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DrevenStrobe

Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:29 am

Ok, this is just an observation from someone who regularly makes it a point to try to loot Locked Containers to basically give away to Novice Smugglers (1 cred each on my grinding vendor).

Anyway, last night, after a few days of chasing down Valarians on Tat, and coming away with 3 Gambling Tables for my trouble, along with ALOT of Party Posters, I headed to my house and completely emptied my inventory. I then headed to my favorite static spawn of Meatlumps right outside of Cnet to try to grab some Locked Containers to stick on my vendor for some worthy Novice Smuggler.

I started with my inventory reading [0/60]. After 30-45 minutes of killing and looting Meatlumps, I had a full inventory, yet I didn't have a single Locked Container (when,before the new loot, I would've had 5-10 in this amount of time). Most of my loot consisted of new schematics...14 Droid Body schems, 9 Street Lamp schems, 7 Radio schems.

So, in just my small sampling, on a mob that I used to regularly milk for Locked Containers, this tells me that Locked Container drops are down again. Meaning Novice Smugglers will once again HAVE to shell out large amounts of credits just to earn Slicing 1.

Does frustrate anyone else? To know that Novice Smugglers are the only non-Jedi profession to be gated by the god-forsaken loot table? Either you spend days upon days to find something that actually drops Containers, or you shell out 5k-10k EACH to buy them on the bazaar or a private vendor. How is this fair?

/rant off;

Dreven Strobe (Colonel) ~~Tristyn Strobe~~

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yimaz

Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:32 am

#2

Man that sucks for nov's now the greedy will charge even more for the rare container's. With luck the dev's will bring the drop rate back up, good looking out Dreven.

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WesBelden

Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:48 am

#3

Thanks for the heads up Dreven.

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DrevenStrobe

Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:56 am

#4

WesBelden wrote:

Thanks for the heads up Dreven.

Think you might mention something about this on the C-forums?

It should also be noted that in my quest for Gambling Tables starting Friday evening, and continuing through most of the day Saturday, and a good bit of yesterday, I filled and emptied my inventory4 times (including the Meatlump killing spree I was on last night)....and looted a total of 1(!) Locked Container in that span.

So...if you figure that in, that comes to a ratio of 1 LC for every 240 looted items...not very scientific, but not very favorable for the Novices.

I'll investigate more later...

Dreven Strobe (Colonel) ~~Tristyn Strobe~~

TKM / Master Pistoleer / Master Smuggler / ~~Master Merchant~~

Imp FP Broker: 130c/FP Starsider ~~Imp FP Broker: 130c/FP~~

Smuggler 'til the end...and then some.

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WesBelden

Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:58 am

#5

DrevenStrobe wrote:

Think you might mention something about this on the C-forums?

Already done

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Scoooter

Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:58 am

#6

WesBelden wrote:

Thanks for the heads up Dreven.

I for one do not open containers for guildies unless I know of no novice smugglers that need xp.

I was asked to open 24 yesterday from someone that looted them. So they are droppping

If you are a novice smuggler and on the Valcyn server let me know and if you are on I will direct all container requests I get to you

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Ternque01

Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:02 am

#7

All the more reason to give novice smuggler's the ability to kill people with them and loot them from their bodies.

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Zeon_Zaku

Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:11 am

#8

In about an hour of looting, I got about seven locked containers. Seems to be the same drop-rate for me...

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Ternque01

Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:14 am

#9

Yea Drev. Maybe it is the spawn you are hitting. NPC's seem to drop different things depending on who they are and where you kill them.

Axob Freelight
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Daturaze

Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:53 am

#10

Ternque01 wrote:

Yea Drev. Maybe it is the spawn you are hitting. NPC's seem to drop different things depending on who they are and where you kill them.

I think you're on to something!

After an hour of camping some goons (not the Raiders) just outside of Narmle on Rori I ended up with 7 locked containers and about 12 of the Rifleman Speed Stims.

Cheers
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DrevenStrobe

Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:24 pm

#11

Well...maybe I'll try something different tonight...

But, the spawn I mentioned above WAS yielding ~10 LCs per hour before the latest loot pass.

It still pisses me off that we even have to have this discussion. If there were something else in the game (non-loot) that Novice Smugglers could level on, it wouldn't be an issue at all.

Dreven Strobe (Colonel) ~~Tristyn Strobe~~

TKM / Master Pistoleer / Master Smuggler / ~~Master Merchant~~

Imp FP Broker: 130c/FP Starsider ~~Imp FP Broker: 130c/FP~~

Smuggler 'til the end...and then some.

"Everything I tell you is a lie. The truth is always bigger than the words we use to describe it."

Lynchmawb

Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:30 pm

#12

I got one this weekend off an Elder. Uber loot! lol

SBRD0C

Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:37 pm

#13

This is Why I've always been in favor of switching the slicing Certs for Containers and Terminals.

If novices couldslice Terminals instead of containers.. it would take more slices to earn Slicing I, but they would not be reliant on anyone to earn that. with Slicing 1 though they could slice Containers as well which would make them able to get a bit of Extra XP when they happen to come across some containers.

This way Novices wouldn't even be forced to open containers.. so maybe people might *gasp* pay the novices to open them.. Oh my god what a Thought!!!

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