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How many of you have had Very Rare Drops?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Ok. So i've been playing STO alot. Last time I checked, I had more than 50 days worth of gametime (using the /played command), and I think that about 2/3's of that is in combat at various locations (including DSE, Explore and regular missions). Ever since the Diff Slider was released, I have been playing on Elite to futher increase my drops (wich it does on both uncommon and rare items).

However I have yet to recive a Very Rare drop (Not even from teh STF missions, where my fleet uses the 'Need or Greed' function, wich in a way is ok with me.

I would however like to know it that is common, or if I have just not been lucky enough yet.

So my question is the same as the title.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I have had 2 very rare (purple) drops since the difficulty slider was introduced (playing on elite in exploration space missions).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    There must be a reason why they called it very rare :D

    For myself, I've had maybe 2 drops so far.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I don't think I've had any drops. But thats ok since you buy them at omega with badges anyways.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    padrinho wrote: »
    There must be a reason why they called it very rare :D

    Ya think? :P

    My question is actually based out of couriosity as about the frequency of drops (basically to see how rare, Very Rare drops are).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I have yet to have any purple drops
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    i tend to play on normal and i dont think ive seen any.

    im suspect you have to play the higher difficulty levels to have a chance
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    hi Sir,

    no purple drops yet for Me, and I played "+250 days" so far...

    I am the First Shaman, the shaman who takes Action

    Allfather
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Eskaton777 wrote: »
    hi Sir,

    no purple drops yet for Me, and I played "+250 days" so far...

    soon our voices must become one, or ONE MUST LEAVE

    Allfather

    games been out about 170 days tops, unless you including all of closed and open beta
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I had one so far, Mk.VI personal shield.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    soo wait a minute...what does the /played command do? It shows that i only on active duty for 8 days? But i've been playing since headstart...orrr does it only count on the game time that i've been on?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    soo wait a minute...what does the /played command do? It shows that i only on active duty for 8 days? But i've been playing since headstart...orrr does it only count on the game time that i've been on?

    Yes it's time actually spent logged into that character, obviously one day being a full 24 hours logged in.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    soo wait a minute...what does the /played command do? It shows that i only on active duty for 8 days? But i've been playing since headstart...orrr does it only count on the game time that i've been on?

    Only the time that the Current captain has been active (while you've played that char).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    For some reason I dont even get uncommon or rare drops very often on elite, let alone very rare, so I went back to normal difficulty.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I haven't had any, and I play on Elite difficulty. Mind you, I'm only at Lt. Cmd. Rank.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I did every missions on Captain 1 to Rear Admiral 5 on Elite. Not one Very rare drops./

    Lots of soups though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I had one, think it was mk 8, I forget what it was, but I do remember getting something.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    i tend to play on normal and i dont think ive seen any.

    im suspect you have to play the higher difficulty levels to have a chance

    I tend to play on Normal also, and I did get a Purple Hand Held Weapon once. When I mounted it on my Char to use, it did not do as good as the Greens I was sporting, so I dropped it back into my Cargo Bay.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Never never never.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Two MkX ship shields (normally play at advanced). Nothing that couldn't be gotten from Omega fleet though. The list prices were 90K EC but they went quick on the exchage for 2M.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I have found the larger the team the better the drops. By myself I have have a few purple drops doing exploration dailies, but on a team of three or more, it seems a 1/4 of the missions drop a purple.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    5 (started playing the first week before release)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I have gotten several very rare drops on elite difficulty in B'Tran when playing with a team.... a larger number of enemies obviously has a greater chance of dropping the very rare items... I have reports in my fleet of very rare mkx combat engine drop for aid the planet...

    I also got several very rare drops before the difficulty setting was added grinding the +2 DSE in Gamma Orionis. The very rare drops happen very rarely.... we get blues and greens all the time on elite.

    Ummm... if you didn't get any purples in a STF you must have done it wrong as they are always dropped.... if u save the transmitters in the space part of infected u get a purple space drop... but STF's are not subject to difficulty settings....

    I haven't gotten any purple drops from story missions done on elite... and I've been redoing them recently for accolades.....

    The good news is that I've been seeing blue & green mkXII gear dropping on the test server while playing elite B'Tran & DSE's...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I have found NO purple drops yet.

    However I have seen a pattern of Green's and Blue's - Pattern being the faster and harder you make a kill seems to matter on the drop - I might just be nuts but it sure looks like a pattern to me.

    Played since I think Feb 20th - made RA in 31 days
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    None. But a buddy of mine did get a Very Rare as a reward to a aid mission.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Had a fair few blues drop, but the only purples I have ever had have been bought with badges/emblems only.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    With a lot of Elite exploration missions, I've gotten about 4 purple drops. All useless. The best drops I've gotten have all been blues.

    I've also gotten 2 purples from Aid the Planet missions at the very beginning of the new system, but then the quality of rewards seemed to go down.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Never had a purple drop. Had a few blues though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    had one very rare drop

    resilient shield x2 cap, sold it for 9.25mil, since i didn't have a use for it

    difficulty setting was on normal. serioulsy i cbf setting it higher when all i do in game is daily missions on four different toons.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    MDK-187 wrote:
    had one very rare drop

    resilient shield x2 cap, sold it for 9.25mil, since i didn't have a use for it

    difficulty setting was on normal. serioulsy i cbf setting it higher when all i do in game is daily missions on four different toons.

    A) Surely that was just a rare with only two modifiers
    B) That sounds like the best shield you could possibly get, barring a [cap]x3! Why'd you get rid?!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    One in my whole career, as a RA5 on Advanced I got some purple Mk VIII heavy phaser cannons. Passed 'em down to one of my other characters to put on her Defiant. Pew pew pew.

    Between Normal and Advanced, Normal seems to only ever give me greens and advanced gives me both greens and blues, excluding that one purple to date.
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