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sludge01
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The problem is, you only get loot if you KILL the mob. I see AOE toons standing on the portal, and 1 hit kill all the mobs, and no-one else gets a chance. Again, with the hulks, which get owned by TR's. The problem is way too many people on way too few portal nodes.. Average population of 60 and only 6 nodes means 10 people for every node. If I'm super lucky, and get to a 40 man instance, I may get 5-10 drops, but the lvl 60 AOE (GWF and CW) tend to get far more loot than normal people. Make it so if you HIT the mob, you get loot, don't make it 'who kills it' get's the loot.. The farmers are out in force, and make the event seem unfun for everyone else. To fix it, open up 4 times as many portals, to spread people out, so everyone get's a chance
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Nerf horses.
Also, as a CW, I feel bad that I am black-holeing one group of mobs while blowing up a second group in range and not even having to move as I watch other people desperately attempt to get a hit in, running around.
However, like many things wrong with this game, it's Cryptic's design, people do what works, and this "event" is simply designed, and caters exclusively to, AoE dmg dealing (using instant-use powers if possible, as fast as possible).
That's how they designed it broham.
***note that "courtesy" is not a strong point during these mobs most of the time. This is not what you'd call a "team building exercise".
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I think they just don't always drop a bag of bones. Claiming them works the same as anything else.
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Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I said a box dropped at my feet. The boxes that look like the nightmare chests. Those are the bone bags. And yes, i got one just for being near a fight, doing nothing more then sitting on my mount.
Now, perhaps damage increased ones odds. Perhaps it has an effect. But to say it is the only way to get a box to drop is untrue.
*edited to clarify that I tend to stand between mob spawn points and throw my lance of faith into the mob randomly hitting things and tossing forgemaster's flame out when I can manage to target the Hulk from where I'm standing. If we're just a small group I'll spam Astral Shield and Sunburst to keep everyone healthy. I stopped using chains when the AoE from CWs just left them lying on the ground and I decided I needed AS back in my bar :P
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Yup, hulk can drop the bag regardless of your damage. I managed to get one without hitting it too (I was busy running away from archers).
Eh, I've been running around low-mid population portals with my TR. On the spawns further away from the main site, I can do majority/all the damage to many of the mobs. Still get mostly rank 1 & 2 enchants, rarely a 3. Never a 4.
(As for bags... first day, when it was super crowded, I got 2-3 bags a portal. Now, with less competition and getting good damage on more mobs? 0-1 bags, plus the one from the end reward. RNG is RNG.)
Also, all classes are equal and truly balanced now because of the balance-patch. There's no more unbalance maybe try using different skills because each class has equal chance, opportunity to kill. No class has advantage as the balance-patch fixed everything.
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FWIW, it was my mid-level TR that got my 2nd (yes, 2nd) Blue Skeletal Dog. From a random BoB drop. Sooo...there ya go.
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I can relate to how you feel, in many MMOs during limited time events I was the person who didn't get the special items due to RNG.
I've tried different classes, same chance at drops it seems. Last portal on Coriol Street saw two rogues, including myself, killing all the mobs. Not a high number of drops.
That seems average to me and I'm doing AoE.
my cw get usually 1-2 bags of bones.three at most.yes,there is a bunch of enchants on ground,but they are usually level 1 or 2.tonight,i have gotten couple portals solo and no huge difference in drops,maybe less,when it comes bag of bones.my level 60 cw does not one shot mobs consistently,so results may differ.