Drop Rates (Again)

They could increase the rate stun cuff salvage was paid out in the pit raid. I haven't had salvage or fully crafted in months, raiding every 2-3 days and always finishing in top 10.
I get its a grind and we all can't get there immediately but a minor tweak wouldn't hurt!

I agree wholeheartedly. They need to slightly improve drop rates. The game has moved away from credits & droids being the wall to gear being the new obstacle. Now, we have several toons that are clogging up our ranks w/ absolutely nothing to do w/ them except to be fodder for our very last raid attempts.

My main argument is that increasing gear will help push through new metas. As it stands now, everyone shuffles for the same characters because they want the very few bits of gear they have to count the most. I understand this concept, but it obviously stops most people from building off-the-beaten path characters from being leveled up to the higher gear levels...which is the ONLY real way to test their abilites. You used to be able to gear a guy up to 9-gear & have a pretty good understanding of what they would be like, but man toons dont shine until the highest levels (BF, Nute, Scariff, TFP).

To the people who feel a sense of arrogance about lower end players catching up to you in the case of increased drop rates...dont. The players WILL inevitabpy catch up if they keep playing & keep in mind that this game is probably alreadt at near peak capacity (highest amount of people who will join, highest amount of people who quit & never play again) so its not like the game will be opened up to the masses & cheapen the experience for the veterans. That thinking plays into EA's hands. Its stupid to pass on help/prosperity.

More drops please. Higher drop rates please.

"M_L;877085" wrote:
what's sad is that i need so many full stun cuffs that on the rare occasion i get a full stun cuff from a raid.... it's almost agonizing as to who i should put it on...

i know the point is to make us spend, but for a game with 100 characters, is it really the point to make sure that casual users can only fully gear 5%?

it's a long way from gearing fully 5 guys to having everyone geared up. i'd settle for increased availability so that at least 20 out of 100 characters can be fully geared.

I'm having same convoy with myself on full furnance I got 2 days ago. :)

"Thor_Odinson1;90080" wrote:
So here we are, discussing drop rates again.

We forumites have been requesting improved drop rates for purple gear for months and months. We were even given a new set of gear with the AAT raid release, but the old gear was not made even slightly more accessible. Time to change that. Give us better drop rates for all gear below gold tier. Otherwise make stun cuffs and stun guns and thermal detonators more available elsewhere.

And no, putting them in shipments for 1400 or 2500 a pop doesn't help.

+1

+1... not to mention the crystal cost of gear to begin with, I used to spend a lot more but have stopped due to the cost. It's rediculous. $50 gets you what? 3... maybe 4 pieces of gear? Not even enough to gear a toon 1 level. It's obsurd.

"WrathofCaedus;877308" wrote:
+1... not to mention the crystal cost of gear to begin with, I used to spend a lot more but have stopped due to the cost. It's rediculous. $50 gets you what? 3... maybe 4 pieces of gear? Not even enough to gear a toon 1 level. It's obsurd.

Gear from crystals on an accelerated timeline is for whales.

The crystal cost is reasonable if you place in the top 5 for arena you can get 1 piece of gear every 2 weeks.... that's pretty reasonable considering it's free....

Drop rate does suck. I've been SIMing stun gun prototype and cuffs for weeks and can't even finish either.

I'm starting to believe they turn off certain items or make their drop rate so low you can't get them. I spent $500 on shards to upgrade the Falcon one level and guess what? ZERO Falcon drops. Yep, I'm not too smart for trusting the developers and continuing to try, but I wanted to let others know about this so they don't fall for what is apparently a developers money trap. I don't even know how to go about rectifying this. If they say the Falcon is in the drops, but yet I continue to get ships and characters I already have and ZERO falcon shards in, what is that, about 75,000 crystals worth... that's not a drop rate, that is cheating, lying, and outright grand theft. I'd love to see the drop rates month to month from when it was released until now, along with all internal memos and emails on the Falcon drop rates. Anyone else have this issue?

Leave drop rates as they are... we all went through this.