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Thread: What's the droprate on elders?

nioblack
Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:04 pm
#27



gunner4life wrote:


Zatvorenik wrote:
Now that my toon can handle it, I've only recently expericnced the joys of killing NS and SMC. I have looted some average stuff and a few damage crystals. I haven't had the crystals examined so I don't know their quality. Are the looted NS armor sements/shards worthwhile to keep? I'm really getting sick of trying to sell stuff, and if it's not worth it, I'd just as soon destroy them along with the other junk.



only nighsister layers i dont delete are the ones that are 7% or higher base . with shards i only keep them if the mind encumbrance is better than -25 .
regarding damage crystals you can get a good idea of their quality based on the mob that dropped it .
premium = nighsister elder
quality = protectors and spell weavers
good = sentinals , stalkers
fair = nighsister initiates
i am not sure if rangers and outcasts drop fair , good or maybe both .





Rangers drop 'Good'

I got a 'Select' from a Protector this week.



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Faustie
Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:07 pm
#28

That top pike got a horrid dmg slice. its now 980 unpupped.

It couldn't have replaced my 1556 pupped anyway



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Pusskyfly
Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:41 am
#29

Yesterday i went hunting after getting my first luck box.

We killed about 10 Elders.


heres what i got.


1 - credits

2 - LVA

3 - LVA

4 - LVA

5 - LVA

6 - LVA

7 - LVA

8 - LVA

9 - LVA

10 - Credits.



Wonder if the luck skill had anything to do with that

Anywho there were only 2 keepers. A 291 health fire...which had great potency and 321 uses

and an all rounder with 202 mind poison.

After the 6th elder we were just expecting LVAs



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hrmph
Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:13 pm
#30

Killed about 40 elders today after the patch - not a single valuable drop. no crystals, lots of basic NS lances and LVAs, some basic shards. Perhaps this patch messed up the loot again?




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nebaf
Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:16 pm
#31

Ive been wondering if the patch has messed things up as well. A week or two ago I was looting +25 CAs, and uber modded clothing and the drop rate seemed to be 1/5 maybe at most 1/10. Lately all we are getting are LVA and NS lances, and theyre are usually terrible.



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eyeprod
Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:29 pm
#32

i never really kill ns, but one time i was out there and i'm pretty sure it was a ranger(i was mbh, so it wasn't a really tough ns) who dropped an exceptional ns lance with a 600ish action poison, very fast speed, good damage, but low potency. i used it on a jedi once, then i sold it.



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Roicou
Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:45 am
#33






ZinaTheMaker wrote:



spellweavers, sentinels and protectors are not bad to kill. i have gotten more exceptionals off them than elders. but the draw for me, is looting +25's. seeing that you have looted a "clothing attachment" from an elder...is a rush.


as for a waste of time...2.5 mintues for an elder, maybe 30 seconds for a protector. its not a huge difference. and as for armor, depends on your setup. ADK enough pieces and armor isnt even in the question.






What? How do you kill elders in 2.5 minutes? I'm sorry but right now I'm having a little trouble believing all this. I see you saying you kill 20-30 elders per buff session and that you can kill them in 2.5 minutes? First off where do you find 20-30 elders per buff session? And what kind of weapon are you using that you can kill them in 2.5 minutes? Forgive me for not believing but I have fought enough elders to know that you must have some crazy kind of weapon and skill to kill them that fast. And to find 20-30 of them in one buff session means you must have ranger tracking 4. So how can you have a template that can kill elders and still have ranger too?

McRibs
Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:04 am
#34






Roicou wrote:

What? How do you kill elders in 2.5 minutes? I'm sorry but right now I'm having a little trouble believing all this. I see you saying you kill 20-30 elders per buff session and that you can kill them in 2.5 minutes? First off where do you find 20-30 elders per buff session? And what kind of weapon are you using that you can kill them in 2.5 minutes? Forgive me for not believing but I have fought enough elders to know that you must have some crazy kind of weapon and skill to kill them that fast. And to find 20-30 of them in one buff session means you must have ranger tracking 4. So how can you have a template that can kill elders and still have ranger too?







You can just keep pulling the same elder out of the spawn once you find a wild spawn.



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Roicou
Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:49 am
#35






McRibs wrote:



You can just keep pulling the same elder out of the spawn once you find a wild spawn.




20-30 times in 3 hours?


And what kind of weapon can kill an elder in 2.5 mins? Lightsaber maybe but I can't imagine any other kind of weapon that could and I can't imagine how a Jedi could stand up to an elder without having someone else there to tank it. Sorry, I don't buy this story of 20-30 times a buff session and killing them in 2.5 mins.


We milked a spawn last night for an entire buff session and we only got 4 elders out of it. I don't believe any spawns will put out a single mob 20-30 times in 3 hours. I think this is one of those big fish that got away stories.


Heorot
Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:11 am
#36



Roicou wrote:


McRibs wrote:


You can just keep pulling the same elder out of the spawn once you find a wild spawn.

20-30 times in 3 hours?

And what kind of weapon can kill an elder in 2.5 mins? Lightsaber maybe but I can't imagine any other kind of weapon that could and I can't imagine how a Jedi could stand up to an elder without having someone else there to tank it. Sorry, I don't buy this story of 20-30 times a buff session and killing them in 2.5 mins.

We milked a spawn last night for an entire buff session and we only got 4 elders out of it. I don't believe any spawns will put out a single mob 20-30 times in 3 hours. I think this is one of those big fish that got away stories.







20-30 is easily doable.



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McRibs
Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:11 am
#37

Well...I know i can pull an elder 6 times outta 1 spawn. My friend once pulled 21 elders out of a single spawn which he manages by kiting it with an excpetion rifle that he has. Besides that, it's very hard to kill an elder in 2.5mins.



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Roicou
Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:30 pm
#38






Heorot wrote:





Roicou wrote:





McRibs wrote:



You can just keep pulling the same elder out of the spawn once you find a wild spawn.




20-30 times in 3 hours?


And what kind of weapon can kill an elder in 2.5 mins? Lightsaber maybe but I can't imagine any other kind of weapon that could and I can't imagine how a Jedi could stand up to an elder without having someone else there to tank it. Sorry, I don't buy this story of 20-30 times a buff session and killing them in 2.5 mins.


We milked a spawn last night for an entire buff session and we only got 4 elders out of it. I don't believe any spawns will put out a single mob 20-30 times in 3 hours. I think this is one of those big fish that got away stories.










20-30 is easily doable.





How? If this is so easily doable, can someone please explain to me how? Or is it some closely guarded secret? Everyone keeps saying they can do it and how easy it is but I have yet to see anyone say how to do it so easily. Someone please elaborate.

Heorot
Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:28 pm
#39



Roicou wrote:


Heorot wrote:


Roicou wrote:


McRibs wrote:


You can just keep pulling the same elder out of the spawn once you find a wild spawn.

20-30 times in 3 hours?

And what kind of weapon can kill an elder in 2.5 mins? Lightsaber maybe but I can't imagine any other kind of weapon that could and I can't imagine how a Jedi could stand up to an elder without having someone else there to tank it. Sorry, I don't buy this story of 20-30 times a buff session and killing them in 2.5 mins.

We milked a spawn last night for an entire buff session and we only got 4 elders out of it. I don't believe any spawns will put out a single mob 20-30 times in 3 hours. I think this is one of those big fish that got away stories.







20-30 is easily doable.


How? If this is so easily doable, can someone please explain to me how? Or is it some closely guarded secret? Everyone keeps saying they can do it and how easy it is but I have yet to see anyone say how to do it so easily. Someone please elaborate.





find a static spawn, pull the elder out, repeat

no big secret, just practice



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