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Thread: WTH? Why are Nov BH's pulling better loots than I am?

theputter
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:31 pm
#14






Dosi wrote:
Interesting, cus he's running around telling everybody to respec to nov bh so that they can run these missions to get jedi skill tapes




The only thing I can think of he's running tons and tons of missions....and in this case, quantity may overrun quality... but I wouldn't drop MBH for it....
Skwall
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:36 pm
#15

Was capping the 10k xp for the investigation line for the last part of BH, meaningI had noinvestigation boxes.


First 2 CAs looted were Dbl-Bladed LSer Speed +7, and the 2nd was General Melee Speed +9.

It's all luck, whinning won't get you anywhere. I've looted Bane's Heart on 1/3 runs, wheras a guildee had to kill him 26 times in order to kill him. Then again I ran DJMs slaying over 100 of them recieving much fewer SEAs than others.


Just plain, Luck/Random Drops.


Btw, the last thing you want to do is call nerfs...



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strictlybusiness
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:37 pm
#16






theputter wrote:





Dosi wrote:
Interesting, cus he's running around telling everybody to respec to nov bh so that they can run these missions to get jedi skill tapes




The only thing I can think of he's running tons and tons of missions....and in this case, quantity may overrun quality... but I wouldn't drop MBH for it....






His Alt is probably a noob Jedi....LOL, he is trying to get rid of MBH Jedi hunters...
Dosi
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:38 pm
#17



strictlybusiness wrote:


theputter wrote:


Dosi wrote:
Interesting, cus he's running around telling everybody to respec to nov bh so that they can run these missions to get jedi skill tapes


The only thing I can think of he's running tons and tons of missions....and in this case, quantity may overrun quality... but I wouldn't drop MBH for it....



His Alt is probably a noob Jedi....LOL, he is trying to get rid of MBH Jedi hunters...





Actually, his alt is a full temp jedi



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alephen
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:40 pm
#18

drops are random. i can pull 3 times more missions then a MBH in the same timeframe. those of us that are running this missions with the novice box are also doing ALOT more then you. i spent about 70 hours collecting my 200ish million in loot that is about 400 missions. if you do 400 missions you will collect the same amount, but prices will drop so... /shrug


loot specialists such as myself, are in it for cash, we are much more dedicated to getting cash and much more efficient then a MBH (several MBHs show this dedication by dropping MBH)


it is percentages, i went 5 hours, about 30 missions having only looted a good crystal and slicing components. another time i got a +14 WS exp, a +9 AS exp, and a +8 1 handed LS speed in 6 marks. thise 3 sold for 38m for a half hour.


if you want to make money then drop to NBH if you want to be a MBH quit whining.





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Dosi
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:59 pm
#19

is Inv 1 required for bounty missions?



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Skwall
Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:04 pm
#20






Dosi wrote:
is Inv 1 required for bounty missions?




nope, you take NPC missions w/ elite marks in them. But keep in mind the CA value isn't as high as a Boss mark, even though getting worthy mods is hard in itself.



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Cran
Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:30 pm
#21






Dosi wrote:





theputter wrote:

The first (2?) box of investigation is all on planet marks... hence the 50-200meter distances...it just means he's pulling the closest missions he can find. Not an exploit at all.







That's fine, WHY THE HELL IS HE GETTING BETTER DROPS THAN MASTERS? I could give 2 sh+ts about the distance




He is getting better drops than you because he can do more missions faster. So he has more chances to get better loot than you because you have to go to different planets and spend a good amount of time biking to your mark.



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ZekeCalhoun
Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:39 pm
#22






alephen wrote:

drops are random. i can pull 3 times more missions then a MBH in the same timeframe. those of us that are running this missions with the novice box are also doing ALOT more then you. i spent about 70 hours collecting my 200ish million in loot that is about 400 missions. if you do 400 missions you will collect the same amount, but prices will drop so... /shrug


loot specialists such as myself, are in it for cash, we are much more dedicated to getting cash and much more efficient then a MBH (several MBHs show this dedication by dropping MBH)


it is percentages, i went 5 hours, about 30 missions having only looted a good crystal and slicing components. another time i got a +14 WS exp, a +9 AS exp, and a +8 1 handed LS speed in 6 marks. thise 3 sold for 38m for a half hour.


if you want to make money then drop to NBH if you want to be a MBH quit whining.








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EdOWar
Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:42 pm
#23

This looks like something the Devs overlooked (gee, no surprise there). It sounds like they tied the bounty mission difficulty strictly to CL, instead of tying it to both CL and Investigation skill (which would make more sense from a game-balance standpoint, imo). The loot farmers have already figured this one out...I wonder how long until the credit farmers figure it out (assuming they haven't already).


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GlargTheKelfn
Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:01 pm
#24



_se7en wrote:
from what I understand with the new missions is even at novice you can pull a boss mark however they are very close due to your skill as a BH.

So for like me I have to go to Dath and travel 6k while a novice will get one 500m away and on the same planet.. ..




ive gotten lots of double silver bosses at l30-40ish, but no golds.

which is fine with me, the double silvers can be tough unless im in town where i can dot and run (cm/bh)
got a +8 2h ls speed tape, lots of dosh sliver things and toolkits, and 2 warm hats




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Everitt_Cage
Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:17 pm
#25

I have a friend whose only like invest 1 and he's getting good loot(BH schems and CAs) from his marks. It seems that marks from all levels of invest are getting the "good" loot, not just the ones from MBH, though I think thats what publish 22 TRIED to address, but dont know if it worked.

zukem
Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:41 pm
#26

the original poster is probably right, in that the loot tables are severely out of whack for some reason.


I've done probably 100 missions since the new boss/marks got activated in publish 21. and when publish 21 came out, BH's were swearing that they were getting trandoshian interframes from dropping from their marks. Yet I have yet to get one of them. The only difference between myself and those bh's were that I was a master bh, and they were a low level investigation bh.


So it seems within reason that novice bounty hunters for some reason are getting skill tapes easier than masters are.


Knowing the Devs, they probably forgot something in the calculations of the loot drops. so that masters get A-M drops. Invest 4 gets A-K drops. And novices only get A,B and Cdrops. And from the sounds of it, A drops are AA/CA's. since they can only get a possibility of fewer things, and since all marks always drop something. They have a greater chance at getting these AA/CA's.



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