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.
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?
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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...
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
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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For myself, I've had maybe 2 drops so far.
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).
im suspect you have to play the higher difficulty levels to have a chance
no purple drops yet for Me, and I played "+250 days" so far...
I am the First Shaman, the shaman who takes Action
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games been out about 170 days tops, unless you including all of closed and open beta
Yes it's time actually spent logged into that character, obviously one day being a full 24 hours logged in.
Only the time that the Current captain has been active (while you've played that char).
Lots of soups though.
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.
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...
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
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.
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
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.