has anyone else gotten a single drop from treasure boxes or monsters since the big update? drops as in equipment, guns, swords, armor ect? used to be possible but i havn't seen a single item AT ALL, and no one in my entire (large/active) guild has gotten a single drop since either... is it an ongoing issue that hasn't been fixed? or are we statistically impossibly unlucky?
No item drops since latest big update?
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 12:21
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 12:43
#2
hrm
well damn, why did they change it to near impossible. i wonder if that means the already rare as hell items arent even possible to obtain any longer. why would they make EVERYTHING so hard to come by now
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 13:13
#3
talked to a GM and they told
talked to a GM and they told me to fill out a bug report on it because it shouldn't be as bad as it seems, so theres at least that as some sort of confirmation. but does anyone know if monsters can still drop equipment at all? or if its treasure box only now
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 13:14
#4
Gear drops are ultra rare to begin with. I haven't seen a single one since April.
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 13:14
#5
[stupid 502 error]
Tue, 09/10/2013 - 01:49
#6
I'm assuming they have started to drop less as now there is more types of things that Treasure Boxes can drop?
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 12:37
#7
Something is definitely
Something is definitely wrong. I was averaging over a drop a month simply by playing 1 or 2 prestige missions a day.
Since the update, i haven't found anything and i'm definitely running more than before.
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 12:59
#8
just returning to normal luck?
I was averaging over a drop a month simply by playing 1 or 2 prestige missions a day.
Perhaps you were getting lucky, and your luck has now returned to normal? I have done "1 or 2 prestige missions a day" since missions were introduced, and I haven't gotten anywhere near that drop rate. In fact, my overall drop rate is something like 1 item per 10 days of playing time.
Because drops are random and infrequent, analyzing them reliably is difficult. But I am surprised that so few people have piped up with "I got a drop today" since this thread started.
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 13:20
#9
I only really began doing the
I only really began doing the prestige missions on a consistent basis this year, back in January/February. That's when my "luck" began.
I almost always play the prestige missions alone.
Before the update, i played alone to ensure that i received the drop. Now, i typically play those missions alone out of habit (easier to dictate the action).
So nothing has really changed in how i approach those missions. Yet despite running more levels since the update, i haven't received any drops.
/shrugs
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 15:27
#10
you guys are all lucky
63 hours played, 3 item drops.
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 15:31
#11
count your blessings
63 hours played, 3 item drops.
So you're getting about 1 item per day of playing time? But in post #8 I estimate my success at 1 item per 10 days of playing time. So you are much luckier than I am. Count your blessings.
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 17:25
#12
Er...
I remember some Alchemer drop back when I was new and didn't even know what that is. Early 2012. It sold for a for me back then huge amount on AH.
I don't recall any other drops, and while I don't look at what's picked up often, other people I'm playing with do, and they point out stuff.
I recall a friend getting some thing in some run ages ago, and another mentioned one fairly recently.
I might have forgotten some drop between the Alchemer and the instanced loot update, but the only things in my inventory that I can't explain are:
- 1 Flourish (might have bid on one for under 750cr months ago and forgotten it, might have crafted it with Mist at some point).
- A Beast Basher and a Hatchet. (WTH? Maybe some joke gift that I forgot about. I have a vague feeling that the game might have handed them out, but they're unbound.{*})
The real mystery:
- A bound heated to level 5 Drake Scale Mail and an unbound one with 2 UV (Ele low, Shock low). What on Earth was I thinking/planning?
So, er, I don't notice any decrease in the drop rate of gear. ;P
For the statistics, Login screen says I played this character: 207:06:00:59
{*} There's also a Big Beast Basher with UV and one without, both bound, that I guess have to do with some Mission. And 2 bound Slime Slashers with identical UV. Did they hand out too many in that reward mail? Ooh! Sprite Missions handed out another of that, and a 2nd Spiral Scale Helm. I wonder if I should feel like having an unfair advantage with those extras. ;P
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 17:49
#13
I don't remember EVERY drop I got, but I'm sure it's less than 10. And I've played for almost 2200 hours now.
And of those 10 items, maybe 3 were 4* or higher.
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 17:52
#14
Free elevators. I kind of expected this to happen. Maybe they over did it, but it does make sense.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 02:10
#15
@Viconaut
Rare items are still possible to obtain. I got a True Love Locket as a drop the other day.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 02:21
#16
Oooh, totally forgot that. I got a Locket during the Kat event, from a puppy that failed to save me. I call that revenge. ;P
(Or maybe my mind just hooked on weapons and armour stuff.)
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 04:44
#17
I my whole playing i got ONE drop.I seen two.One time i was doing JK (RJ for ''NO ITS ROYAL JELLY IDIOT !!!'' people.) when i have see the 3* jelly shield i picked it up.Someone else got it.The other time is when i seen a 4* skelly mask.My friend got it but he gived it to me cause i already had one. :3
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 12:08
#18
poot poot parp
Since Battle Sprite update came I haven't seen any item that drops from boxes (aka - not-the-true-love-locket-nor-accessories-from-impostocubes). I have quite a load of hours wasted playing this game (WAY over 2k I believe), got several items (wolver helm, jelly armor, spiral plate helm, that 4* shadow driver gun, wise owlite shield, shocking edge; there were few other items I didn't get, but saw 'em dropping), my friends were quite lucky with drops as well, but now? They have noticed the same thing.
I know they're supposed to be quite rare, but dang.
Sat, 01/11/2014 - 06:26
#19
I had 2 drops in my whole
I had 2 drops in my whole playtime (~330h), one 1* sword and a shadowtech alchemer. The first is ~1-2 years ago and the 2nd somewhat under a year
Sat, 01/11/2014 - 15:05
#20
YES!
I don't know if you found anything, but my friend found a shadow alchemer Mk II inside of a treasure box at the end of LoA (but I didn't D:) . Sadly, that was the only one. It was in September! :D :D :D
Sat, 01/11/2014 - 15:33
#21
...
1080 hours, 1 drop. A Wolver Cap I didn't even pick up.
Sat, 01/11/2014 - 15:44
#22
700 hours - 0 drops. I saw an ash tail cap in an SL last April, but someone else got it.
/e is ashamed at his terrible luck.
Sat, 01/11/2014 - 16:04
#23
Sorry Poomph
1180 hours, 5 drops: Skelly Armor, Searing Edge, 4* fire bomb, Big Angry Bomb, and I was there when my friend got the Shadowtech Alchemer Mk II after the update. It's too bad none of these came to me...
Sat, 01/11/2014 - 16:47
#24
3 years of playing
Scale Shield 1*, obtained in Devilite Drudgery Level on my Alt.(Sold)
Autogun 2*, obtained in Roarmulus Twins Boxes before Elevator.(Gave to Alt; deleted Alt to give Alt different name)
Shadowtech Alchemer MK|| 3*, obtained in Candlestick Keep Prize Box.(Sold)
Fused Demo Helm 3*, found in random Prize Box during a Clockworks Tunnel run with random; did not get.
That's all I remember. I think I recall getting a Force Buckler, but my memory's a bit fuzzy. Still no drops after the Update.
EDIT: Found an old Thread. I also found:
Brandish 2*, first reward room in an Arena on the old "Rise or Fall" Mission.(Sold)
Heavy Hatchet 1*, obtained in random Prize Box in Ironclaw Munitions Factory.(Sold)
Jelly Shield 2*, obtained in Royal Jelly Boxes before Elevator.(Sold)
well according to this post: http://forums.spiralknights.com/es/node/11128?page=4#comment-758441
the last drop was on august 2 and was just a hot edge. so probably the drop rate of item its just pretty low now.