Thoughts on Elite Weapons "Boosted" Drop Rate.

Some things to consider after yesterdays's patch that suppsoedly "slightly" boosted Elite drop rates.

After 8 nonstop hours of Shamrock Thrash,
After seeing 12 elites drop in those 8 hours,
After getting some elites myself,
After seeing lucky people like Bitslap get 3 elites in one hour,
After hearing Waldo farm 60Mil today,
After hearing Parf farm 20Mil today,
AFTER seeing all 3 elite weapons emerge on CS for gold cap and fall WITHIN A DAY to 6-7mil,

I can say that the drop rate was boosted "exponentially" instead.

Now some questions.

1. Is this a good change for the Elite's rarity and value?
2. What effect will this have on current Humania gear?
3. How many more people will I have to boot for using the Elite Suicide Blaster at Guru H2O?

Multiple people got multiple elite drops and not just 2...congratz all! But ye these prices will drop for sure and since this isnt like dragon armor ..humania is goin to be here a while ..unlike dragons comin out shortly before new cap..but humania wel probably be here for a while so lot more droppin

Geez, STS loves nerfing things.

I say don't complain (people in general). Sure they drop more, but if it goes back to normal people will complain about that.

I say "who really care?" A game is meant to be fun, not hard labor. Outside of the social aspect of this game, seeing pinks and elites drop is what keeps many of us coming back. To much emphasis on pixel gold. I am one of the lucky few to get multiple drops and could care less how much they sell for. If it's gold cap, fine. If it drops to 5-6 mil.... fine again. At the end of the day, when this game is at it's last cap and we all move on, the "gold" doesn't come with us.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

I say "who really care?" A game is meant to be fun, not hard labor. Outside of the social aspect of this game, seeing pinks and elites drop is what keeps many of us coming back. To much emphasis on pixel gold. I am one of the lucky few to get multiple drops and could care less how much they sell for. If it's gold cap, fine. If it drops to 5-6 mil.... fine again. At the end of the day, when this game is at it's last cap and we all move on, the "gold" doesn't come with us.

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Yes it does!
*screenshots gold and sends to banker*

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

I say "who really care?" A game is meant to be fun, not hard labor. Outside of the social aspect of this game, seeing pinks and elites drop is what keeps many of us coming back. To much emphasis on pixel gold. I am one of the lucky few to get multiple drops and could care less how much they sell for. If it's gold cap, fine. If it drops to 5-6 mil.... fine again. At the end of the day, when this game is at it's last cap and we all move on, the "gold" doesn't come with us.

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There is a last cap??? O.o

I always wanted to come back like 10-20 years later to this game to see how things were... D:

I'm pretty sure 100 is the last cap cookie :p
I've been told they have everything planned up unto 100.

Boo ),:

Does the game still plays? Or does it get deleted??!

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Originally Posted by WarTornBird:730604

I'm pretty sure 100 is the last cap cookie :p
I've been told they have everything planned up unto 100.

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I remember seeing that. I wonder if they really plan on stopping it there, or have they started planning for beyond 100. I wonder if they'd even tell us. I'd hate for it to just end at a certain level.

On topic: I don't agree with the nerfing, but I'm not gonna complain either. I don't have much time to play nowadays, so hopefully I can get 1 of each before they change the rate again.

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Originally Posted by Notyocookiez

Boo ),:

Does the game still plays? Or does it get deleted??!

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It'll still play probably, just can't go any higher a level.

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Originally Posted by WarTornBird

I'm pretty sure 100 is the last cap cookie :p
I've been told they have everything planned up unto 100.

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That doesn't necessarily mean it will stop there. Trust me, if PL is still bringing in the majority of their cash, they aren't going to scrap it.

maybe when im 71 i could loot some!
















































for the teammates ill join -_-

YAY!!! Maybe the slow curve of my trod to 71 might actually intersect the drop in price of the suicide cannon!

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Originally Posted by Aedenos

That doesn't necessarily mean it will stop there. Trust me, if PL is still bringing in the majority of their cash, they aren't going to scrap it.

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Agree

Another average day of STS selling gold for money, nothing out of the ordinary here.

As an old pvper I would say that dropping elite weapons down to under gold cap makes pvp more interesting... Ofc 50-55 cap will always be the best.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

I say "who really care?" A game is meant to be fun, not hard labor. Outside of the social aspect of this game, seeing pinks and elites drop is what keeps many of us coming back. To much emphasis on pixel gold. I am one of the lucky few to get multiple drops and could care less how much they sell for. If it's gold cap, fine. If it drops to 5-6 mil.... fine again. At the end of the day, when this game is at it's last cap and we all move on, the "gold" doesn't come with us.

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I have to agree with the point on pinks and elites making us all come back.
It's the core fun of PL farming.
However, I would like for more "super-rare" items to be found in PL, like vanities in SL.
Elites were one of them; I liked that they were rare NOT because of the gold I could make from them, but simply the joyous, "lucky" feeling of finally being able to loot one.
Dragon Vanities are the other, with L56 Glyph as the last one.

Crim, don't get me wrong here.
I believe the game SHOULD be fun.
I totally agree that items should drop more often, and by this, I mean Pinks.
Pinks should drop a lot more to us, so we can all be able to farm and make our own sets.
But, these are Elite weapons. They're a different thing; a whole next level.
The sole idea that you have to get 100,000 EXP JUST to farm these makes the rarity of these seem superior to pinks.
I'm not shouting to get the drop rate un-nerfed, in fact, I'm enjoying it just like you are.
I just hope that we get some super-rare special vanity/elite type items that will maintain their rarity in the future.

I completely agree with the "Elites" and Vanities (like dragon armor) dropping at a lower rate than pinks. Points well taken.

i think what might make it really fun is to have truly unique items in the game.

Like, a series of special vanities that there is only 1 of them each. Period. If you have x version of this item, no one else will have it dropped.
But no ONE person can have more than one of these special items by way of game lock. That will make some things truly unique to have.

STS can release one unique item every 3-4 weeks or so and start the hardcore farming again ha ha