OK I'm level 20 now, still love the game but the weapons that come out of chests is not balanced - AM I THE ONLY ONE?!

[Gnawl]

I'm still using the bronze sword I found at like level 5 to 8 - the only swords that I get are rusty short swords off the fell or regular short swords off the vahkur dudes (however you spell it)

I found one bronze sword behind where I got the blacksmith and I upgraded to a higher level bronze sword not very long after that at all and then I never saw another sword again.

EVERY CHEST THAT I OPEN has a freaking wand, a bow, or a staff in it, every once in a while I get a 2 handed mace or 2 handed axe but I have not seen a sword in ages! I swear I'm still using a level 10 sword because I upgraded to 10 from level 5 or 8 or something.

I'm about to record a vid of just going around not getting swords.

[Judaspriester]

First of all, there is a common lvl 25 chest to get in the main city. common isn't exactly pretty but it should still be a huge improvement.
Then there are some legendary swords, including a lvl 15 one, Hailscourge, that delivers good damage equally spread to all 3 damage types and also glows in the dark which makes it useful for exploring. Just don't ask me where I got it. ^^"

Then about the drops: I also got the feeling that staves/wands are over represented, but that might be biased because we got no mage on our server. In order to say something meaningful here, we would need to make an excel sheet and fill in drops there. The more drops are getting in, the easier it would be to say if a weapon type is really over represented.
That excel sheet would also say much more about your drop issues than a video.

[Tenoshii]

There are some good 1h weapons you can find from chests, but I would agree, I have found far more non-sword 1h weapons than sword 1h weapons so far in my playthrough (level 21).

[Ungodly Fetus]

RNG is real weird on the game. only found bows for the longest, then mage junk, then 2h and finally the 1h started to pop near the end.
Just find ya a nice area with silver/gold chests in the enemy level you can handle, mark em on map, and restart farm till ya get something worth a sht.
Kinda sucks, kinda cheesy, but it is what it is, gotta do it to farm the end game gear regardless.

[Fryskar]

They are pretty rnd, quality matters a lot due to the massive buffs from enhancing. My mace gets more than +50% dmg from it.

[Godlike1980]

i try to farm the paladin lvl 25 Armor Pieces for several days now...only found 2 pieces...rest is always mage lvl 25, Ranger 25...or some Waepons.....i am bored

[Fryskar]

Originally posted by Judaspriester:

First of all, there is a common lvl 25 chest to get in the main city. common isn't exactly pretty but it should still be a huge improvement.
Then there are some legendary swords, including a lvl 15 one, Hailscourge, that delivers good damage equally spread to all 3 damage types and also glows in the dark which makes it useful for exploring. Just don't ask me where I got it. ^^"

Then about the drops: I also got the feeling that staves/wands are over represented, but that might be biased because we got no mage on our server. In order to say something meaningful here, we would need to make an excel sheet and fill in drops there. The more drops are getting in, the easier it would be to say if a weapon type is really over represented.
That excel sheet would also say much more about your drop issues than a video.

Even as warrior, i use wands. Its easier for some enemies. Think hailscourge was a questsword found in the shroud.

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Fryskar:

Even as warrior, i use wands. Its easier for some enemies. Think hailscourge was a questsword found in the shroud.

Same. The fact that you can attack with the wand while moving and jumping is just too convenient to pass up.

[Mr. Fibble]

I've been playing as a mage and thankfully am used to RNGs never giving me loot for the spec or class I'm playing. It could also be that thing where you notice what you're getting as drops in the context of what you're after and seeing the results skewed.

That said I've not found any level of legendary wand yet.

Read that the brute in pikemead give a staff but after a few visits they only ever game melee blues and as my character is at the current level cap the only reason to return is to get head from the boss.

[Judaspriester]

Originally posted by Mr. Fibble:

That said I've not found any level of legendary wand yet.

My mate and me on the other hand have already scapped over a dozen legendary wands until now (lvl 23, did the first steps into the desert yesterday).

Like already said, what we would need to make a call here (in stead talking about feelings) is someone (or a group) of players who record every weapon drop from chests for some time. The bigger the number of records, the more accurate the result.

[Darhaksterion]

Honestly they should just give us the option of crafting better weapons, it's frustrating speccing into something and being stuck with lousy weapons because of wrong random drops.

[Scullhead]

Originally posted by Godlike1980:

i try to farm the paladin lvl 25 Armor Pieces for several days now...only found 2 pieces...rest is always mage lvl 25, Ranger 25...or some Waepons.....i am bored

Do you farm a regular gold Chest? Bc there exists a better one, with higher Legendary drop rate. Found all 3 Sets in there in about 30min.

[biosmonkey]

Uh, are you even playing the game?

I'm level 16 and have two blue Wolfs Maw (lvl 25) swords (one as backup)

How can you possibly be level 20 and still have a lvl 10 sword???

Wailing Blade - Legendary - found as part of quest - Level 8
Enhanced Spiked Club - Common - available at blacksmith after maybe copper? - Level 11
Hailscourge - Epic (?) - found as part of quest - Level 15
Wolfs Maw - Random - found inside capital city area - Level 25

Seriously, what are you doing? Do the side quests.

[Swift-Li]

Try looting chests at other area. Certain area loot table are more favorable for warriors. For example there is a dungeon location in the dessert where you have to dig away some sands to go below. Inside the chests have some paladine armor set that are crazy good! There is a chance you will get the best 1handed axe I have ever seen! And it glows too!

[vanguardian1]

Chests in the desert biome tend to be fairly high, I have 3 warp points in that biome near gold chests myself just for farming equipment, trying to get the paladin set.
1 is at the very deep fog iron mine the blacksmith points you towards
2 is at a scavenger camp on the south-almost south east edge of the map with 2 silver and 1 gold chests
3 has a spare gold (tomb) and silver chest along side the best glider in the game in the far south-east corner of the map.

[Mr. Fibble]

That scavenger camp in the south also has a sun temple nearby for another gold chest.