The Hidden Forest

Thoughts on increasing the drop rate on the augs?

Currently its easier to get the gear than the augs. Allow me to explain. Bosses are going to drop 2 items and have a chance at dropping 1 aug. Kill 2 bosses and get 4 items and if you are very lucky 2 augs. =(

There are 8 minis in the zone that have an 8 hour lockout. If you could get all 8 to spawn, getting two-three augs out of them would be good.

This morning I did 3 bosses and 4-5 of the minis. So I received 6 new items, which are awesome btw. From all of that I got one pearl. So from todays run I have 18 aug slots and 1 aug. Next run the same thing will happen.

Last trip to VT summary:

5 minis = 0 augs
3 named = 7 items (23 aug slots) and 1 aug (Ebony)

My thought is that the aug components should be at least 50% drop rate on minis and bosses should drop more than one like in HoH/Nadox.

PKinternet wrote:Last trip to VT summary:

5 minis = 0 augs
3 named = 7 items (23 aug slots) and 1 aug (Ebony)

My thought is that the aug components should be at least 50% drop rate on minis and bosses should drop more than one like in HoH/Nadox.

Seems a bit heavy for me. I understand your point PKinternet and your need of aug and I understand that 1 aug for 5 minis + 3 named isn't good, but getting a new item and be able to put immediatly or shortly after, 3 or 4 new augs on it sounds like too easy (I know, I'll regret this sentence later ). You can get some lillu distiller with the AA merchant in Qeynos catacombs for the rarest aug in your inventory, but I don't know which is the most boring, getting exp for lillu distiller or farming back some aug.

conradd wrote:

PKinternet wrote:
Seems a bit heavy for me. I understand your point PKinternet and your need of aug and I understand that 1 aug for 5 minis + 3 named isn't good, but getting a new item and be able to put immediatly or shortly after, 3 or 4 new augs on it sounds like too easy (I know, I'll regret this sentence later ). You can get some lillu distiller with the AA merchant in Qeynos catacombs for the rarest aug in your inventory, but I don't know which is the most boring, getting exp for lillu distiller or farming back some aug.

Well that is basically my point. I can get Items easier than Augs. Shouldn't it be reverse? And getting the items are not easy, it took a while to figure out and is fun. But in the end you will have to work harder to get augs than you will items in VT.

The part I did not include is last night two items rotted since I have them already on my toons. So you will have this awesome gear rot before you can fill them with the T9 augs.

PKinternet wrote:

conradd wrote:

PKinternet wrote:
Seems a bit heavy for me. I understand your point PKinternet and your need of aug and I understand that 1 aug for 5 minis + 3 named isn't good, but getting a new item and be able to put immediatly or shortly after, 3 or 4 new augs on it sounds like too easy (I know, I'll regret this sentence later ). You can get some lillu distiller with the AA merchant in Qeynos catacombs for the rarest aug in your inventory, but I don't know which is the most boring, getting exp for lillu distiller or farming back some aug.

Well that is basically my point. I can get Items easier than Augs. Shouldn't it be reverse? And getting the items are not easy, it took a while to figure out and is fun. But in the end you will have to work harder to get augs than you will items in VT.

The part I did not include is last night two items rotted since I have them already on my toons. So you will have this awesome gear rot before you can fill them with the T9 augs.

If you are playing tomorrow at 2pm paris time, then I will glady loot them Jokes apart, if we can team up to do some stuff there, I am interested

That sounds good. I have not been playing a ton but I don't have a problem with anyone joining me in VT. =)

Necroing a bit this post. Finally started working on crafting the augments that I have looted in VT for the past months I have been hunting there and noticed that I have really few of them. Would be indeed nice to increase drop rate of those. Got tons of materials but the stone are really rare, like etched pattern of power (but for this one I understand why it's a rarer).

+1 Would like to see an increase as well.

Just for ease in this, can you guys post a list of the item names? I'm still in transit from my move and don't have all my notes/documents yet.

Sorry, I missed your response! Here are the drops for the augs.

Diamond Shard (122487)
Crystal Shard (122486)
Ebony Shard (122488)
Iron Shard (122490)
Jade Shard (122489)
Onyx Shard (122491)
Pearl Shard (122492)
Topaz Shard (122493)

Another request for increased rate or more mobs with the potential to drop it, is....

Etched Pattern of Power (122666)

Would like to see the 10% chance added to the boss mobs, otherwise I think I'll find myself going back and farming DSK3 more to get the items I need to upgrade to the VT class armor. Would provide additional incentive to kill the lower tier bosses of VT...

Thanks for entertaining the ideas!