I have been taking a break the last 5 or 6 weeks hunting punys around Icarus, saving money (less than 100 USD during that time) and I have to say having a bit of fun with the hunting. Nothing great, a couple of 5-6 ped globals and one monster of 16 ped . I did not hunt any big mobs during that time and today I decided I would try a few argos and feffoxs. I had not hunted big mobs since the introduction of the shards as loot. I did a 100 ped run on feffoxs and lost my butt and I also noticed a lot of shards and not many items but didn't think too much about it. Then I did a 200 ped run on argos I got exactly different 5 items in loot, none of which had any MU at all. Moreover, I cashed in and got 117 ped of which was 61 ped worth of shards. I thought, "that doesn't seem right" so I did 1 more 100 ped run and again 5 items in loot and the rest in shards around 30 ped almost half of the loot which was 77 ped total. Not a single eye oil and just 39 hides and the rest junk in the 200 ped run. Nothing like before.
I don't know about anyone else but one of the reasons I hunt is to get good or valuable items in loot not a bunch shards. If the possibility of getting good items in loot is all but gone then that is a bad thing. It makes me re-think about the game and if I want to continue to put money in a game that appears to have very little chance of anything good in loot.
You can call this a whine or whatever but I am concerned that this could be the beginning of the end for me as I don't like crafting or mining, I just like to hunt. I hate to think of tossing 7 years of play and finally reaching levels of over 80 in hunting damage and hit abilities. I am not exactly happy but not sure what to do.
I don't know about anyone else but one of the reasons I hunt is to get good or valuable items in loot not a bunch shards. If the possibility of getting good items in loot is all but gone then that is a bad thing. It makes me re-think about the game and if I want to continue to put money in a game that appears to have very little chance of anything good in loot.
You can call this a whine or whatever but I am concerned that this could be the beginning of the end for me as I don't like crafting or mining, I just like to hunt. I hate to think of tossing 7 years of play and finally reaching levels of over 80 in hunting damage and hit abilities. I am not exactly happy but not sure what to do.