so, could some1 explain if there are mobs, levels, or times of the day which influence medal drops?
Also, how does one get more glitterings (i got 2 in 2 days ^^).
Thx for help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seems to me if the mob is exactly your level or 1-2 higher, is best. I could be wrong though.
I've tried 1-3 lvls lower, 1-3 lvls higher, and exactly my lvl. Also kill rate seems to matter too, but I think it's because you are just rolling your chance to drop medal more than others on the server.
Group Mobs FTW. I especially love the 1/2 hp around oren. They seem to have a great stash of them....plus the levelling and adena isn't bad for a nuker with Tempest or whatever the SPS and sorcerer's skills AOE are.
Still, i have read around something very complicated about same level mobs dropping medals in turn at different times of the day, in different zones, but did not get that too well :P
I can't decide what type of mobs I wanna do. Right now medals is all I want, I don't care about xp or anything. Currently I'm mostly doing beast farm but it's kinda slow. About 8-10 medals a buff round.
I'm not a very scientific guy...since event started i've tried most of my 14 lower toons.
I got a very few around actuals starter area. I got very few from green mobs (no matter what toon I played). I got exactly 1 I believe from light blue mobs I aoe'd in Abandoned Camp.
I have about 70 from mobs white to my lvl 34 dk wiz. All solo kills of course.
I duo'd with a person a couple levels below me in same area and it seems to me the drop rate was just a bit lower than when I was by myself.
I haven't gotten any medals to speak of from under lvl 20 toons hunting green mobs. Pollen was falling like rain to those toons for me during last event.
I only play in evenings--after 5pm e.s.t. U.S. so all experiences were from 5p-11:30 pm.
I can't decide what type of mobs I wanna do. Right now medals is all I want, I don't care about xp or anything. Currently I'm mostly doing beast farm but it's kinda slow. About 8-10 medals a buff round.
I thin it's same for all kinds of mobs.
For my lvl 23-28 wizzy on yellow-green 1x mobs drop rate seems 10-15% on regular medals. And I'm not shure but i got more in US morning then evening (on US timed server).
I did a bit more a study tonight on lowbie toon in starter area.
I have lvl 16 human mystic on Devianne on TI--hunting Giant Spiders which are white to me. During brief hunt I leveled to 17 but spiders were still white.
I killed 75 in a relatively small area so almost all were respawns.
I got 13 regular medals and 1 glittery medal from the 75 Giant Spiders.
On the way out I killed Werewolf Chieftains which were green to me (at lvl 16) and I killed 22 of them and got 2 event medals. Also killed 5 orcs (green to me) and got no medals. Killed 9 Stone Golems (green to me) and got no medals.
I'm not a very scientific guy...since event started i've tried most of my 14 lower toons.
I got a very few around actuals starter area. I got very few from green mobs (no matter what toon I played). I got exactly 1 I believe from light blue mobs I aoe'd in Abandoned Camp.
I have about 70 from mobs white to my lvl 34 dk wiz. All solo kills of course.
I duo'd with a person a couple levels below me in same area and it seems to me the drop rate was just a bit lower than when I was by myself.
I haven't gotten any medals to speak of from under lvl 20 toons hunting green mobs. Pollen was falling like rain to those toons for me during last event.
Why do i always have the impression in these event drops, that they are not only affected by the level of the hunter but by the mob itself?
I mean, is it possible that two different race, but same level and same weight mobs (lets say f. i. 1x mob level 50 ) drop quest items at different rate?
Go for speed kills. I've been using my SH teamed with my SE for gr.emp3, and (as of last night when I stopped) I'm up to 1346 regular medals, and 48 glittering medals.
Pick a spot that you won't have to wait on spawns, and that you can grind for a LONG time with little or no downtime. The mobs I'm on are white to me, and they seem to drop regular medals about 50% of the time. Glitterings are a lot more rare, but you need less of them, so it doesn't take too long to get what you need. unfortunately, I don't really need anything that the cats are giving away, so I'll probably wind up selling all of these medals. :)
C4t--I have the same questions.
It seems different servers and depending upon what level toon is doing the killing, that drop experience is DIFFERENT!
On Lionna last night the medals dropped in Abandoned Camp pretty well. Our duo was killing mostly whites and some greens.
I had a toon on Devianne and got like 1 medal from a bunch of the same ol' mahums in Abandoned camp that were white and green to that toon.
It was reversed in Langk Lizard area with lowbies. Kind of anemic on Lionna with a Duo. Drop fairly well on Devianne though mobs 'conned' same color to the toons I played on both servers.
It seems to me best to hunt around a bit and sort of "probe" for medals--when you find them dropping 1 in 3 or better you've hit the "right" area for your toon. If you get 1 medal every 10 mobs, then for whatever reason you're in the "wrong" area for that toon to farm medals.
That's how I'm playing it anyway.