Drop chances too low?

megendra

I really feel that something's wrong with the drops. I thought that it was me, it was like "i have bad luck", but you just need to look at the AH, you can't find a lot of pieces of special armors. Let's take the High prophet armor... just now... there are 4 gauntlets, 4 helmets, 3 symbols, and yes, a lot of icons, but... where are the boots and the armor... just 20 items from a set that should have 100 items like others.
It's really frustrating to do dungeons and to get... a ring? a belt? again?? and it's even more frustrating when you get a blue item. And i can not even buy what i want/need at the AH because the drop it's so rare that noone sells it.
Please... please... i beg you... Fix the drop chance.

lihin23nihil

High Prophet is in demand, the boots that drop from CC end boss used to be BOP (they may still be).

Remember that you can often get T1 rewards from T2 DD chests too.

kattefjaes

I have some vague memory that at least one part of the High Prophet set is buggy, and usually Bind On Pickup. That might be total nonsense, but a little nagging voice is insisting that it's the case. Maybe someone else actually remembers

By the by, I think I have seen more High Prophet from T2 DD chests than I ever saw drop or be offered by T1 chests.. It's pretty easy to get yourself T2 viable with good AH blues, some cheap r5 gems, and a bunch of boons, you know... If you start with the easier ones with Pirate King and Spellplague, you'll be fine. Some of the random purples from Dread Ring/Sharandar aren't bad, either.

(I collected High Prophet as an "off set" while running T2s for my Miracle Healer, without really trying)

beckylunatic

kattefjaes wrote: »

I have some vague memory that at least one part of the High Prophet set is buggy, and usually Bind On Pickup.

I believe even a boss drop of the boots is BoP, so they cannot be purchased at all.

And yes, the fact that any T2 dungeon has a chance of giving a random choice of T1 set pieces in the DD chest means that you can sort of accidentally collect those as you go.

pitshade

I can verify that HP boots are always BOP. My main cleric got one from a boss drop. My second cleric is still trying to get hers. The armor is rare because 1)Idris was bugged for a time and 2)Idris also drops t1 offhands, reducing the chance of the boss dropping it even further and also making it harder to get from the chest, both of which makes people more likely to snap them up when they're on the AH. Add that to the fact the HP is one of the contenders for BIS for a cleric and that people don't run the T1s for profit as much, it makes a desirable item with a limited supply.