squad gets drops faster?

Xeian - Dreamweaver
Xeian - Dreamweaver Posts: 720 Arc User
edited December 2009 in General Discussion
ok, so I was wondering if any of you have actually noticed this or not, not gonna put a poll, just wondering straight up and please don't troll, I'm being serious.


Have you noticed that drop quests seem to drop better when you're in a squad, no matter where they are in the world?

I had a drop quest for Taurock commanders and marksmen and while I wasn't squaded I got 1 for about every 10 kills. I requested a squad with someone from my faction who was also soloing something, and I got the drops it seems just about every other kill. (also squaded with a 97 (at the time) same results, MUCH faster drops)

anyone noticed this?
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited December 2009
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  • Tsutai - Dreamweaver_1278799984
    Tsutai - Dreamweaver_1278799984 Posts: 127 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Well yeah, lol because more people are killing. There are some quests that you have to solo to get the drop, though. And certain ones where you need the last kill o-o
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  • GohRaL - Sanctuary
    GohRaL - Sanctuary Posts: 883 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Xeian - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    ok, so I was wondering if any of you have actually noticed this or not, not gonna put a poll, just wondering straight up and please don't troll, I'm being serious.


    Have you noticed that drop quests seem to drop better when you're in a squad, no matter where they are in the world?

    I had a drop quest for Taurock commanders and marksmen and while I wasn't squaded I got 1 for about every 10 kills. I requested a squad with someone from my faction who was also soloing something, and I got the drops it seems just about every other kill. (also squaded with a 97 (at the time) same results, MUCH faster drops)

    anyone noticed this?

    ill assume that the quest drop from a monster is FIXED/RANDOM...

    and think it makes no difference between a single char or soloing with a squad



    im sure ive already done it many times,

    quest soloing while still in squad with faction member,

    but still i havent noticed any difference in drops



    outside a certain range the inactive member (from the killing pov) of squad wont get any XP/spr or drop

    so i dont think that just for being into a squad ull have more quest drops chances



    i really dunno b:puzzled

    this would be weird and surely if it goes this way is a glitch b:bye
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  • Xeian - Dreamweaver
    Xeian - Dreamweaver Posts: 720 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Tsutai - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Well yeah, lol because more people are killing. There are some quests that you have to solo to get the drop, though. And certain ones where you need the last kill o-o
    said people who were "killing also" were nowhere near me

    in the instance for lvl 97, they were near fb19 human in a lvl 90+ area
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  • Pegasi - Lost City
    Pegasi - Lost City Posts: 237 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I was on my alt once, helping out a bunch of newbies.... level 10 and below. I think it may have effected my drop rate even outside their range but that was normal drops.

    I've never noticed a massive change in or out of a squad... but I think I may get quest drops a bit faster, even if we are all working on the same mob one at a time. The group doesn't tend to stray. But that one time with the Guilded Princess, UGH maybe every other 20 mobs we would get ONE freaking drop. It took a few days working on that quest to finish it; then, out of a squad, my partner manages to finish it in a half hour. @_@;;;

    I think sometimes I just get lucky.
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  • Dosinn - Dreamweaver
    Dosinn - Dreamweaver Posts: 205 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    If you are squaded for drops, like a collection quest, the drop rate will pick up, because there are more ppl getting the item. If one person gets the quest drop, everyone in the squad that needs it, gets it as well, as long as you are in range.
  • Xeian - Dreamweaver
    Xeian - Dreamweaver Posts: 720 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Dosinn - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    If you are squaded for drops, like a collection quest, the drop rate will pick up, because there are more ppl getting the item. If one person gets the quest drop, everyone in the squad that needs it, gets it as well, as long as you are in range.
    yes, but you don't seem to be reading that they are not een close to where I am. I'm refering to one person being in a great distance, or in FB"w/e" and the drop rate outside on drop quests becoming much better. I'm solong the drop quest and they're not around to help, or to get them.
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  • DeathBanana - Heavens Tear
    DeathBanana - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,674 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I personally find that the drop rate fluctuates quite a bit, as in sometimes I get maybe 1 every 5 kills, and an hour later 1 every 2.
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  • Reylenn - Sanctuary
    Reylenn - Sanctuary Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    If they weren't there, killing your mobs, I think it's probably chance that you seemed to get your drops faster.
    It could have been that since you had someone to talk to, it seemed faster?
  • Xeian - Dreamweaver
    Xeian - Dreamweaver Posts: 720 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Reylenn - Sanctuary wrote: »
    If they weren't there, killing your mobs, I think it's probably chance that you seemed to get your drops faster.
    It could have been that since you had someone to talk to, it seemed faster?
    I was counting mobs, and we weren't talking, we were both busy.
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  • Vitenka - Dreamweaver
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver Posts: 4,125 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Not done any exhaustive testing or anything - but I'd agree that drop rates seem to increase when squadded.

    Edit: That is, rates per mob, or when the squadmates aren't present yet. Not just the obvious "You're killing faster"

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