How do squad members' levels affect drops?

Brigid - Harshlands
Brigid - Harshlands Posts: 1,332 Arc User
edited September 2010 in Dungeons & Tactics
Meaning, if I go kill, for example, 2x mobs with a 2x in my squad, will the drop rate be better than if I just soloed them?

Anyone know? This applies both to bosses/FBs and normal mobs.

I also ask because the other day, somehow we managed a wipe on Qingzi right at the end. I got a lucky crit and managed to kill him as the last survivor, and he dropped a pretty good-sized pile of loot. Earlier with the same party, which had a 6x BM in it as well, we only got coin drops from him.
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  • Thelas_Carr - Sanctuary
    Thelas_Carr - Sanctuary Posts: 448 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    I'm pretty sure the "instance" dungeons have a high chance of just dropping coins and it doesn't matter who gets the killing blow or who's in your party. We had a L69 char go through with a bunch of L19-20 chars doing FB19 about 4 times in a row. 1 of those 4 we got some fantastic loot drops off the boss... the other 3, nothing but coins. It's just random as far as I can tell.
  • Reane - Sanctuary
    Reane - Sanctuary Posts: 140 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/drop

    might help :)
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  • Brigid - Harshlands
    Brigid - Harshlands Posts: 1,332 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Reane - Sanctuary wrote: »
    http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/drop

    might help :)

    Yes, but that is only for a single player, it doesn't mention squad effects.

    The other reason I was asking is that it seemed like I got a fair number of conc glue/rough fur/purified oil drops off werewolf spearmen, quillhog enchanters, and whatever the bugs there are when I was helping out a pair of level 20s, but it takes dozens of kills to get a mat drop from them if I solo.
  • Reane - Sanctuary
    Reane - Sanctuary Posts: 140 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Thelas_Carr - Sanctuary wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure the "instance" dungeons have a high chance of just dropping coins and it doesn't matter who gets the killing blow or who's in your party. We had a L69 char go through with a bunch of L19-20 chars doing FB19 about 4 times in a row. 1 of those 4 we got some fantastic loot drops off the boss... the other 3, nothing but coins. It's just random as far as I can tell.
    Brigid - Harshlands wrote: »
    Yes, but that is only for a single player, it doesn't mention squad effects.

    The other reason I was asking is that it seemed like I got a fair number of conc glue/rough fur/purified oil drops off werewolf spearmen, quillhog enchanters, and whatever the bugs there are when I was helping out a pair of level 20s, but it takes dozens of kills to get a mat drop from them if I solo.

    well as far as i know, its the amount of damage you do to the mob that contributes towards drop rate. Im not quite sure how the drop rate goes in squads, but apparently having a low lvl in squad helps drop rate? o,.,o
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  • Chronobarok - Raging Tide
    Chronobarok - Raging Tide Posts: 76 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Anyone ever get closure on this? I am wondering the same exact thing.
  • sangodoc
    sangodoc Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Ugh. Don't necro. b:cold

    Squad drop rate is determined by the highest level member of the squad and the chart linked to by Reane above. Neither amount of damage, lower level members, items equipped, nor anything else affects the drop rate.
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