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Robertina Bering
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-12-25 09:14:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Robertina Bering
Is it just me who have noticed a huge faction (not dedspace) loot droprate boost?
I know, random is random, but guys... i've got a LOT of faction loot after Retribution. The most impressive drop was today (Angel Annex, Domination War General), when i got 3 (right, three) faction modules: ballistic control unit, warp scrambler and armor hardener.
Also i got some faction loot from dedspace overseers (no, i'm not talking about final boss npcs). It never happened before.

Some stats:
previously:
100 dedspace items, 5-6 faction items
now:
100 dedspace items, 43 faction items

Any suggestions?
Sylvia Nardieu
Super Serious Fight Club
#2 - 2012-12-25 09:59:09 UTC
You just got lucky?
Haven't noticed any improvements, and had few really disapointing runs (eg. escalation which usually ends in 800-ish mil of loot dropping only OPEs).
Enjoy while it lasts.
Robertina Bering
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-12-25 10:45:27 UTC
Sylvia Nardieu wrote:
You just got lucky?


I'm too lucky, i guess. Impossibly lucky.
Ran simple Angel 3/10 10 minutes ago and got 2 faction items (and no sign of a-type small items). Wtf?
dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2012-12-25 11:18:00 UTC
Robertina Bering wrote:
Is it just me who have noticed a huge faction (not dedspace) loot droprate boost?


I have not noticed any change in drop rate or income from exploration, it's just as random now as pre-patch.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Keko Khaan
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-12-25 11:48:19 UTC
Robertina Bering wrote:
Is it just me who have noticed a huge faction (not dedspace) loot droprate boost?
I know, random is random, but guys... i've got a LOT of faction loot after Retribution. The most impressive drop was today (Angel Annex, Domination War General), when i got 3 (right, three) faction modules: ballistic control unit, warp scrambler and armor hardener.
Also i got some faction loot from dedspace overseers (no, i'm not talking about final boss npcs). It never happened before.

Some stats:
previously:
100 dedspace items, 5-6 faction items
now:
100 dedspace items, 43 faction items

Any suggestions?


You just been lucky.. I did two 8/10 escalations after retribution and got only ope's worth 70mil. No other loot. No faction or deadspace droppets. Also i havent seen faction spawn since retribution came alive.. Which tells me that ccp screwed up with the "downtimes cannot be abused anymore to find rarer npc spawns".
Mnemosyne Gloob
#6 - 2012-12-25 16:30:42 UTC
"Exploration is broken!"
Robertina Bering
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-12-25 22:16:35 UTC
Keko Khaan wrote:
You just been lucky.. I did two 8/10 escalations after retribution and got only ope's worth 70mil. No other loot. No faction or deadspace droppets. Also i havent seen faction spawn since retribution came alive.. Which tells me that ccp screwed up with the "downtimes cannot be abused anymore to find rarer npc spawns".


Again: in my own experience 8/10 has the worst loot drop rate among other complexes, so it doesnt count :)
Akuma Tsukai
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-12-25 23:55:49 UTC
"Exploration is broken" Did 8 4/10 in a week, got 2 items total Ugh Tell the angels to supply sansha pls Lol
Capt Starfox
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#9 - 2012-12-26 00:32:22 UTC
Woah.. I need to get in on this. Exploration, you say?

Abandon all hope ye who x up in fleet
Robertina Bering
Doomheim
#10 - 2012-12-26 01:43:23 UTC
Akuma Tsukai wrote:
"Exploration is broken" Did 8 4/10 in a week, got 2 items total Ugh Tell the angels to supply sansha pls Lol


I'll share some statistics on 4/10 in a week or two :) About 100 sites, is that good enough data amount?
Robertina Bering
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-12-26 01:43:53 UTC
Capt Starfox wrote:
Woah.. I need to get in on this. Exploration, you say?


Exploration is broken, as always Big smile
Sodohm
Eve Rookies Academy
Eve Rookies United
#12 - 2012-12-26 09:51:43 UTC
Did a bit of ratting last week, and, out of 9 faction spawn, i did get 4 that dropped faction modules. The number is pretty low, so it doesnt mean anything, but its a higher rate than before.
Arelia Nova
7 Dancers and a caldari Shuttle
#13 - 2012-12-26 14:11:52 UTC
OMG they nerfed invention!, wait this is an invention chance topic right?

Oh sorry I always get these mixed up.
Kora Mi
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-12-27 00:57:57 UTC
I was going to post the opposite:

Of the 15 DED sites I ran over the Christmas break (mix of 6 (2), 7 (3) and 8 (10))…. One overseer dropped deadspace loot (the DED 8). Total dry spell in my neck of the universe…..

I would love to see some long term statistics posted on % drop rate… Is there any manipulation of rates to slow or speed the supply of faction/deadspace loot….
St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2012-12-27 05:08:38 UTC
OP is an obvious dev alt trying to fool players into thinking that exploration isn't broken, and is disproving our claims by bragging about fake loot drops.

(Just kidding.)
Philalexandros
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-12-29 15:13:22 UTC
In Branch we're not getting anywhere near the drops. Unrated sites are just dropping faction ammo (which is practically worthless at the moment). I haven't seen an actual rated site in over a week. Escalations are also way down.

Is it possible for someone like CCP Diagoras to post some stats on drops?
Hazen Koraka
HK Enterprises
#17 - 2013-01-04 08:25:49 UTC
Omg Exploration is broken ! They nerfed the drop rates! Shocked

Oh wait, Exploration is broken!! They buffed the drop rates!!!

CCP aren't going to publish their drop rate tables.. dream on - it would mean people would just cherry pick what sites to run, meaning the other's wouldn't get a look in at all.

That said, I recently raised a bug on an escalation that has never dropped zip for me (It's Trap! escalation from Gurista Lookout) and they were not aware of this bug before... so the system isn't perfect.

Exploration is Random. Random is Random... or is it?! http://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html