Bad Loots (not a whinnie thread)

[fresco]

Originally Posted by Wolf

The problem with comparing PE to a slot machine or Poker is that the rules for those never change. Poker is poker a Royal Flush still beats 4 aces etc... With PE, the rules change every month. What worked for you before won't work now beacuse they changed item X. Sure, poker players have systems. You can come up with a system for game that never changes. Once you think you got things figured out in PE...MA yanks the carpet out from under you. I think that's sort of what Svetlana was trying to say....

well some slots have cherries some cowboys some wheel of fortune and stuff the comperasent is based on - you put money in and you can take money out situation. In fact a completely random system is impossible mathematically (hoping there are no real mathematicians around). Anyway we seem to be missing the point, i am not looking for the way to "crack the system" just simple addition to the fun of my game - game tactics that i can ignore if i want to (if someone else finds it useful even better). Yes MA "takes carpet from under you", most likely they have a program that does it while Marco sleeps by itself...

I understood completely what Svetlana said, unfortunately that was irrelevant to the original question posted.

[Svetlana]

I think tactics and understanding loot thoeries are one and the same. So regretfully I do not understand your question fresco
Best tactics would be to have high skills, good corresponding equipment for what you hunt, and having fun

[fresco]

Originally Posted by Svetlana

I think tactics and understanding loot thoeries are one and the same. So regretfully I do not understand your question fresco
Best tactics would be to have high skills, good corresponding equipment for what you hunt, and having fun

Sorry Svetlana i do not mean to upset you.
I agree the question are so simple that it sounds like there should be something else that is asked, mostly due to it's "touchy subject". This is why i adde that it is not a whinnie thread.

Better skills are better skills but with better skills you still get bad loots and it is quite the same for all and untill MA introduces "Looting Skill" they only affect the size of the mob you can kill or so they say (MA).

To make question clearer.

If you have bad loots, what do you do?

Did you hunt drones during scarecrow (April 22-28), if yes did you notice any difference bad/good in loots for you?

the questions are "technical" not empirical

[Zasz]

Originally Posted by fresco

if you would have read my reply just above your post
...
I was making money during trox-item event!

yes i know... i was responding to the first statement, not second...
and you obviously havent considered the possibility that since so many people made a profit off trox event, MA lost enough money that theyd want to guarantee that didnt happen again... and significantly lower the profit margin.

Originally Posted by fresco

On the other note - did you hunt drones this event?

and yes, i did. and what i found was not varying from what i said.

[fresco]

a little update

Originally Posted by FireW0lf

Here's a tip boys and girls... When you have an entire day of extremely poor loots - stay out of PE for a week. By that time every other player has paid for the quest, and you can either come back and try to scoop the prize, or carry on as normal, with your normal decent loots

[Devil Doll]

I think that is a very big assumption especially since we have only seen one other event such as this. I really doubt MA ia running so close the the belt they have to reduce loot for a few days to have the money to pay for an uber item.

I think it has more to do with the general ebb and flow of PE. There are periods for people where loots are good and periods where they are bad. Without knowing how the loot system works it is pretty hard to come up with any real explainations.

I say just try to enjoy the game. If loot is bad do something else, like, play tag

DD

[fresco]

Originally Posted by Devil Doll

I think that is a very big assumption especially since we have only seen one other event such as this. I really doubt MA ia running so close the the belt they have to reduce loot for a few days to have the money to pay for an uber item.

I think it has more to do with the general ebb and flow of PE. There are periods for people where loots are good and periods where they are bad. Without knowing how the loot system works it is pretty hard to come up with any real explainations.

I say just try to enjoy the game. If loot is bad do something else, like, play tag

DD

i agree, nevertheless i just want to put here everything that adresses "bad loots - try this" kinda thing

[The Mighty]

With atrox event, it seemed like the loots were okay.....On the Atrox Olds mostly, but on the stalkers etc that we managed to kill, the loots were just stupid (less than 2 ped).

With the bot event, I killed some bots, but never got anything substantial. (max 3 ped and a ton of no loots - big loss)

Now with the Thori... event - I can't actually kill one of those on my own.... So I am not taking part, but it seems like the rest of the loots are terrible.

My thought is that the next "uber" unique item is going to have a TT of 50k PED at least... maybe 100k even, and MA is saving up for it....