Low level stat runes

[flibbg1]

So I have rolled through Newb isle several times already, have not seen the first low level stat rune. Is this because they want you to buy it from the mall? This makes some builds non playable and it really sucks.

[76561198335088881]

Those do drop just fine. Bad luck?

Only item not available in-game is the full concoction potion (with separate potions still being available). Also banescrolls are not available on sages but still drop from R8s.

[AshenTemper]

They still drop but I think someone was mentioning in another topic that the drop rates on noobie island appear to have decreased (both in what is dropped and how much). Nothing concrete but they may have adjusted that some in a recent update.

[DezertDragon]

Yeah I went from lvl 1 to lvl 35 before finding a rune.. they used to be more frequent. I picked up literally 90% of all mobs that dropped near me on noob island and didnt find any runes or relics etc

[DezertDragon]

(on the latest character I made, within the last 2 days)

[BlueMinotaur]

I don’t know if it’s just me but drop rates and exp outside of the hot zone feel much lower than they did when I last played. It could be that I had no responsibility at that time in my life and endless hours to play as well.

[flibbg1]

AshenTemper the other thing is, most people I talk to say they get con runes. I think I talked to one person who said they got a str at Bearkin. As I remember Noob would drop all the lower stats runes no matter the biome. I might be wrong. I know you would know.

[Klamikaze]

Originally posted by AshenTemper:

They still drop but I think someone was mentioning in another topic that the drop rates on noobie island appear to have decreased (both in what is dropped and how much). Nothing concrete but they may have adjusted that some in a recent update.

For a few weeks I been rolling/ re-rolling some toons. Spent a lot of time in/ around Hengest.

Would get to lvl 3 on Frost Spiders and Frost Walkers. Then would hit the White Wolves and Huldas until 6. Sometimes 7. Was making time to farm lowbie runes.

Got quite a few +5 CONS from Hengest. A few +5 DEX and +5 STR. The odd +5 INT and +5 SPI. Now? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Nix nein on the pomme frites. Have rolled 5 toons since the last compensation with no +5 runes dropped.

The +10 Runes and others still drop. Gonna check and see soon.

https://youtu.be/EykpGoXyKVg

RIP to all them shorties. +5 in our thoughts and prayers.

[bfoglia]

Looks like they seriously turned down the rune drop rate. It is so bad!!! It is becoming impossible to make toons that need stat runes (every toon). They need to fix this ASAP.

[76561198335088881]

I know what your issue might be. You're probably comparing drop and XP rates to whatever servers had XP/drop rates set to "fast"(all the 2008+ servers and braialla/Wrath/Vindi, basically everything but redemption and mourning). This server is same as Mourning and Redemption. Don't remember gold/xp rates of even older servers so can't say anything there.

[flibbg1]

No I played on Mourning since live started. I remember getting more stat runes than this. I have made 6 toons so far. One farmed noobie for 8 hours. Everyone of them is between lvl 40 and 60 so far I have had 3 stat runes drop. One on noobie and two on the mainland. I know for a fact that some of the places I farm should drop int, but nada. Its impossible to make most builds without stat runes. If they want them on the mall put them on the mall. This is starting to annoy a lot of people. This is how you get people to walk away from your game.

[Retro]

Drop rates have been turned down. Also this mapset is complete ass... they need to wipe and do Aerynth or Dalgoth. Aerynth has at 51 zones, also these mostly grassland zones which are best for farming. Dalgoth has 55 zones and only handful of those zones are snow biome. Vorringia is weakest of the 3 world maps with 36 zones and largely snow biome. Snow is one of the worst/slowest areas for farming to junk items or even leveling no one really enjoys slow other than NPC trainer city.

This is killing things for casual players because farming is limited. I suppose this is to force players just like runes open their wallets and head to cash shop. Right now this is my biggest issues the mapset and the drop rates. This entire thing has me on the fence rather I want to continue playing or quit. Plus you don't know what day the servers will even be up due to crashing.

If this company wants to keep this map, this exp rate, these drop rates? FINE. Go with Aerynth or Dalgoth mapset and create new map/server for EN players.

[Klamikaze]

Originally posted by ?:

This server is same as Mourning and Redemption.

https://youtu.be/d0VNHe5fq30

Mourning used Aerynth mapset. Redemption used Dalgoth mapset. wnn_game is using Vorringia mapset. Just sayin'.

Was on Carnage server at launch. After it went down, migrated to Vengeance server. When it went down, migrated to Mourning. When Vindication went live, went there. After that went back to Mourning until the end. Am pretty familiar with mapsets and drops.

Potentially, this problem could be more than just Loot Drop rates. Some items might not even be dropping now.

Since the re-launch, most of my gaming time has been re-rolling and farming runes on Noob. Been getting +10 and higher runes in the bigger camps. In the starter areas, like Hengest, only things dropping there besides the pots are Ice imp swords and lowbie junk axes but no +5 runes or other random junkable items.

https://youtu.be/Wm58sGEdgAw

Roll a noob and grind a few hours in a starter area to see what I am talking about.

[Grip]

I was on noob island yesterday, i got a +5 con, the second one so far in 3 days there. The problem is Int/Dex don't drop in the snow zones, they drop in lowbie forest and swamp zones. Hope this helps

[Klamikaze]

Originally posted by Grip:

I was on noob island yesterday, i got a +5 con, the second one so far in 3 days there. The problem is Int/Dex don't drop in the snow zones, they drop in lowbie forest and swamp zones. Hope this helps

Thanks for responding. Did you get the +5 CON in one of the Starter Areas outside of Starkholm?

All-Father's Rest, Hengest, Hrimdal, Hothor's Doom, Scraefahl, Valkirch aren't zone specific.

The only two zones on our Vorringia mapset are Huldring's Vald and Grimstaark Peaks. Both are Mountain Zones.

https://youtu.be/valVixMpzQY

Anyone else still getting them?

[76561198335088881]

Originally posted by Beiskr Bóndason:

Some items might not even be dropping now.

Only useful ones I can think of would be different racial guards, vorringia is poor in that regard.

Originally posted by Beiskr Bóndason:

Mourning used Aerynth mapset. Redemption used Dalgoth mapset. wnn_game is using Vorringia mapset. Just sayin'.

I was referring to XP rates, not the mapset. Mapset has nothing to do with XP rates as all the latest servers were on Vorringia too but with increased XP rates.