Hunted continuously since C5 during my play time--no selling, chatting, raiding after the first day.
Not one full drop (outside of low crap around starter point for new toons on Franz).
None.
As for killing 2 antelopes and getting a tallum blade? That's "so lucky" it's literally unbelievable.
Perhaps its just a sign of the times but I hear everyone of these stories as:
"I went on-line and bought adena for in-game, I got the adena, now I have to make up some almost plausible reason so you all won't know I cheated....."
Hey! What do I know. Maybe your friend did hit the "A blade Lottery" in-game. I suppose it has to happen eventually.
Btw--the website I use for drop-rate information has never had a confirmed report of a tallum blade from an antelope.
On the first day of C5 I got blue wolf leather when doing aoe in ascetics. My friend who hasn't had a drop like.. ever.. got tallum gloves a couple days after that.
Haven't heard about any full weapon drops yet. Still a bit early for that.
I've also had a friend who killed two Cave Beast while waiting for a group in DVC and getting a Keshanberk back in C3... some people are just lucky. <.<
I've gotten no full item drops in C5, C4, C3, C2...
I'm usually not a superstitious guy (I laugh at all the OE rituals people go through with), but the drop stuff has me wondering sometimes.
The first time I killed a floating eye south of Gludin I got a piece bone breastplate (big deal when you're like level 15 on your first char!), the first time I killed a stakato in cruma swamp I got a helmet, the first time we killed the miniboss near the center of garden of eva, we got (no joke) a full SLS. Half my clan were there to see it.
My clan leader got a DC helm drop off the grave ants doing a friends class change quest with him T.T my best solo drop was some lowbie weapon. Sold for 68k to the store ^.^
Bellion Cestus while running a level 60 rift.
Sprite Staff in SkyShadow Meadow
Damascus Sword running level 60 rift.
Claymore on Alligator Island
Sick of getting leather gauntlets, tower shields, sabers, and bagh-nakh. Those things seem to drop like candy from Basilisks, Dailon Lads, and EG Treasure Chests.
Bellion Cestus while running a level 60 rift.
Sprite Staff in SkyShadow Meadow
Damascus Sword running level 60 rift.
Claymore on Alligator Island
Sick of getting leather gauntlets, tower shields, sabers, and bagh-nakh. Those things seem to drop like candy from Basilisks, Dailon Lads, and EG Treasure Chests.
Bellion Cestus while running a level 60 rift.
Sprite Staff in SkyShadow Meadow
Damascus Sword running level 60 rift.
Claymore on Alligator Island
Sick of getting leather gauntlets, tower shields, sabers, and bagh-nakh. Those things seem to drop like candy from Basilisks, Dailon Lads, and EG Treasure Chests.
I want your luck O.O
Not really lucky...I've been playing since closed beta...
I just started getting drops within the last 3 months.. :p
My g/f and i got 2 Plate shields to drop on Alligator Island on consecutive nights, ironically we were going there to get the Plate Helmet parts for lower alts. 3 Helmet parts and 2 full-drop Plate shields..... thats either very lucky or very unlucky.
C4 I keep getting Hoplon shields dropping, I have 3 now in my warehouse. I get them either from EG or Cruma swamp. And I got a Proof of Revenge drop in EG from one of the ghosts.
Actually...drop rates on low level gear were much more rare in Prelude. C2 improved the low level full item drop rate (I think it was C2). So actually low level weapon drops are higher than ever :) People that complain about gear entertain me...they have no idea how ridiculous it was in the old days. Katana costs haven't changed since Prelude much...but man was that money hard to come by back then.