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Increased Drop Rate for Orbs of Alchemy

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Sun, 11/29/2015 - 13:34
Atentator's picture
Atentator

Orbs of Alchemy, at this point, drop very VERY rarely, as everyone surely knows. If this drop rate was increased, players would be able to more quickly upgrade their weapons, and people would be less likely to lose interest in the game, especially when they would have gotten stuck at the various Hall of Heroes missions for several weeks as they farmed crowns to upgrade their equipment. In short, an increase to the drop rate for Orbs of Alchemy, one of the game's most important resources, would greatly increase the playability and popularity of the game, because Alchemy would become far more realistic and attainable.

Personally, I don't see how anyone could disagree with this, but feel free to reply if you do.

Sun, 11/29/2015 - 14:22
#1
Autofire's picture
Autofire
You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

I dunno about you, pal, but I have about 12 Eternal Orbs and around 50 Radiants. Go figure. (FYI you can burn thousands of Rads before a 5* item is fully heated.)

I could use more 4* orbs, however. The lower star orbs can be bought somewhat cheaply.

Sun, 11/29/2015 - 18:10
#2
Corporal-Shade's picture
Corporal-Shade
I'm a Wizard

I found two Elite Orbs of Alchemy on two different and my only Sewer Stash runs today.
I save my money for party hats and ribbons.

Sun, 11/29/2015 - 18:29
#3
Falminar's picture
Falminar
Play Elite.

Not too much of a problem on Elite.

Mon, 11/30/2015 - 07:05
#4
Abelisk's picture
Abelisk

Have you played Spiral Knights before the Orbs of Alchemy existed? Energy was used instead of Orbs, since Rarities did not exist at the time. Energy was not simply found from chests, and it took very long to craft 5* gear.

Tue, 12/01/2015 - 13:18
#5
Fangel's picture
Fangel
No thanks.

The issue with the game isn't orb of alchemy rarity, but rather mission pacing. If by the time you reached a hall of heroes mission you already had 6-9 out of the 12 orbs you need, then it would make the grind for rarities a lot less intrusive. If all you do is play the story missions on normal, then yeah, you're going to have a massive shortage of resources because the game speeds you along without much challenge until tier 3.

So, that being said, orb of alchemy drops are fine where they stand. Pacing the game around the normal or advanced difficulty would be better, making the elite mode not the default "only good drop" mode.

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