Just a thought I had the other day

[cHaOsMaZtA]

You all know how *expletive deleted* random the rare drops are in PSO. I think most people have heard the story of Kafka piping 40 mils for 1 demo comet, and you hear stories of people gettign lavises on the first red slime. So, do you think it would be good if ST made thE drop rates fixed, so that you have to kill the exact number of enemies to get the drop? Or is it good how it is? Or maybe even a hybrid version where you either get the drop on the 50% of the enemeis killed, the exact number, or 150% of the enemies killed. And then it evens off every 5 (or 10) rare drops. Would somethign like that be better? What do you guys think?



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[Midnight]

i wouldnt like that...

it might work on the low rates (1/2, 1/46, etc), but what about the non-purplenum psycho wand drops? or the j-sword? that would make rare hunting not worth it for a lot of people, including me

[Miroku77]

mabie like this, either you got the rare by luck before the drop said. (ex. you get lavis cannon on 2 red slime) and if you didnt get it by then, you were sure to get it on the "fixed" drop rate. It would make rare hunting actually meeningfull. the only problem would be that it would be very hard for a game to keep track of the number of kills and number of monster deaths. Unless sonic team was able to do that...its fine the way it is!!! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[Eihwaz]

No, no, and no. That would make the game horribly stupid and lame. Sealed J-Swords would LITERALLY be impossible to get, as would Psycho Wand, etc.

Just keep piping and stop whining. You can't complain until you go over the average rate. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Blue-Hawk]

On 2004-09-22 21:39, Eihwaz wrote:
etc.
You can't complain until you go over the average rate. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif


Good. That makes me worthy to complain on a few things. Yas 2000H- 1/700- Killed 1,000+ and nada. Red Mechs- 1/900- Same results, but close to 2,000 kills. Pinkal Hole Ray- 50+ Dal Ra Lie's and nothing.

[Mixfortune]

On 2004-09-22 21:59, Blue-Hawk wrote:


On 2004-09-22 21:39, Eihwaz wrote:
etc.
You can't complain until you go over the average rate. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif


Good. That makes me worthy to complain on a few things. Yas 2000H- 1/700- Killed 1,000+ and nada. Red Mechs- 1/900- Same results, but close to 2,000 kills. Pinkal Hole Ray- 50+ Dal Ra Lie's and nothing.



You can complain, won't mean people will really care >_>...
As for fixed rates and low chance drops, well, they just change the rate. Something about it still sounds bad to me... besides, non-fixed dropping makes the game a bit more interesting... the less that's predictable, the better.

[Blue-Hawk]

On 2004-09-22 22:03, Mixfortune wrote:


You can complain, won't mean people will really care >_>...
As for fixed rates and low chance drops, well, they just change the rate. Something about it still sounds bad to me... besides, non-fixed dropping makes the game a bit more interesting... the less that's predictable, the better.

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Yeah, I know. I was just, admitedly, being a wise ass. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[goku4ever]

I prefer it the way it is. It gives the game that little edge, like when you kil an enemy that you know drops a rare weapon your like:
"oo this could be it, it might drop it!"