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Blue drops?

zerkovaplayerzerkovaplayer Member Posts: 51 Arc User
edited August 2013 in The Foundry
So I was playing a foundry today, now that some foundries are back online (mine still isn't) and I saw some blue drops in some fights.

Is this new to the patch? I don't remember seeing blue drops in Foundry play before. (Chest was, of course, still a green thing.)
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  • crok2crok2 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    There have been blue drops for a while but I DO feel like there may be more of them now.
  • rabbitfeverrabbitfever Member Posts: 31
    edited August 2013
    Yup there are more blue item drops now, today I got 3 from one foundry quest and 2 from the new zone. Keep them for salvaging rare mats. Now we can do that explains why the sudden increase in the rate.
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  • crok2crok2 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    rabbitfever wrote: »
    Yup there are more blue item drops now, today I got 3 from one foundry quest and 2 from the new zone. Keep them for salvaging rare mats. Now we can do that explains why the sudden increase in the rate.

    You can only salvage purple though can't you?
  • devocutdevocut Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    The rate of blue drops has definitely increased across the entire game. Unfortunately, there is still no reason to open the foundry reward chest except to complete the quest:( Nothing but greens inside the chest. I have no idea why I keep expecting something different each time I open the dang thing.

    Also, the selling price of blues has dropped quite a bit on the AH. Supply and demand I guess. That may change as the purples begin to slowly disappear but as of now (for me), it’s best to sell the blues for gold.
  • agentjasporagentjaspor Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    devocut wrote: »
    The rate of blue drops has definitely increased across the entire game. Unfortunately, there is still no reason to open the foundry reward chest except to complete the quest:( Nothing but greens inside the chest. I have no idea why I keep expecting something different each time I open the dang thing.

    This puzzled me too. If they're giving out blues as random loot drops like free candy, why not at least throw a blue in the Foundry reward chest?
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  • angryspriteangrysprite Member Posts: 4,982 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    agentjaspor wrote: »
    This puzzled me too. If they're giving out blues as random loot drops like free candy, why not at least throw a blue in the Foundry reward chest?

    The reward chest is the same reward chest in every quest (read: Cryptic-deveoped official quests). They want there to only be green items. Blue items are "treasure loot" and randomized. The reason there are more blue-quality drops in Foundry quests is to act as an incentive to get more people playing Foundry quests more often.

    This was discussed a few months ago where Robobo mentioned this specifically: "higher frequency of more valuable loot drops in Foundry quests" to help make-up for the cut-back in XP earned (part of the fix for massive exploits).

    High rate of blue-quality drops in Foundry quests is nothing new (it's been this way for at least three or four months now,) though I suppose the frequency may have received a slight boost, perhaps.
  • karitrkaritr Member Posts: 662 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    High rate of blue-quality drops in Foundry quests is nothing new (it's been this way for at least three or four months now,) though I suppose the frequency may have received a slight boost, perhaps.

    As someone who plays Foundrys almost exclusively, I can confidently say it most certainly is new.

    Funnily enough, the drop rate for blues on the preview shard was reduced shortly before the patch went live. There are so many blues dropping right now, I think the live shards may have the pre-nerfed drop table and I wouldn't be surprised to see this toned down in a future patch.
  • koboldbard2koboldbard2 Banned Users Posts: 334 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    angrysprite wrote: »
    High rate of blue-quality drops in Foundry quests is nothing new (it's been this way for at least three or four months now,) though I suppose the frequency may have received a slight boost, perhaps.
    Huh? I leveled a TR to 60 exclusively via Foundry. I reached 60 without ever getting a blue drop.
  • bigshwagbigshwag Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    koboldbard2 wrote: »
    Huh? I leveled a TR to 60 exclusively via Foundry. I reached 60 without ever getting a blue drop.

    chalk that up to karma :D

    before the patch I found 3 or 4 blue drops in around 200 foundry quest runs. (mostly Bill's & Agent 34)
    Since the patch, I've found 23 blues in 16 quests.
    Seems a clear difference to me, no way they let it stay at that rate.
    note; seems only lvl 60s getting the blue drops.
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