Pilot Archive

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Feynan wrote:
Call me crazy, but those Kessel runs sound like they're bringing in much better items (not in terms of stats, that's random, but in terms of level and more importantly, type of component) then my DS runs or my Tier 4 duty runs.

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Yeah, it's weird though. I mean, I cannot see the Devs intentionally making one area better then another in terms of drops (though Deep Space should be better then any other sector), or that one area should drop more of one type of component then another, because all that means is extra time to put in more coding for a seemingly meaningless reason, so this might all just be chance.

Or, of course, there's always the chance it's just a discrepency caused by the code that not even the Devs know about. Not too long ago I read about in CoH how the player base kept saying there was something wrong with a certain ability or class or something to that effect, and the Devs disagreed and even showed numbers from their internal test server to prove it. Then the playerbase showed them that there was a discrepency in the code on their internal test server that was causing their numbers to be screwed up

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Feynan wrote:

Yeah, it's weird though. I mean, I cannot see the Devs intentionally making one area better then another in terms of drops (though Deep Space should be better then any other sector), or that one area should drop more of one type of component then another, because all that means is extra time to put in more coding for a seemingly meaningless reason, so this might all just be chance.

Or, of course, there's always the chance it's just a discrepency caused by the code that not even the Devs know about. Not too long ago I read about in CoH how the player base kept saying there was something wrong with a certain ability or class or something to that effect, and the Devs disagreed and even showed numbers from their internal test server to prove it. Then the playerbase showed them that there was a discrepency in the code on their internal test server that was causing their numbers to be screwed up

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when JTL was first released i remember reading that DS was a pvp enabled zone and that the more pvp kills the rebs get in DS the more loot heavy imperial ships will be pushed into kessel and the more pvp kills by imps the more loot heavy rebel ships will be pushed into kessel...so it would seem to me that the loot being better in kessel is intended if what i read still holds true...am i wrong?

also i will edit this to include my drop rate findings after i get home this evening

What ever happened to this?

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macnider123123 wrote:
What ever happened to this?

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found out there's not that many people who constantly grind in deep space and report back =)...I'm afraid myself I've been runnin missions on the main toon...and havn't spent a ton of time on the crafter/"good" pilot =/

Spent a bit of time in DS last night. Made nearly 3500 FP, got a credit chip of over 44k, and picked up a grand total of 7 pieces of loot. Two DIs of even numbers (an 8 & a 10) and 5 pieces of odd number junk. NO engines of any level, and NO weapons of any level.

I've been getting much better loot drops off of Black Sun Duty missions than I ever did in Kessel or Deep Space. Right now, Deep Space is good only for faction grinding and the odd PvP fight.

I think Coran's mostly right. My Freelance pilot grinding tier 4 was responsible for the lion's share of my loot collection. I think I'll go back to that and leave faction for some other time when I don't have vessels that need outfitting.