please increase red diamond drop rates

[Energizeric]

When you say you saw no pinks, you mean you did not receive any pinks yourself or there weren't any pink drops in general in these 25 paid dungeon runs? In case you mean you didn't receive anything yourself but other people were getting pinks, how many were these pinks (approximately)? Also, how frequent were purple drops?

I did see some pinks, just did not get any myself during that run. Also please keep in mind that most people running the paid dungeon are also using a paid elixir which includes some sort of luck bonus, and many times this elixir is also stacked on top of a daily combo elixir which also has a luck bonus. So almost all the pinks that come do so by way of being rerolled from purples, and almost all purples you see are rerolls from greens. So yes I see quite a few purples, but almost all are rerolls from greens. It's very rare to see a purple that's not a reroll, since everyone is running with luck elixers, but I can remember a time I did see a purple without a reroll and was annoyed that it didn't reroll.

So again it's hard to make a valid comparison between the paid dungeon and the regular ones because not only are the drops with such greater frequency due to there being 7 bosses in one small dungeon, but also the players are running with these elixirs so that too will increase the number of pinks rerolling from purples.

Last night once again I played the paid dungeon. I decided I would play until I dropped a diamond, and it took me over 2 hours and about 20+ runs. I saw about 5 diamonds, a couple of recipes and a beastly armor drop to other players during that time, and all except for one were rerolls.

I think the drop rate here is just fine. Prices of diamonds will continue to drop due to the players in the paid dungeon until the price becomes so low that it doesn't pay to farm the paid dungeon anymore. Then the price will level off. I'm guessing it will drop until it reaches 300-400k per diamond. At that price we are talking 2m to craft a full set which in my opinion is about right. I don't want crafted sets going for 200k like the crafted fang sets do...that's far too cheap for a premium set.

[Brave Sir Robin]

I did see some pinks, just did not get any myself during that run. Also please keep in mind that most people running the paid dungeon are also using a paid elixir which includes some sort of luck bonus, and many times this elixir is also stacked on top of a daily combo elixir which also has a luck bonus. So almost all the pinks that come do so by way of being rerolled from purples, and almost all purples you see are rerolls from greens. So yes I see quite a few purples, but almost all are rerolls from greens. It's very rare to see a purple that's not a reroll, since everyone is running with luck elixers, but I can remember a time I did see a purple without a reroll and was annoyed that it didn't reroll.

So again it's hard to make a valid comparison between the paid dungeon and the regular ones because not only are the drops with such greater frequency due to there being 7 bosses in one small dungeon, but also the players are running with these elixirs so that too will increase the number of pinks rerolling from purples.

Last night once again I played the paid dungeon. I decided I would play until I dropped a diamond, and it took me over 2 hours and about 20+ runs. I saw about 5 diamonds, a couple of recipes and a beastly armor drop to other players during that time, and all except for one were rerolls.

Thanks for this detailed report. It is indeed very hard to estimate if the drop rate of diamonds in the paid dungeon is better that in the campaign.

I did 80 runs this weekend in the campaign maps (95% Dragon's Nest) and saw the following pinks:

3x diamonds (2 to me )
2 recipes (1 to me)
3 helmets (1 to me)

All from Dragon's Nest but ofc that was because 95% of the runs were there.

But you are right, diamond drop rate may seem better in the paid dungeon (when it's actually not) because you run 7 bosses in 6-7 mins. So in your 20 runs you had 140 drops in 2 hours. If the average for the Nest is 5 mins, my 80 runs took 6.7 hours. To get your 140 drops I would need about 12 hours which feels like forever

Also, I got at least 2 purples without re-rolls. It sucks when it happens lol. But the reason why I asked you about the purples was because I wanted to find out how advantageous would be the use of Shamus in the paid dungeon.

[Energizeric]

Update:

So on Friday night I once again started farming the plat dunegon, and on my first run I dropped a L75 Flying Drangonscale Armor from KOAL. It's the first time I've dropped an armor since BSM was released. We all know how rare the armors are and the high prices of 2m+ per.

What's funny is that I already have completed my crafted strength set -- I bought all 4 uncrafted items (helm, armor, scythe & shield) and the 3 of the 4 recipes (I farmed the armor recipe), but I farmed all the diamonds to craft. So once that was complete (about a week ago) I decided I was going to crafted a dex talon set (I'm a dual spec bear). So I bought the helm, talon and wing, but didn't have enough gold to buy the armor, so I was really pleased when that exact armor dropped to me. Now I just need some more diamonds to craft the dex set.

So I figured I'd play the plat dungeon a few more nights and I'd get my diamonds. Well, that is where my luck ended. I proceeded to do about 20 runs on Friday after dropping the armor, another 20-30 runs on Saturday, and another dozen or so last night, and not a single pink drop in any of them. So I'm just about to the point where I don't know if I will do the paid dungeon anymore. I'm getting tired of spending huge amounts of plat and getting nothing. And the diamonds are coming down in price, so I may just save up and buy them.

As for using a shamus, I'd say it isn't worth it. Runs through the paid dungeon take around 6-8 minutes, meaning with a shamus you could probably do around 4 runs, or 28 drops. I'd say you would be better off just running with a daily combo, or if you don't have that then the 7 plat elixir which gives 30% luck bonus I believe. The drop rate for purples is pretty low as well, and the chance of one of those 28 being a purple that doesn't reroll with 30% luck is very low. If the drops were worth 2m each, then maybe. But most of the drops falling seem to be diamonds, and they are down to about 600-700k now. I'd say it's not worth getting shamus, but that's just my opinion.