My clan has been doing lots of raids lately (40-50 range). The raid bosses dont drop stuff very often, and most of it is junk.
Weapon parts are a joke. It cost twice as much (on Erica) to craft a C weapon as it does to get it from the Prestigeus Items Shop. Sometimes you can sell the parts, but people are beginning to wise up.
Armor parts are also mostly useless. If you want to craft armor and crush it, you get C crystals for 5000 - 6000 adena each. Most of these parts are sold to the NPC.
Dopped dyes are almost never +4/-4. They sit in the warehouse, but noone wants them.
I hope when we get to B grade drops the value and usefullness will increase. So far our cost in shots and port fees far outweighs our return from raid drops.
fear not guys, this has been noted by NCS and has been changed to C3 stile raids in C5, ones where is actually drops items and not parts ^_^
great news do you have any proof.
I have been involved with mid 60's raids and used one group, so xp+++.
oh man i dunno, the post is hidden away on L2 blach chronicle section somewhere. But with the C5 raids u allso get "Orbs" that u can trade in for items as well ^^
Raid bosses from level 40-59 seem to be the worst. I think NC Soft had a hard time thinking of what is a fair reward for these middle of the road bosses and just went the safe route. Low level bosses are good and high level ones are good, if you notice not many fight the mid range raid bosses because there is no point.
There are certain bosses worth doing in that range. One of which dropped 8-10 full C grade items on a regular basis. Thats the only tid-bit your getting from me though rofl
fear not guys, this has been noted by NCS and has been changed to C3 stile raids in C5, ones where is actually drops items and not parts ^_^
great news do you have any proof.
I have been involved with mid 60's raids and used one group, so xp+++.
oh man i dunno, the post is hidden away on L2 blach chronicle section somewhere. But with the C5 raids u allso get "Orbs" that u can trade in for items as well ^^
Bosses drop life orbs or ore of that type which are tradeable items. You turn them in at adventurers guild members for gear. It negates all the useless drops from raids. No more tallum tunics and phoenix jewelry.
Again you see NC NA solution to the farmer problem, reduce drops. It only hurts the legit player. I've never seen a company so hell bent on killing something that makes them money. Glad I don't own any of their stock (allmost bought some).
fear not guys, this has been noted by NCS and has been changed to C3 stile raids in C5, ones where is actually drops items and not parts ^_^
great news do you have any proof.
I have been involved with mid 60's raids and used one group, so xp+++.
oh man i dunno, the post is hidden away on L2 blach chronicle section somewhere. But with the C5 raids u allso get "Orbs" that u can trade in for items as well ^^
Bosses drop life orbs or ore of that type which are tradeable items. You turn them in at adventurers guild members for gear. It negates all the useless drops from raids. No more tallum tunics and phoenix jewelry.
yeah i knew it was something like that. This will be alot better for designating who gets what in clan's and roughly when people can expect to get them. The random drop thing is good an all but it's just way too random.
i'm with SirE on this one, i'll take all your weapon and armor and jewlery parts for free...and last night we got 41 SOM blades and 46 maj glove designs....OHHHH and an elven firecracker :) GO GO RAID DROPS
ah sry ima little late but yeah i got some proof for ya :p
[C5 Korean PTS Patch Notes] Hunting / Items
Source: Official Korean L2 Site
[Life Ore System]
-Drops from the many Raid monsters all over the continent are now more varied, and they host a new item combination system.
-Many Life Ores can be collected as drops from Raid Monsters lvl40+. Bring the crystals to the Adventurer Guild NPC or Adventurer Guild Leader NPC to create C to A Grade items (weapon, armor, accessories, fashion accessories)
-When a castle clan hunt a specific raid monster, an Adventurer Guild Leader NPC that can combine Life Ores to create A Grade weapon/armor.
-Life Ores dropped from raid monsters can be converted to other Life Ores needed to create A Grade weapon and armor at the Adventurer Guild NPC.
-You can also enjoy gamble by trading in Life Ores for certain items.
ah sry ima little late but yeah i got some proof for ya :p
[C5 Korean PTS Patch Notes] Hunting / Items
Source: Official Korean L2 Site
[Life Ore System]
-Drops from the many Raid monsters all over the continent are now more varied, and they host a new item combination system.
-Many Life Ores can be collected as drops from Raid Monsters lvl40+. Bring the crystals to the Adventurer Guild NPC or Adventurer Guild Leader NPC to create C to A Grade items (weapon, armor, accessories, fashion accessories)
-When a castle clan hunt a specific raid monster, an Adventurer Guild Leader NPC that can combine Life Ores to create A Grade weapon/armor.
-Life Ores dropped from raid monsters can be converted to other Life Ores needed to create A Grade weapon and armor at the Adventurer Guild NPC.
-You can also enjoy gamble by trading in Life Ores for certain items.
fear not guys, this has been noted by NCS and has been changed to C3 stile raids in C5, ones where is actually drops items and not parts ^_^
great news do you have any proof.
I have been involved with mid 60's raids and used one group, so xp+++.
oh man i dunno, the post is hidden away on L2 blach chronicle section somewhere. But with the C5 raids u allso get "Orbs" that u can trade in for items as well ^^
Bosses drop life orbs or ore of that type which are tradeable items. You turn them in at adventurers guild members for gear. It negates all the useless drops from raids. No more tallum tunics and phoenix jewelry.
yeah i knew it was something like that. This will be alot better for designating who gets what in clan's and roughly when people can expect to get them. The random drop thing is good an all but it's just way too random.
You can finally raid, and perfectly split drops with everyone. There are never heavy armor drops for 2 months, or tallum gloves after everyone in your clan has tallum. Tallum gloves have the same value as dark crystal, majestic gloves the same as nightmare. No sets are suddenly more rare. Everything evens out in price, A weps, A armor, A jewelry. The system is perfect. No more "85 tallum glaive edges" which get sold to the store. The "reward" for that will be turned into life ore...and useful again. They fix this problem in C5. Gratz to NC for getting one right.