally camped it for 2 weeks straight because I just have a thing for ultra rare items.

THere is even patch notes for the current EQ live progression server that say something to the effect of "certain kunark drops were made more common". Guarantee you Truncheon was one of them.

If there are more then a few Melodious Truncheons on p99, NOT CLASSIC. You guys don't know the meaning of true "ultra rare".

How many of those are there on the server? If its more then a few, a bug report is in order.

Harrison · #6 10-17-2011, 01:45 PM

Melodious Truncheon wasn't ultra rare. I saw that thing all the time on live, long before progression.

Palemoon · #7 10-17-2011, 01:48 PM

Well not even one has ever dropped on Al'kabor, and only three Steel Hilted Flint Daggers (I own one). About the same number of those short swords that proc darkness.

The rare drops from Howling Stones are VERY rare on Al'kabor. And yeah I know all the place holders of ever named in the joint. When you are stuck with the same expansions for half a dozen years.. you have to find things to amuse yourself with.

Palemoon · #8 10-17-2011, 01:55 PM

hmm can't edit this in so new post:

Let me elaborate. On Al'kabor there is a glitch/bug with the pacify line of spells. Basically, if you cast pacify twice in a row on mobs, they stay paccifed forever. So.. i've pacified the entire dungeon of howling stones and did nothing but run from one place holder to the next killing only the named and placeholders... for weeks at a time (would just AFK in the dungeon around the pacified mobs while not killing named).

Yeah its an awful bug, but we are the forgotten server so we get zero fixes (this might change real soon though thanks to Lion not working with the old EQ client), but that pacify bug has allowed me to thoroughly mega camp howling stones (and other dungeons) and see the drop rates over hundreds of named and placeholders.

I had over hmm hell if i know, 50 bloodpoints at one time, I lost count.. just destroyed them, trying for a steel hilted flint dagger.. same with the Truncheon, that NEVER dropped. Only saw one short sword of obeteration too in all that time.

Just saying.

Harrison · #9 10-17-2011, 02:03 PM

It sounds like a bug in the RNG/loot tables.

I owned a LOT of steel hilted flint daggers on live. I used them as pet weapons.

Asher · #10 10-17-2011, 02:53 PM

Tranquil Staff dropped maybe once a month on live. Here it is about one a day.

Wu's Trance sticks used to be rare as fuck. Probably also around one a month. Here there are several that drop each day.

Many drop rates suck ass on this server. I don't know what you expect on an emulated server. If you have proof that something is wrong post it in bugs, wait 6 months and it may get fixed.

Asher