Drop Changes?

sockmunkey · August 2013

I'm starting to notice a change in the drops on foundry missions. I'm getting a significant increase in blue drops. In fact, Ive gotten at least one to drop on every foundry mission I've run, after Feywild. In some cases, several per mission.

On the other hand, I'm noticing a huge decrease in drop rate of Enchants and Runes. Before, I could regularly get several of each, on 20-30 minute missions with moderate to heavy combat. I can go several missions now without seeing a single rune or enchantment drop.

Its worth noting that Ive been running the missions as level 60 exclusively.

Granted, currently my sample size is still fairly small. But i'm curious if i'm not the only one noticing this trend. And if this is a trend, is it intended or not? More blues is a nice bonus, but the loss of enchantments is, disturbing.

tulipvorlax · August 2013

I though i read somewhere that they reduced drop rate of enchant... For all the game ?

karitr · August 2013

The enchantments from skill and treasure chests have definitely been toned down, but between normal world content and the Foundry quests, the latter are still the best place to find enchantments. At L60, Foundrys always drop me rank 4, while in the Sharandar maps - including the solo dungeons - Rank 3 enchantments are the order of the day.

Blues drop frequently from everywhere now and like enchantments the quality would appear to be better from inside Foundrys rather than the 'open' world (i.e. the same level blues but with slightly higher stats). Though like sockmunkey, the sample size is probably too small to come to any conclusions. For example, I am still getting plenty of rank 4s from Foundrys and don't think I have left a quest yet without any as s/he has.

Drop Changes?

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