Joat
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Valid point.. could be things are dropping more frequently than we are aware. I guess maybe it comes down to managing expectations, both from MA and player side. As a player, if I expect interesting loot, I'll be more inclined to spend resources and time chasing it, if I expect boring loot, I'll rather not waste the time or ped.
I certainly wasn't looking for an item drop galore. 10k HOFs aren't all that common, especially it seems here lately. Why can't we just bring the TT value of the HOF down to ordinary loot levels but put a nice piece of equipment in there instead? But seeing as how some items have not dropped in YEARS, what would be the harm in releasing one per year (good suggestion btw Huskie). Sure, you can reference SGA (which I still don't see the point... why not just release more of the original model when people would've been happy with that?), but that was 2 or 3 years ago now. If markup on items have gone down, it's because there is fewer people willing to buy them, not an increased supply.
It's hard to know what's going on behind the scenes there at MA. Does the switch for some of these items get flipped on and off, or is the drop rate tied to the number of active players? The latter would seem the correct way to do it so that as the player base grows, so does the number of items.
This is kind of getting off topic talking about drop rates, but I think it is an important aspect because if you fix crafting, people will have to buy those crafted goods to use for some purpose. What would be the motivating factor to use those goods?
Some items still drop, question is, where do they come from?
Could just as well be from banned or old accounts that has been
reseted when it comes to inventory.
So, the interesting part would be to know how many of these good
items really are new drops...
Either way they go, motivation will be low when it comes to hunt
items in loot. If MA did announced that they will drop more, say
one item per year of each, what will happen when it drop in january
and you know you have to wait until next year for next drop?
Change mob and hunt something less fun?
Probably more fun for some thou', compared with how it is today,
when they thinking that good stuff don't drop at all...