Items And Loot Archive
Thread: People are getting too carried away about Krayts
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golfingtx
Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:44 pm
#41
I personally like the new krayt spawn. I can't count the amount of times I buffed up and ran around the krayt graveyard only to find a certain guild hogging them. Do it again several hours later and you guessed it....the same guild........the next day, same guild. Krayts should be experienced by everyone in the game that wishes to fight one regardless of the loot. The loot was just a bonus, I enjoyed the fight. Now I can buff up and find one all to myself and I am thankfull to the devs for getting it right. Kudos.
Liander
Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:37 pm
#42
yeah...good call since they only spawn in one spot on the planet, right?...maybe if you knew what you were doing you could find them. And yeah...i'm glad since you can now get something you want an entire PROFESSION suffers. Nothing like being selfish, eh?
DaericRico
Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:15 pm
#43
people are are'nt so mad about the krayt's not droping - THEY ARE MORE MAD ABOUT BEING LIED TO AND TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED - i just got jedi after 4 months of grinding, before patch 9 i was'nt a jedi i had no need for pearls, but now i need them and it's broke, what kind of BS is that- pretty bad when THOUSANDS of people have been posting that the drops are still screwed up, it's all just very frustrating, my thoughts on this take em or leave em daeric - valcyn
DedalusX
Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:38 pm
#44
Israth wrote:
flipityfloo wrote:
just curious....are dragon pearls a requirement for a light saber, or just prefered?
Btw, I'm not a Jedi, I'm grinding FS right now.
But pearls aren't required to make a saber, just if you want an uber one, but since Jedi want to be uber, they say they need flawless pearls, which is untrue. And guys, this game isn't about loot, it's about star wars and the GCW. Not having uber high end loot isn't a game breaker. Most looters don't even keep any loot, they sell it just to make more money. Hence why I said money hungry. If you really cared about the Jedi, you'd give them pearls and crystals, not sell for multiple millions of credits.
Jeez...
I have a jedi, but I don't have the cash to go buy a bunch or pearls/crystals to make my saber (and if you think you only need pearls or crystals to be uber, you are sadly sadly mistaken), so I hunt my own pearls. Before the Krayt boom a month or two ago, krayt were rare like you say. 2-3 Saturdays a month I would head out to hunt krayt and i was lucky if I got 4-5 krayt in several hours of playtime. I eventually gave up because out of all of those Saturdays, I was never lucky enough to get a pearl. Others in my group did once or twice, but they were lower quality. Instead I had to pay all the money I had for a couple decent crystals.
When the Krayt boom hit, it was liberating and fun. All of a sudden I could feasibly hunt for my own pearls (though my awful tuning luck made sure that all of them I tuned were deleted and never used). I also got all kind of tissue, etc that I am selling, but that isn't what I was there for. I wanted, and still want to be able to hunt for my own crafting components... pearls or crystals.
But now, now there are lots of Krayt, but none of them are dropping any pearls. And nothing is dropping damage crystals either. Color crystals, yes, but they aren't much use. And people like you would have me be back to being beholden to the loot masters out there who don't have jobs or family and can play a lot more than me.
If you believe that the game is "about star wars and the GCW" then stick with that and leave those of us who like to try to loot, and normally fail miserably, alone. Increased Krayt spawns don't hurt you at all while you are out doing your GCW thing.
Message Edited by DedalusX on 03-09-2005 09:46 PM
bbjfsu
Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:20 pm
#45
Why up the spawn then nerf the loot drop? What the point. If you want pearls to be rare let go back to krayts being rare. If you are lucky to find one you have an OK chance of a pearl. But now kill 20 acients and nothing? That not rare that just dumb.
SeCKSEgai
Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:25 am
#46
I love these posts... People say everything before needed to the point I don't have to bolster any particular point or reason. Thanks for clarifying the issue =)
I'm too lazy to 5 star all the people who know what's up, but just pretend I did.
SayUncle
Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:17 am
#47
Seems to me the "money hungry" people(as stated in original post), would be cheering the zero pearl drops
as theirs would be escalating in price.
When it was announced several weeks ago that the quantity of krayts would dramatically increase,
most folks were happy. Incidents of loot/kill stealing dropped way down. And if you wanted to change
your skill set a bit, you and a couple friends could go kill and loot several in one buff session.
Now that the spawns have been reduced, why was there no announcement of that?
Brings to mind a movie quote I am enjoy:
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
For veterans, krayts have long been a special hunt, even inthe days when buffs and composite
armor were seldom seen or used. Not finding a pearl is descouraging, but not finding a krayt is much worse.
I8TheWorm
Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:35 am
#48
Jagbar wrote:please not another "i remember the way it used to be" posts. dragons were rare because no one knew how to find them. pearls were rare because no one had the equipment to kill dragon after dragon to get one. what is it with these people that want the game to be exactly the way it was the first day it launched now and forever. oh and to your ignorant observation. not every krayt dropped a pearl. i could go out evey day for 5 hours hunting krayts.. getting about 9-10 solo kills and only walk away with one pearl.. sometimes i didnt get any.. and sometimes i got three.. but never did i get, or hear about anyone getting a pearl on every kill. you know what. tell me what you take joy in in the game please so i can cry my a$$ off to the devs for them to nerf it to oblivion since you guys seem to take pleasure in doing it for us.
/agreed
The era of the game where pearls were rare, and crystals were a little hard to come by was also the era where jedi didn't whip out their glowbats all the time either.
If I were to ask for my cake and eat it too, I'd be whining about my defenses being capped. Instead, I adjust and play on. It's a simple, but effective solution.
Yay devs!
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