engram level drops

[Leto]

do i need to have my highest gear equiped to get highest drop possible? or it just checks what i have in my inventory ?
thanks

[Nordblut]

Equip it once and you are good.

[Mez Koo]

The game takes the highest power item that you can equip across your account, it will even count weapons actively equipped on other characters.

[Leto]

oh nice so no need to waster those upgrade modules
thank you guys

[Handoiron]

It depends on the engram.

Prime engrams I know take all available equippable gear into account, even gear not equipped (including weapons on other characters). But they are set when they drop.

Faction engrams only take into account gear actually worn at the time as far as I know.

Engrams picked up that automatically turn into gear (all drops actually look like engrams on the ground) are given based on actual equipped gear.

I'm not certain about legendary engrams you can sometimes get in the mail. They most likely are rewarded based on equipped items though.

Challenge rewards (powerful and pinnacle) are given based on the max available gear just like prime engrams.

Up to the powerful gear cap, it can still be a good idea to wear your max level available gear because you can get catch up drops that are above what you have for a slot that is below your average gear level.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

It depends on the engram.

Prime engrams I know take all available equippable gear into account, even gear not equipped (including weapons on other characters). But they are set when they drop.

Faction engrams only take into account gear actually worn at the time as far as I know.

Engrams picked up that automatically turn into gear (all drops actually look like engrams on the ground) are given based on actual equipped gear.

I'm not certain about legendary engrams you can sometimes get in the mail. They most likely are rewarded based on equipped items though.

Challenge rewards (powerful and pinnacle) are given based on the max available gear just like prime engrams.

No way most of that is true, I get plenty of ground drops and vendor engrams far above my "equipped" power level when I'm using lower alternate gear.

@OP in addition to my earlier post it is also worth noting is that stuff you get is most of the time locked to the power level when you picked it up so that prime engram you got isn't going to level up later so its usually best to unpack it as soon as possible to get the most benefit from it.

[Handoiron]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

No way most of that is true, I get plenty of ground drops and vendor engrams far above my "equipped" power level when I'm using lower alternate gear.

And I have definitely seen the opposite. Lower worn gear gives me lower level dropped items.

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Also worth noting is that stuff you get is most of the time locked to the power level when you picked it up so that prime engram you got isn't going to level up later so its usually best to unpack it as soon as possible to get the most benefit from it.

I agree... that's why I noted it.

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

No way most of that is true, I get plenty of ground drops and vendor engrams far above my "equipped" power level when I'm using lower alternate gear.

And I have definitely seen the opposite. Lower worn gear gives me lower level dropped items.

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Also worth noting is that stuff you get is most of the time locked to the power level when you picked it up so that prime engram you got isn't going to level up later so its usually best to unpack it as soon as possible to get the most benefit from it.

I agree... that's why I noted it.

I haven't equipped a single new higher power item this season, all my gear is ~1005 and my blues are dropping around 1015 at this point, not a single one below 1010 in quite a while now. What you have currently equipped or not doesn't make a difference, as long as you could equip it it counts.

[theycallmemoney]

just your inventory

[Handoiron]

Originally posted by Nibbie:

I haven't equipped a single new higher power item this season, all my gear is ~1005 and my blues are dropping around 1015 at this point, not a single one below 1010 in quite a while now. What you have currently equipped or not doesn't make a difference, as long as you could equip it it counts.

And I've definitely seen that wearing lower gear items does lower the level of the items that get picked up from the ground.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Originally posted by Nibbie:

I haven't equipped a single new higher power item this season, all my gear is ~1005 and my blues are dropping around 1015 at this point, not a single one below 1010 in quite a while now. What you have currently equipped or not doesn't make a difference, as long as you could equip it it counts.

And I've definitely seen that wearing lower gear items does lower the level of the items that get picked up from the ground.

Just you then.

[Handoiron]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Just you then.

That's very similar to your claim of

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

No way most of that is true,

That you followed with agreeing with as many things I said as you disagreed with.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Just you then.

That's very similar to your claim of

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

No way most of that is true,

That you followed with agreeing with as many things I said as you disagreed with.

I didn't agree with a single thing you said...

[Handoiron]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

I didn't agree with a single thing you said...

I guess that means

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

it is also worth noting is that stuff you get is most of the time locked to the power level when you picked it up so that prime engram you got isn't going to level up later so its usually best to unpack it as soon as possible to get the most benefit from it.

was a lie then??? Because it sure seems you were restating what I said in the post right before that which you said was "mostly wrong":

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Prime engrams I know take all available equippable gear into account, even gear not equipped (including weapons on other characters). But they are set when they drop.

But hey whatever right?

[TheVoidSpirit]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

I didn't agree with a single thing you said...

I guess that means

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

it is also worth noting is that stuff you get is most of the time locked to the power level when you picked it up so that prime engram you got isn't going to level up later so its usually best to unpack it as soon as possible to get the most benefit from it.

was a lie then??? Because it sure seems you were restating what I said in the post right before that which you said was "mostly wrong":

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Prime engrams I know take all available equippable gear into account, even gear not equipped (including weapons on other characters). But they are set when they drop.

But hey whatever right?

What he meant was, that if you pick up a Prime engram which rewards gear at 1015, and then level up your overall gear score to 1020, that Prime will stay at 1015 if you don't open it.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

I didn't agree with a single thing you said...

I guess that means

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

it is also worth noting is that stuff you get is most of the time locked to the power level when you picked it up so that prime engram you got isn't going to level up later so its usually best to unpack it as soon as possible to get the most benefit from it.

was a lie then??? Because it sure seems you were restating what I said in the post right before that which you said was "mostly wrong":

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Prime engrams I know take all available equippable gear into account, even gear not equipped (including weapons on other characters). But they are set when they drop.

But hey whatever right?

That bit was an addition to my earlier reply to the op I wasn't talking to you and I edited it so it is more clear since I guess it wasn't obvious. I was only talking to you about the misinformation about needing to use the highest stuff you have to get higher drops.