Question on orb drop rates

Hey guys just wondering about the current drop rates for orbs. It seems that sometimes I cant throw a rock at a crate a mile away without finding an orb underneath (NOT complaining about this lol), especially during Act 1, but in Act 2 the drop rate seems non-existent. So for myself I guess I'm wondering if I just had some SERIOUS bad luck, and also what everyones thoughts are from their point of view.

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rashed85 wrote:

Hey guys just wondering about the current drop rates for orbs. It seems that sometimes I cant throw a rock at a crate a mile away without finding an orb underneath (NOT complaining about this lol), especially during Act 1, but in Act 2 the drop rate seems non-existent. So for myself I guess I'm wondering if I just had some SERIOUS bad luck, and also what everyones thoughts are from their point of view.

I'm gonna have to go with bad luck on this one m8. I've had similar results in both acts, although I've certainly had good and bad streaks from time to time.

Also the higher level you get, the more orbs seem to drop.

I don't have any complaints about the orb drop rates in this patch, I seem to have found a good amount on a regular basis *Touchwood*

well im hoping they upped the rate for 9.4 cos in 9.3 i can count the high level orbs that dropped for me on 2 hands.

In the whole of 9.3(about 3 hours played per day)i had a total of 4 alchemy orbs 2 chaos orbs 1 exulted and 1 divine and thats all.

Orb drop rates shouldn't have been affected by anything in the 9.4 patch.

Blue monsters should have orb drop rate, the higher the difficulty the more of blues ,the less of whites ,so currently you loose orb drop rate with difficulty.

Blue mobs are wery common ,why they dont drop orbs?? Even if it was just like 25% of white mobs drop rate ,it would be alright.

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taekvideo wrote:

Orb drop rates shouldn't have been affected by anything in the 9.4 patch.

Agreed. The orb rates were already altered in .93 in preparation for vendor selling. That is the reason why the drop rates on orbs seem to be so low.

Also, IIRC in .93 boss drops were altered. Bosses no longer drop currency items but have an increased chance on rarity. Also there's this from .94 notes:

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Modified the drop rates of bosses (magic and above) so that there is less item spam but so that you still stand a good chance of getting magic, rare and unique items.

This suggests that 'bosses' are considered 'magic and above'. If what I'm saying is true, then it makes sense why you don't see currency drops from these monsters.

Edit: I do recall correctly. Here is something from the .93 notes:

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Bosses can only drop equipment now. This was done so that we can control the distribution of currency items and skill gems better.

Consider 'bosses (magic and above)' and that means orbs only drop from objects in the environment and normal, white mobs. The perceived effect being a low orb drop rate.

I see that was mentioned orbs were not affected but I have had more drop in the couple hours I played after 0.9.4 patch than I did in an entire day of playing previously. I'm definitely not complaining since orbs are the win.

These kind of topics getting wear off really fast,

Just dropped 1 chromatic, 1 jeweler, and 2 chaos spheres in Chaos. So why ask for more ? Feed your greed people...

the drop rate on low level orbs are fine its orb of chaos and above that are very rare now.