Bad loot - a response

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Sinnesteuer wrote:

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reboticon wrote:

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Sinnesteuer wrote:

Measuring self-worth and accomplishment against the RNG gains of others is the super-highway to satisfaction.

Spoiler

Right?

Riddle me this - If you guys totally don't care at all about what other people have, why do you have a problem with people wanting tweaked drop rates? Wouldn't effect you in the least as you are free to /destroy any item you find, no?

Because simply tweaking drop rates is not going to adequately address your issues of feeling like you never get "good" drops. In order to increase your satisfaction with the drop system you would need not only an increase in the number, but also the "quality" of drops, and then you would still groan over not getting "optimal" drops of 6 top-tier mods, all of use to your toon, on the highest level base available.

Your complaints over loot have always been two-fold (at least, since I have been on these forums):
1. I never find enough loot
2. The loot that I do find is never good enough, nor what I am really looking for.

Increasing drop rates may resolve issue #1, but will do nothing to influence #2.

Increasing drop rates while simultaneously improving end result mod rolls would address both issues, but it also injects an insane amount of power creep into the game. That power creep would quickly result in you complaining that you can now totally faceroll all content to lvl 100 and there is no more content to keep you engaged.

What is that popular definition of "insanity" again? Something along the lines of "insanity is consistently engaging in the same activity with the expectation of different results", I think. Obviously those of us that are OK with the current system are the crazies, right?

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bluefalcon74 wrote:

You're here for the challenge, and then proceed directly to trade-to-win mode? Wow. Hardcore.

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Boem wrote:

I ran to maps in the one week nemesis + domination race , self found and solo up to maps.

Then i was forced to trade if i wanted to progress more because no way in hell would my character be "map viable" with the normal grind.

Here is another observation for you, i opened a 66 map, solo i cleared it maybe 35% and then decided i can not possibly run this (i was already lvl 67 at this point farming docks for maybe 18+ hours) due to danger of getting one shotted by a crit.

Then i joined a public party running maps and i was facerolling lvl 70+ maps with ease.
No danger at all. My physical reduction boosted to 43% from the normal 9%, my resis where capped at 77 suddenly instead of 75, and my dps suddenly doubled (1150 LA went to 2400, single target frenzy from 2450 to 5600)

If anything, solo should get +350%iir and for every team member that joins u should lose 50% :E. (not serious, but still you get my point)

I think the perfect solution to this problem is letting the quest rewards be the same items for every single character, medium rolled rare items. Pretty much like the descent rares functioned, you could build around them since you where assured you got them.

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Deux wrote:

You have a better chance of finding a lottery unique than you do finding a top tier rare.

Those arent dropped, they are crafted.

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Boem wrote:

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Cribstaxx wrote:

Already domination has tons of incredible gear for sale and the league doesn't end for another month.

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Solo self-found works very differently for me than what you're describing. As a S-SF player, I run docks into the 70's. Then go between piety, cata and maps.

Normally maps get started in the mid70 range or so. you were 67 and sound soul-destroyed for not being able to map a 66.

The solution: run in a party and give up on solo play. My solution: farm more like an ARPG invites....

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This. The gear is dropping. Just not for you, unfortunately. That's RNG.