ok so...they must be a fairly rare drop considering ive been at it for around 4 hours straight now and STILL no drop.... :confused:
Yes, they must be rare, since I've also been hunting since Interlude went live several hours ago, and I've yet to sniff a single life stone. And I want one so badly. Dying to see what that glow looks like, if by a miracle I get a high grade life stone.
Anyone know if it matters what level mob you hunt? With full buffs, I've been hunting pink and yellow mobs...just because the xp is much faster for me. Does that in anyway decrease the odds of a life stone drop????
Well just like making an SA level to top it's only natural they would make the life stones as difficult to get as it could. Otherwise everyone would be running around with +16 Damas and an augmentation in shorter time then you could say 'huh'.
As for the lvl of the mobs: no any mob can drop it. It's just the level of the stone that will depend on the mob you kill. But I haven't been able to place a logic on that from the PTS.
I know I have hunted for several hours and I only got one lifestone of lvl 76 and that was from mobs in Forest of the dead.
I think it will take time before you actually get the lifestone...Just like a full drop doesn't happen every day either.
I think it will take time before you actually get the lifestone...Just like a full drop doesn't happen every day either.
Does the lifestone appear in your inventory automatically, or is it truly a drop?
I figured they wouldn't make it easy, but if the drop percentages are anything life complete item drops, I'll give up now. I almost never get complete drops. I've gone 50+ levels across multiple toons without getting a single drop at one point.
In my experience: I was on a lvl 63 SR hunting green mobs in FP when I got the lvl 58 life stone. I got it the 1st buff round after I got Interlude running as well, so I figured the drop rate was pretty good, but after 3 more hours of grinding I didnt see another.
They drop just like any other drop, they're not automatically placed into inventory.
We got one at BF yesterday of a bufferlo. It was a lvl 67 one partymember got it.
For the question they drop from the mob and dont get automatic in your inventory.
The mobs as of 46 I think considering that is the lvl for Applying an augementing lifestone.
I am wondering if you have one lifestone dropped that you won't have another one untill you removed it from your back pack. Hmmm....Maybe that's searched too far but with NCS one never knows.
Reality has set in. I hunted from 6pm to 3am without getting a life stone drop. I suppose I will have to find some other reason to be entertained in Interlude. My drop luck has always been bad.
Guess I'll just go blow up a weapon instead. :mad:
From my experience on the PTS and comparing it to other drops with known rates.
I'd say that the lowest quality lifestones have a drop rate somewhere between 1/150 and 1/300. AKA roughly the same as the average drop rate of a crafting key part. The higher quality stones are lower than that, although by how much I couldn't say exactly. Mid-grade seems to come at around a 1 to 10 ratio compared to the low grade though.
I know the stones are dropping. 3 of my friends got drops, and looking around Giran, there are about 6 private shops selling the stones. The drop rate can't be that bad, but my luck when it comes to drops in general certainly is.
Edit: and no sooner that I say that, I get a Sealed Phoenix Ring drop in Blazing Swamp. I'd rather have the life stone, but I'll take what I can get.
I know the stones are dropping. 3 of my friends got drops, and looking around Giran, there are about 6 private shops selling the stones. The drop rate can't be that bad, but my luck when it comes to drops in general certainly is.
Edit: and no sooner that I say that, I get a Sealed Phoenix Ring drop in Blazing Swamp. I'd rather have the life stone, but I'll take what I can get.
Hey... a few weeks ago I got the same ring drop. And DC Light armor top and bottom. This is after not getting drops since C2!