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Thread: Corvette powerplast drop rates limited per player per mission?
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Ethor
Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:20 pm
#1
Ok, I've been seeing the same pattern from others. You raid the heck out of a certain corvette mission, then the drop rates goto nothing. Then on to next mission.
I tested it and did almost 20 in row of same mission, no PP in the four spots. Did different corvette mission, looted the heck out of them again, then it dries up, no more PP 5 missions in a row. Moving on to next mission.
Anyone know the pattern here? Are we all limited to a certain number of PP that drop? Do they ever reset so you can go back to another mission? I've waited 3 weeks anc came back to same mission, still no PP.
I just want to know if I am limited on these or if anyone has figured out the pattern.
I tested it and did almost 20 in row of same mission, no PP in the four spots. Did different corvette mission, looted the heck out of them again, then it dries up, no more PP 5 missions in a row. Moving on to next mission.
Anyone know the pattern here? Are we all limited to a certain number of PP that drop? Do they ever reset so you can go back to another mission? I've waited 3 weeks anc came back to same mission, still no PP.
I just want to know if I am limited on these or if anyone has figured out the pattern.
Ethor
Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:58 pm
#3
I've had two corvette missions "dry up" it seems. Either people are overlooting, or there is a limit. I can tell when it happens, because the most USELESS crap is in the loot spots.
WHY would anyone want a 6.0 speed LLC that does less than 200 damage? It's like the worst grinding materials with lowest tools and crafter made it!
Anyways, I am trying to figure out the pattern. But I was raiding them constantly to beef up my credits. I was getting them 2 out of 3 trips, then it goes to zero out of TWENTY TRIPS. I counted, and yes, TWENTY TRIPS NO POWERPLANTS. Change mission, BAM there almost crawling out of the armoirs looking for me.
WHY would anyone want a 6.0 speed LLC that does less than 200 damage? It's like the worst grinding materials with lowest tools and crafter made it!
Anyways, I am trying to figure out the pattern. But I was raiding them constantly to beef up my credits. I was getting them 2 out of 3 trips, then it goes to zero out of TWENTY TRIPS. I counted, and yes, TWENTY TRIPS NO POWERPLANTS. Change mission, BAM there almost crawling out of the armoirs looking for me.
Gygord
Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:42 pm
#4
I went to the Corvette for the first time last week. I was alone, had no armor, no buffs beyond a crate of Neutron Pixie, and was using a DL44 blaster that I use when I roleplay as a Rebel. I tried the Rebel destroy mission and the Rebel rescue mission.
On both separate times, I looted a powerplant in the very first armoire I opened on the ship.
Compare this to your results - either I'm very lucky, or there's a correllation to drop rates and mission attempts.
Ethor
Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:37 am
#5
No, this is EXACTLY same results. Like I said, they pop up everywhere at first, then dissappear and hard as hell to find afterwards untill I change the mission.
RunnyWS
Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:59 am
#6
I usually run the neutral corvette.. The first 8 trips i took i got 7 powerplants.. the next 30+ trips i took i got 1 powerplant so i havent run any vette missons in a while
Zinqy
Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:15 am
#7
Nevermind the bloody powerplants, lets talk about the sbd that is spawning nearly EVERYTIME in the computer room now, why do these little changes seem to occur and noone knows why.......
Grendelwyf
Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:14 am
#9
i looted 2 powerplants in one mission, think my luck ran out after that though
Ethor
Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:56 am
#10
Any noob can solo the neutral destroy missions with buffs and good armor. It's a consistant pattern here now. First few missions on a corvette gives loads of powerplants, then you are almost cut off. It drops to around one out of 30ish. I know because I went over 20 trips on neutral destroy and looted ZERO powerplants now. But I've got enough toilet paper, I mean schematics to keep me covered.
It's not related to the badge either. Because I was getting PP on almost every trip on assassin, then I got cut off, and I never got the badge for it.
This is ridiculous, it shouldn't go so far down to 1 out of 30 all of a sudden. I am trying my best to figure out what does this, I am about to reset my character's missions on Tatooine to see if that affects it.
So, is it a limited drop per character, or is it a limit per day, per mission or what? Somebody knows this and could help us out a little. DEVs, or somebody, toss us a bone?
It's not related to the badge either. Because I was getting PP on almost every trip on assassin, then I got cut off, and I never got the badge for it.
This is ridiculous, it shouldn't go so far down to 1 out of 30 all of a sudden. I am trying my best to figure out what does this, I am about to reset my character's missions on Tatooine to see if that affects it.
So, is it a limited drop per character, or is it a limit per day, per mission or what? Somebody knows this and could help us out a little. DEVs, or somebody, toss us a bone?
Ethor
Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:58 am
#11
Itren wrote:
I've never had this problem...
How many powerplants have you looted off one mission, and what is the drop rate?
I've looted over a dozen from one mission before they cut me off. I haven't seen one on the neutral destroy mission in almost a month. And I still keep trying it every other day JUST in case they come back.
/scream WHAT'S THE PATTERN? IS MY CHARACTER LOCKED TO ONLY GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM? PEOPLE and NOOBS NEED THEIR AV-21s!!!
sohokerv
Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:49 pm
#12
ok from my experiance have soloed all imp and neutral missions (fighting not sneeking around) and i would dissagree that there is a invisable limit however i would say that there is a dice role to determin if you get a powerplant and that the odds are stacked against us with approximatly 1 in 6 trips droping one
so if you got a plant on your first 2 trips then its likley that you could have 10 more trips before seeing another
the only patern other than myloots v visitscoming out to approximatly 1 in6 is that i can tell you when a power plant will be there by how many sbd are spawned on the ship there is a lot more when the powerplants are around, same goes for the bezerka stabalisation componants (which are still spawning without serials 
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Ethor
Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:59 am
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sohokerv wrote:ok from my experiance have soloed all imp and neutral missions (fighting not sneeking around) and i would dissagree that there is a invisable limit however i would say that there is a dice role to determin if you get a powerplant and that the odds are stacked against us with approximatly 1 in 6 trips droping oneso if you got a plant on your first 2 trips then its likley that you could have 10 more trips before seeing anotherthe only patern other than my loots v visits coming out to approximatly 1 in6 is that i can tell you when a power plant will be there by how many sbd are spawned on the ship there is a lot more when the powerplants are around, same goes for the bezerka stabalisation componants (which are still spawning without serials
Like I said, the numbers myself and others have gone over show this is not the case currently.
All I was trying to do was analyze the drop rate pattern and I get flamed from all the children in here (not you) for TRYING to compare results.
Why in the hell are there so many immature children running around game screaming? Don't they have school or something so some ADULTS can try and have fun when not locked in an office?
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