https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/451858-Update-24-Drop-Rate-Increases

Still a few I'd like to see bumped up.

Edit: for those who can't visit the motherboard.

From dev Steelstar...

Hey, everyone.


As you may have seen in this weekend's Lamannia release notes, we're planning to make some changes to the drop rates of items in older packs with U24. We saw a few of you had questions about it, so we thought we'd elaborate a bit.

Here's the changes, if you missed them:




The drop rates of items in many quests have been increased, including:
The drop rate of the Animus Rune Arm from Devil Assault.
The drop rate of the Mad Lute and Mysterious Bauble items from The Weapons Shipment.
Drop rates on named items in the Sands of Menechtarun landscape.
Drop rates on named items in the quests located in the Menechtarun Desert have been increased on Elite and Epic difficulties.
Drop rates on Druid's Deep named items.
Drop rates on the High Road named items.
Drop rates on the Gianthold named items.
Drop rates on Disciples of Shadow named items.
Drop rates on the Wheloon quest chain named items.
Drop rates on Optional chests in the Storm Horns.
Drop rates on named items in Brothers of the Forge and A Study in Sable.
Drop rates for named loot in the Haunted Halls of Eveningstar.
Drop rates of Cormyrean items in Eveningstar Challenge chests.
Drop rates of King's Forest items.
Drop rates for Underdark quest named items.
Drop rates for Demonweb quest named items.
The drop rate of Eveningstar Commendations from the King's Forest, Underdark, and Demonweb quests no longer overlap with named item drops, making it more likely to get an item or Commendations.
The drop rate of Web of Chaos quest named items have been increased on Elite and Epic Elite difficulties.
Drop rates of Secrets of the Artificers quest named items have been increased slightly on Normal and Elite.
Drop rates of quest named items in The Red Fens.
Drop rates of Maleficent Cabal named items.
Drop rates of named quest items in The Xorian Cipher.
Drop rates on named quest items in Invaders!.
Drop rates on items in Garamol's chest in The Subterranean.
Drop rates on items in Restless Isles.


A few "frequently asked questions" about this:


Why the change?
Over time and many updates, the drop rates on named items has varied wildly. We've done some analysis, and are raising old drop rates that we felt were too low. Generally speaking, if drop rates already met or exceeded our new guidelines, they were left alone. We don't intend to nerf the drop rate of anything in this pass.



What do you mean by 'quest items'?
We really just mean 'named items that drop in chests'. End reward lists and other methods of item gain were not adjusted in this pass.



Why isn't (insert item/quest/pack) on this list?
For some, they didn't need adjusting based on our guidelines (Attack on Stormreach, for instance). For others, we just haven't gotten to everything yet; some packs (especially older content) have outdated or elaborate loot table setups on our end. If you know of a pack or dungeon with crazy low drop rates, let us know and we can investigate it.



What about Raid items?
Drop rates of Raids are not being adjusted in this pass.


Do Ingredients count?
Generally, the drop rate of ingredients/crafting materials did not change. A few shifted around in the loot tables though; the purpose there was to make it more likely that if you didn't get a Named item, you got Ingredients instead.



When you say "drop rates from this pack have been raised", do you mean ALL the items in the pack?
In some cases yes, in others no. It really depended on what the rates already were.



What about Eberron Epic items - Scrolls, Seals, and Shards?
In this pass, we ensured that the drop rates of Seals and Shards for the above-mentioned packs met our current guidelines (for most of those packs, it was a slight bump in drop rate). We may take a further look at these in the future.

m4lacka wrote on Nov 19^th, 2014 at 2:36am:

Same for Bauble & Ring of the Ancestors for me.  I need a few Planar Girds for my Half Elves.  And Garamol now.  So I can get a Luck Blade to Glamadamadingdong.

Kalasnikitty wrote on Nov 19^th, 2014 at 8:12am:
Well, they indicated that Lordsmarch was the benchmark.  So, that is pretty solid.

It's interesting to note that everybody is concerned about Seal/Scroll/Shard drop rates... ( here, on Official Forum and on the PC forum )
And not that interested by the rest ( just acking that it's nice to have them raised ).

As some pointed, they should consider a refresh on the Seal/scroll/Shard mechanism when they hit cap, so that they can keep all the happy farmers busy at end game... Once there is an end game.

Flav wrote on Nov 19^th, 2014 at 9:08am:

I don't mind the S/S/S system, what I mind is the horrible drop rates on large pools; like desert.  If the drop rates are going to be that low they should modify it slightly to Shard of the Desert, Seal of the Desert, Scroll of the Desert, or Shard of the Chronoscope, or Shard of the Sentinels.  That would at least keep it in the ballpark of reason.

Revaulting wrote on Nov 19^th, 2014 at 11:19am:

Been running the desert for a couple weeks now, still not seen a single scroll drop.  Seen 2 freakin shards in WizKing, zero scrolls given.

Hopefully I can finally get my eSOS now. Got the seal and the scroll - just need the shard and weapon now.

ESOS Shars is the debil.  3 years, 300 successes, 1 shard

no. wrote on Nov 19^th, 2014 at 1:59pm:


Sadly this was long before I knew about duping.  I could make 3 more ESOS for other toons if only I had shards

Upping the drop rate on gear that's pretty much useless. Somethings are nice like the bauble/haunted halls, but who gives a shit about most of it. I rather see them fix the drop rate of tomes and such. When you run ee mod and get 3-4 tomes, it's a damn shame.

Aeolwind wrote on Nov 19^th, 2014 at 11:26am:

Hard to believe, every life on my alts, I'm flagging the raid. They don't drop as frequently as the shit in von but they drop often enough. Would be nice if they upgraded old school gear with some slots, I'm tired of keeping the shit in my tr cache. I don't wanna destroy it bc the "what if" factor.