Back at release, we had Prima release a guide that contained all of the Mob Drops, Spoils, and chances. NCsoft must of shared this info. with them to produce the guide.
I recall prior to terminating a few years ago, there was a lot of requests for NCsfot to release this info. to the community if a publisher wasn't interested in updating the guide.
Was there ever an official position taken by NCsoft on this, giving us an understanding of its position?
Giving accurate drop info would allow private servers to copy this info and have accurate drop info on theirs, which they currently do.
A certain site has somewhat accurate droplists, but they do not take into account multiple droplists for the same mobs, they don't give totally accurate stats, etc.
A certain site has somewhat accurate droplists, but they do not take into account multiple droplists for the same mobs, they don't give totally accurate stats, etc.
"A certain site"? I know of at least two (three if we count the official Korean L2 site).
Yes, there are other sites, but they really only copy either the drop lists (no drop rates) or copy that specific site.
http://www.l2.stiff.ru/drop_calculator/ does neither, as far as I can see. It's, in part, inaccurate, but I like the detailed statistics and skill lists of the mobs in there.
If the information, less the "percentage rates" are given on the official Korean web site, why are they not translated and given to us? That is the simple question I would like to know.
The prima guide was my bible.
Aye, it was mine too.
That's great there are sites that offer this info. to varying degrees, some for free, some not for free. I think you've answered my question indirectly, but ideally it would be nice to have it officially answered.
If the data is up on the Korean site, it doesn't do me much good, since I don't read Korean. While one can use a web translator, the game consumes enough time as it is, it's hardly fair to have to spend hours on another game of deciphering information that is in Korean.
Well, we have still been unable to find the Interlude droplists on the korean site, so its possible they discontinued it. We've asked here about a link before, but noone provided it or we would have updated our own droplists on Stratics :( (Can't anymore since our programmer left)
ask Splatter he was gonna do one, if he havent cancel`d that one as Prima did ^^
It is my understanding that Prima didn't make the choice to stop making/not update the guide, but rather, that NC decided that they didn't want to give out the drop info any more. No official drop info = no good guide info (what's the point of a guide based off of old info or guesses and assumptions?)
ask Splatter he was gonna do one, if he havent cancel`d that one as Prima did ^^
It is my understanding that Prima didn't make the choice to stop making/not update the guide, but rather, that NC decided that they didn't want to give out the drop info any more. No official drop info = no good guide info (what's the point of a guide based off of old info or guesses and assumptions?)
I know :)
Remember waiting for the prima guide to come out and they allways said wait alitle longer bla bla bla...
We will do it the next chronicle bla bla bla.
I whant my Updated Prima :confused: Think its to late to send a Email to them :P