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Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]

Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician

Made it before all hell broke loose.

Fernishku Dirakeen
Master Marskman
Master Pikeman
Pistoleer 0\0\4\0
Bounty Hunter 4\0\0\0
Ace Freelance Pilot
Lowca

I dont know, I think the rate is down considerably.

Had a loot session with 4 other guildies, all in different area's and it defo seemed the loot rate was mush lower.

Farstar
Chewova, Master BH, Master Pistoleer, Alliance Ace Pilot*3
aka
Chyyk, Master Shipwright, Master AS, Master Pilot *3

Its not the loot rate itself that bothers me its the quility of loot thats been lacking these days.. i get nothing but crap these days.. like lv 10 caps that are 28 rr and 600 energy..!!! what that about??

Gregorian Pipes - Rebel Ace Pilot - Bloodfin
"The Edge...there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

Earlier I read a similar message (and may have replied), but now I have to concur that loot drop seems to be way down. In the areas I kill in I used to be able to fill up in under an hour. Now I am lucky to fill up in under 2 or 3 hours. I have not had a "good" piece of loot in a long time, and am beginning to think that the best stuff I have must have been rewards that I just did not know were rewards.

Daraq Trisul
Smuggler Extraordinaire
Ace Pilot Badges: Storm Squadron, Imperial Inquisition, Akron's Havok Squad
Corporal in the Rebel Militia
Elder Master Pistoleer Desperado Rogue

Death Incarnate Advanced X-Wing
Dark Tide Prototype Oppressor

Proud member of the Big Game Hunters

I think the loot rate has gotten a bit better actually.....the other day i had been in space for about 2 hrs looting and for about 30 min. every ship I tagged dropped a piece of equipment....as to the quality of it though, it's definitely junk . But then again the chassis vendors don't care what the quality of the component is when I sell it.

S'in Banik / C'os Banik

I would have agree'd with you, except yesterday I started in on my imperial tree, I was getting loot like crazy, I think I made 4 drop offs (of 25 to a SW I know). Some of it was very nice stuff. In fact I'm using a cannon and a shield that are both better than RE stuff I had.

Kirsha - Trif - Kettemoor

Ok, enough of "seems" and "might" and "used to be" You're all fallen to the bugaboo of Selective Perception if you think it has changed (find a nice psychology website and take a look if you wish).

I did the same thing I did when this post came up and I replied the first time. It's also the same thing I do 2-3 times a week with different characters on different servers. I took a Debris cult Destroy mission and finished it out. I don't bother tallying up my loot normally but here, for the doubters is the list of today's run.

Foe: tier2-3 Debris Cultists

Total loot in inventory: 72 pieces

Lost to full inventory: 1

Armor (16)

Level1: 3

L2: 4

L4: 7

L5: 2

Booster(14)

L1: 3

L2: 5

L3: 1

L4: 1

L5: 3

L6 1

Capacitor(13)

L1: 1

L2: 4

L3: 3

L4: 3

L5: 1

L6: 2

Droid Interface (7)

L2: 3

L3-6: 1 each

Engine (7)

1 each levels 1-6, except 2 L5

Reactor (4)

L1: 1

L2: 1

L6: 2

Shield (6)

L1-2: 2 each

L4: 1

L5: 1

Weapon (5)

L4: 1

L6: 4

This is about normal for this run. Since I don't have my old notes, you're gonna have to take my word. The thing you guys who think its down aren't doing, is taking a fixed mission with a fixed amount of ships and actually counting. You're making guesses, based on higher tier ships, which, ever since the "tier appropriate loot" patch, have been consistently inconsistent. This is normal, if you think about the distribution and the nature of that specific change. Leveled component loot follows a descending scale from L1 to L10. The change in the sytem layered on top of this a distribution curve that has its peak at whatever level of ship you're looting. When I kill tier2-3 ships, I get what is pretty close to a normal distribution for levels 1-6, thankfully its low on the level 1 side most days. When you kill tier 4-5, the peak of your loot curve is at a much higher place on the loot scale. There are far less random rolls that will go your way, and thus far less loot, as a normal thing. If you guys are really interested in tracking this from patch to patch, instead of simply guessing. Pick a higher end Duty mission, one you will be able to do at any time, from now until infinity. Then do it, not just once, but several times, on a regular basis. Track your numbers, and get a reliable idea of how much you "should" be getting. Then, anytime a patch hits, do your regular run, and compare. If it's low and then low on a consistent basis, then you might have something worth posting.

Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]

Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician

Made it before all hell broke loose.

loot runs hot and cold and in the end always balances out. I am bettin you got a sweet cap or something you need one more item to RE so it seems alot longer to you right now

hmm Piskobunny, what an interesting post.

I have 3 regular loot runs in 3 different places which i probably have been doing 3 times a week for about the last 6-8weeks.

The simple fact is it is taking at least twice the length of time to get a similair amount of loot.

As to the quality, well its more or less a junk dealers utopia atm

Perhaps you will take my word for it

Farstar
Chewova, Master BH, Master Pistoleer, Alliance Ace Pilot*3
aka
Chyyk, Master Shipwright, Master AS, Master Pilot *3

Until you post what you do and where you go in detail, no I wont really take your word for it, sorry.

Vagueness #1 what are you hunting?

Vagueness #2 how long are you hunting?

Vagueness #3 what is a "similar" amount of loot?

I posted exact numbers for what I drew on a specific mission from a specific place and time today, and the only thing I asked people to take my word on was that this specific run against specific mobs for a quantifiable number of trials has not changed since the patch.

You're asking me to believe your perceptions, I'm asking you to believe numbers which are accurate, just unavailable.

Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]

Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician

Made it before all hell broke loose.