Drop rate for Fey Artifacts in Destard is really abysmally low....
No wonder that players prefer to gather eggs.... even when, at least to my liking, it is royally boring and monotonous (I do not script.....).
I wear 2,500+ Luck and still, I cannot get Fey Artifact drops in Destard at a rate anywhere comparable with gathering eggs...
And, on top of that, I die lots in Destard with all the related annoyances and insurance costs.
@Kyronix , perhaps it is necessary to up the Fey Artifacts drop rate and quite a bit ?
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Sure, they were all regular, no Paragons... but killing those 20 decent monsters with the amount of Luck that I am wearing, should have given me at least a couple of drops and, yet, I got none...
popps said: The amount of luck you are wearing has probably diminished your killing power significantly.
Choices.
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo
I would guess that the drop rate takes into account the length of time the event was scheduled to be active, it is also closely linked to the fame of the creatures you are killing, with, I believe, a slight emphasis on the fey creatures.
In your list you killed ONE fey creature, other than that only the shadow wyrm has significant fame. I suspect that you are killing the wrong things and too slowly. Daemon go down in 2 hits usually. I would estimate that the 20 creatures you killed should have taken no more than 10 minutes, if that.
That is, since, as you well say my worn Luck has diminished considerably my killing power, with that worn Luck, I would still need to be able, by Designed mechanics, to earn as many drops as another players wearing less Luck BUT, having more killing power and, therefore, killing a lot more as myself in the same given time....
That is, with 2,500+ worn Luck, my 20 regular, non-paragon kills, should count towards Fey Artifacts drops rate, as much as another player wearing much less Luck but killing, say, 50 Creatures including Paragons among them....
As you said, choices.... but in the end, the Design of the Event should provide the same equal Fey Artifacts drops to those players wearing high Luck but killing much less and of lower quality kills as those players who, instead, wear much less Luck but, with gear more focused on killing power, can kill a lot more and of higher quality monsters.
It is called game BALANCE, to my opinion...
@Kyronix ?
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo
Just killed, ming you, wearing 2,500+ Luck, 2 Paragon Wyverns and 1 Paragon Unicorn and, guess what ?
I got zero Fey Artifact drop, none, nada....
I do not think it is working right.... 3 Paragons with 2,500+ Luck worn and no drop ?
My understanding was that Luck does not affect the likelihood of a drop, but rather the mods on the drop. Although, I also feel like we've heard it every which way at one point or another.
If I find a Link I will post it.... @Mariah , can you perhaps help here ?
EDIT. There you go, found it.... https://forum.uo.com/discussion/comment/59520/#Comment_59520
last three nights dungeon has been quite playable without regard to the drop rate. I did about what I expected drop wise for the amount of time that I played which works out to maybe a half dozen or so drops per hour. If you are alone, you need to take the time to pick you targets carefully.
Seeing some of the really good players on my shard collecting eggs now as opposed to playing in the dungeon. Maybe, UO should consider monitoring that if it is not already.
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo
Exactly the same I am getting now!
@McDougle
So was that dungeon broken also? I guess all of them are...
I guess I got better, I'm getting 5 to 6 in Destard per hour.
i suspect one is more fun to do than the other. Plus there is a chance of getting good loot in the dungeon, gains in honor or skills. “
I played the previous dungeons HARD, like I lived there for the duration. The drop rate here is not the same. It might just be the amount of movement needed, more spread out spawn, but this one is significantly less.
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In Hythloth, I was getting 20ish drops an hour without a potion or luck statue. When I'd use my luck statue (+1200 luck), I'd be closer to 30 drops an hour. I was able to do that consistently. My best in Destard without a potion but WITH luck statue is 18 but on average it's 15 (depending how many paragons I have to kill).
I don't think the problem is necessarily that the drop rate changed on the spawn but really due to the stuff being so spread out that you often need to run a few screens just to kill one thing. So if anything I think the actual problem is that the dynamic treasures event was a cookie cutter design that doesn't necessarily fit every dungeon. In dungeons like Deceit and Hythloth (and Orc Dungeon on Origin when it started) the cookie cutter design was perfect, but what we saw is that when applied to Fire & Destard it didn't really fit as well.
I think some additional consideration needs to be taken into account when selecting the dungeon and the cookie cutter might need tweaked. In this case, I think that the fey spawn should be increased in Destard while keeping a cap on number of paragons.
also keep in mind Destard has no doors where you can trap n' store all the hard para's.... if you get a cluster of greater dragons or shadow wyrm paras. they have to be dealt with at some point.