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weapon-artifact : random drop or by choice?

atomicbastardatomicbastard Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 23 Arc User
edited September 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
hi i would know if we can choose the weapon when opening the chest?
or if it's a random drop (i hope no :-( the luck's gods are not with me )
i guess some people have already got their weapon
thx
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  • babyjmrbabyjmr Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    its random
  • atomicbastardatomicbastard Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    ooh bad trip


    linked to the character? or account?
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  • scoutmasterjscoutmasterj Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 101 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Well, does anyone know if you can use one artifact weapon to as refining input into another artifact weapon. At least then if we got a weapon that wasn't our first choice, we could still refine it on double rp weekend and then use it when we got our weapon of choice.
  • asterotgasterotg Member Posts: 1,742 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Bind on character.
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  • isammaxisammax Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 121 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2014
    It's not random, you get what you want.
  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    isammax wrote: »
    It's not random, you get what you want.

    So when you got it it allowed you to choose? if so that is nice because last we heard the system designer told us it would be random , thank god they changed it.
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  • mystagoguemystagogue Member Posts: 322 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    isammax wrote: »
    It's not random, you get what you want.

    That is awesome news :)
  • rollingonitrollingonit Member Posts: 1,322 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    That is really really good news if true. Everything I had heard indicated it was random.
    We can pretend.
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  • jrfbrunetjrfbrunet Member Posts: 388 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    isammax wrote: »
    It's not random, you get what you want.
    Not what I've been reading.
    Can anyone confirm with a screenshot?
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  • doriangreighdoriangreigh Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 707 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    My question is, can we get it more than once as it appears that as long as you have the reagents needed you can keep crafting one?
  • isammaxisammax Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 121 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2014
    iambecks1 wrote: »
    So when you got it it allowed you to choose? if so that is nice because last we heard the system designer told us it would be random , thank god they changed it.

    I remember reading news about artifact weapons a long time ago, and I was sure exactly that text said something like "You can choose one of the three different weapons". Now I'm not sure anymore ;(
    jrfbrunet wrote: »
    Not what I've been reading.
    Can anyone confirm with a screenshot?

    Yes, I could be wrong, sorry. I cant find that line in the news.
  • rollingonitrollingonit Member Posts: 1,322 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Aye back to square one. Assuming random. Sigh.
    We can pretend.
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  • manco111manco111 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I opened a weapon box this morning and it just gave me one, I didn't get to pick. Luckily, it was the one I wanted.
  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    manco111 wrote: »
    I opened a weapon box this morning and it just gave me one, I didn't get to pick. Luckily, it was the one I wanted.

    Ugh ffs so it is random , I just know that now I finally specced out of Renegade I will get the stupid Magic missile arti weapon 10 times in a row or something -.-
    isammax wrote: »
    I remember reading news about artifact weapons a long time ago, and I was sure exactly that text said something like "You can choose one of the three different weapons". Now I'm not sure anymore ;(

    Dammit , you got my hopes up XD
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  • championshewolfchampionshewolf Member Posts: 601 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    iambecks1 wrote: »
    Ugh ffs so it is random , I just know that now I finally specced out of Renegade I will get the stupid Magic missile arti weapon 10 times in a row or something -.-

    Part of me would be hurt, if it wasn't for the fact of the 1000+ dragon coins wasting space in my bag, that I can't delete because they are not droppable, POS HAMSTER that is making me have to delete other things just for those. More bars fine by me. The only tough part might be farming the bone.
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  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Yea, this was the final word on the issue from the Devs.
    graalx3 wrote: »
    You will need to collect all 3 of the Elements and then use them in a Campaign task (Dragonforged Artifact) to receive a Dragon Artifact Chest which will contain a random artifact weapon of your class.

    They made it clear it was random. There was never any word or follow up on a change to this.
  • isammaxisammax Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 121 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2014
    sockmunkey wrote: »
    Yea, this was the final word on the issue from the Devs.



    They made it clear it was random. There was never any word or follow up on a change to this.

    Why would they do this, this is so cruel. I'd rather farm more resources to get what I want. Randomness kills the fun in all MMOs constantly.
  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    championshewolf wrote: »
    The only tough part might be farming the bone.

    Bone? Bone is easy...I've had 6 of them drop for me ... No, the hard one is the gem.
    Hoping for improvements...
  • ladysylvialadysylvia Member Posts: 946 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2014
    The latest info from a Systems Designer:
    graalx3 wrote: »
    You will need to collect all 3 of the Elements and then use them in a Campaign task (Dragonforged Artifact) to receive a Dragon Artifact Chest which will contain a random artifact weapon of your class.
  • cheesegromitcheesegromit Member Posts: 540 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    isammax wrote: »
    Why would they do this, this is so cruel. I'd rather farm more resources to get what I want. Randomness kills the fun in all MMOs constantly.

    I agree completely. I hate it as a design concept. Fortunately I can just decide not to care about ever obtaining the artifact weapon if it proves to be too long or too frustrating a grind, like much of the other very low drop rate stuff. I got all my boons in IWD without ever seeing a piece of gear drop, so I didn't bother crafting anything either. No point if I couldn't get the set.
    adinosii wrote: »
    Bone? Bone is easy...I've had 6 of them drop for me ... No, the hard one is the gem.

    I didn't even bother waiting for a bone to drop, they were only 20k on the AH. I've still not had one drop for me. Gems are coming down in price, last I saw they were 2.1M, better than the 10-15M yesterday. If they get cheap enough before I admit defeat, I'll just buy a gem as well.
  • frishterfrishter Member Posts: 3,522 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    doriangreigh wrote: »
    My question is, can we get it more than once as it appears that as long as you have the reagents needed you can keep crafting one?

    Seems likely unless they want player effectiveness permanently affected by a single die roll.
  • jorifice1jorifice1 Member Posts: 1,042 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    frishter wrote: »
    Seems likely unless they want player effectiveness permanently affected by a single die roll.

    Don't say that outloud!
    They might hear you!
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  • jmikezjmikez Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    im about to find out in 12hrs. =D
    got a dragon gem on first run of skirmish
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  • tehsigtehsig Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 54
    edited September 2014
    RANDOM. I just opened a Dragon Artifact Chest for completing my campaign task.
  • morpheaxmorpheax Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 49
    edited September 2014
    tehsig wrote: »
    RANDOM. I just opened a Dragon Artifact Chest for completing my campaign task.
    can you redo the "quest"?
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2014
    morpheax wrote: »
    can you redo the "quest"?

    Yes. You can waste your diamonds, materials and TIME again to get that quest.

    Like I said, what an awful awful design choice
  • zshikarazshikara Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 796 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I don't really have a problem with it being random. I just hope RNG is on my side when I get my artifact weapon. If not, well then I'll stick with what I've got, which is probably better anyway since my weapon and offhand have a 2 set bonus.

    But yeah, with the amount of time and work you have to put into getting that far into the campaign and then getting the materials to do that task, it really would be nice if the devs let you choose which one you wanted like they do with Tier 1 and Tier 2 dungeon end chests.
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    edited September 2014
    It would make sense but would not offer profit after all. (Eyes up the lockboxes and the sheer amount of blue stuff I got over the [too] many boxes I opened)
  • emilemoemilemo Member Posts: 1,718 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    eistander wrote: »
    It would make sense but would not offer profit after all. (Eyes up the lockboxes and the sheer amount of blue stuff I got over the [too] many boxes I opened)

    Lockboxes, the biggest scam in MMO history and yet again I opened some
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