Business And Economy Archive
Thread: FIX PEARL DROPS
Puertoriqueno
Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:07 pm
#14
I think it is possible that the current loot drop levels are what the devs intended all along. It is my belief that the drop rate before this one was above what they desired, so it was adjusted. I could be mistaken however, of course.
Zhentarim
Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:51 am
#15
Geesh, god forbid you make money on other things than hunting for pearls :rolleyes.
Ok, I hate to break the ice for you but 1 pearl sells for 1 million+ (at least) and takes about 5-10 minutes to obtain depending on group, weapons etc.
It took about 33 Mokk and Janta runs before the solo group nerf to earn a million, 2 missions each trip to the terminal and each trip taking about 6-10 minutes depending on how willing the terminal was to find missions in the same direction, skills etc. So basically, I'll do the math in case you are totally inept at math which you most likely is considering the maturity of your post, it would take about 150 minutes to make a million space bucks.
Now, let's see if you can figure this out:
1+ million in ten minutes vs. 1 million in 150 minutes
Hmm... Is there a balance here?
No.
There isn't.
Period.
And since Krayts are Zerging the Graveyard now you can easily take down some 10-12 of them on a buff with some mates. This would even screw over the balance further - in an extreme case where the dragons would drop pearls 100% of the time you'd make 12+ millions in 3 hours compared to the 1.5 you could make on Solo missions.
Try getting a job instead of inflating the market you bum
Ok, I hate to break the ice for you but 1 pearl sells for 1 million+ (at least) and takes about 5-10 minutes to obtain depending on group, weapons etc.
It took about 33 Mokk and Janta runs before the solo group nerf to earn a million, 2 missions each trip to the terminal and each trip taking about 6-10 minutes depending on how willing the terminal was to find missions in the same direction, skills etc. So basically, I'll do the math in case you are totally inept at math which you most likely is considering the maturity of your post, it would take about 150 minutes to make a million space bucks.
Now, let's see if you can figure this out:
1+ million in ten minutes vs. 1 million in 150 minutes
Hmm... Is there a balance here?
No.
There isn't.
Period.
And since Krayts are Zerging the Graveyard now you can easily take down some 10-12 of them on a buff with some mates. This would even screw over the balance further - in an extreme case where the dragons would drop pearls 100% of the time you'd make 12+ millions in 3 hours compared to the 1.5 you could make on Solo missions.
Try getting a job instead of inflating the market you bum
Olib
Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:40 am
#16
But its not just pearl drops that are reduced, holo drops from surface marshalls are too, and if 2 of em are, im sure more are. I saw somewhere about a bug in high end loot drop, is that this?
I dont mind it whatever why it is, what i hate is the way they give people things and then take them away. A month or so back POI like hyperdrive had 5 min respawn, it was fast, and people enjoyed it, but they took it away. Why put it in if you dont intend to leave it in. So they increase krayt spawn massivly, then reduce the drop, if they did both at once people wouldnt complain, but they give people time to get used to things first, so they get upset if their hobby is removed.
Im more in favour of same level of loot, but much more random on who drops it... It would remove campers wouldnt it...
just my thoughts
zKaolin
Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:28 am
#17
Pearls were everywhere for quite some time. The drop rate needed to be set back.
Dahia
Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:34 am
#18
Yoyort wrote:pearls ='s money for me all i got left now that pvp is terrible... this games dieing, quickly to bew honost especially since most of the ppl who stayed for the curb were us pvper's and looters... now weve got nothing to play for pretty much...
Who cares about the pearl drop ???
Just nerf the kryat spawns.... I cant go anywhere on tatooine or i see 1....
I get KRYATFOBIA atm....
ReinerdOne
Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:49 am
#19
Zhentarim wrote:
Geesh, god forbid you make money on other things than hunting for pearls :rolleyes.
Ok, I hate to break the ice for you but 1 pearl sells for 1 million+ (at least) and takes about 5-10 minutes to obtain depending on group, weapons etc.
It took about 33 Mokk and Janta runs before the solo group nerf to earn a million, 2 missions each trip to the terminal and each trip taking about 6-10 minutes depending on how willing the terminal was to find missions in the same direction, skills etc. So basically, I'll do the math in case you are totally inept at math which you most likely is considering the maturity of your post, it would take about 150 minutes to make a million space bucks.
Now, let's see if you can figure this out:
1+ million in ten minutes vs. 1 million in 150 minutes
Hmm... Is there a balance here?
No.
There isn't.
Period.
And since Krayts are Zerging the Graveyard now you can easily take down some 10-12 of them on a buff with some mates. This would even screw over the balance further - in an extreme case where the dragons would drop pearls 100% of the time you'd make 12+ millions in 3 hours compared to the 1.5 you could make on Solo missions.
Try getting a job instead of inflating the market you bum
The prices were already dropping rapidly, now pearls are going to go back to being 5-8 million a piece or more.... is that what you want? To drop a 350k ham krayt takes a fairly large group to drop them in 5-10 minutes. I was in groups with 3 jedi, 2 swordsman and a riflemen hunting krayts... we'd drop one in maybe 5-10 minutes, but not every krayt dropped a pearl, this was before the krayt boom when pearls were droppingabout 1 in 5 ... in a 14 hour span of milking a krayt spawn i got3 pearls to myself.... which netted me around 12 mil'. what is so wrong with that?
ReinerdOne
Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:15 pm
#20
All things being equal if demand is greater than supply, and supply is increased considerably , you get a deflation in price.
more pearls is gooood... if pearls are extremely hard to get/find prices will skyrocket again. probably even more so than before...
Yoyort
Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:28 pm
#21
ok well obviously pearls were everywhere,they are and were great money their not worth it now, not even to jedi since it seems 1 in 10 tune well... so in other words by another posters info it took him 14 hours for 3 pearls so basiclly if your a jedi it takes 32-36 hours for a jedi to loot one pearl of maybe decent quality... thats just jedi stats now... for a person hunting the old system was 2.5 mill for a premo and 500k for quality.. at old rate of time wise I'd maybe kill 50 a day in 3-6 hours if one12th *approx*dropped a pearl (quality to premo)(was on jeuvy's to giants) id make maybe then I may make a few mill that day.. but then was finding buyers.. few hours there... getting more food.. more buffs..
More time pvpin (which is acompletely moronic system now) so some armor.... puttin down some cash to my friends including crafters... making bids.. and so forth Therefore in one week i made 25 million (10 mill to tissue made stuff 15 mill pearl not much i know)I have 12mil not bad yes BUT that was atleast 150 hours of HARD work including getting really bored and putting up with some anooying people.. (no names included) but I had to sell all pearls i looted, hmm.
Some how the old ratio was great... plus why did they need to change a working system pearl prices were' reasonable... NOW 10 mill per for one thatll one in ten chance turn out good HAAA.... Devs get a clue, only people that like this new system are the exploiters who liked stacking the pets so they could get full pay outs from missions... now sadly their in the same boat.. screwed over. (not exploiter boat)
ok I know Im gonna get flamed AND as you all should know Ill flame back because Im not gonna take bs from some yuppy with a slack jaw and a fetish for crusty lil cat A$$... lats all and good luck with whateva game we all migrate to if this BS isnt fixed soon (and ya im right think about it less PVP less PvE since ppl want to make money fast, not in a life time... therefore EVERYONE is in the same boat yes crafter *with harvester bugs* and yes even the nubs too)
XanKrieger
Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:15 am
#23
i got bout 4 pearls in an hr off of random krayts (no ancients) and when they "fixed" the drops i was really depressed, i promised one to a couple i know getting married and one to my sis
benskywalker1
Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:36 am
#24
Pearls should be rare. So should good loot. I was out Krayt hunting last night and not one pearl. We didn't kill 35, but for us no big deal. We had fun. Got some tissues. There is more to the game than pearls. Pretty funny actually I quit last night (and unistalled the game) when I died on my jedi for a 4th time. Yes that is right. I get myself to about 200k xp no problem and then 1 fricken voritor kills me. I am hopped up on all the food I can digest and he still kicks my butt. I promised a guildie I would go Krayt hunting....reinstalled SWG.....and we had a blast. I'll just boycott my Jedi for now.
Sorry that pearls are the only thing out there for you to do.
FYI...I have never had more than 2 million my character except for when I ground out BH for my jedi pre patch 9.
Message Edited by benskywalker1 on 03-04-2005 10:40 AM
Yoyort
Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:08 am
#25
people look at the prices for pearls now I only sell them and know that rediculous...
benskywalker1
Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:19 am
#26
My take on pearl prices? Well I've never bought one before. I went out and earned mine with a group. We share the loot and we are all happy. Now I don't need any and I don't make money that way. I'm sorry I just can't agree with you on this issue.