Remove knowledge from rift incursion II rewards

[Dragon Sin]

Tier 2 rift incursions appear to be the only way to reliably farm some types of high end items. As it stands I have noticed that they spawn only a few types of rewards when the boss is beaten. These rewards from what I noticed are limited to a random legendary shattered weapon, a tier-4 jewel, and a book containing schematic-tier research.

I, for one, think its extremely annoying that I am getting research as the major reward when clearing level 2 rift incursions. These are meant to be end-game events, and thus should only be giving end-game items such as legendary weapons, tier-4 jewels, or other powerful items that cannot be obtained elsewhere. There shouldn't be the possibility that someone farming for gear basically gets told "ha ha, nice try, here's a recipe for you that you unlocked hours ago".

If books are to be gained from these events make them a supplement to the other rewards, not take their place, or make only drop recipes you don't already have unlocked (and thus never drop if you have everything researched).

This would be a minor QoL change, but I believe it should definitely be implemented.

[Dr. Rockso]

I mean the books you get from the drops are appropriate to the level your gear would be at so I fail to see the issue. Multiple ways of getting the T3 books is a good thing.

[Dragon Sin]

Originally posted by Dr. Rockso:

I mean the books you get from the drops are appropriate to the level your gear would be at so I fail to see the issue. Multiple ways of getting the T3 books is a good thing.

The issue isn't that books drop in general, it's that they replace better rewards that should be the focus at that gear level (80+). By that point you should have sanguine weapons and a full set of T3 armor at least. You might still have books to get, but I doubt it's unreasonable to say that many people farming these events already have all of the books they need, and giving them duplicate researches of stuff they already have unlocked is basically useless.

That's why I specifically specified that it should either be an undiscovered research at a minimum, and if everything is researched the drops should just resolve to other items instead of something that is literally worthless to the player.

[Glyph]

How do you know for certain that something else would drop if you got rid of the books

[Bobucles]

Go to the server settings and increase your loot drop rate.

[Dragon Sin]

Originally posted by Glyph:

How do you know for certain that something else would drop if you got rid of the books

What do you mean? If they altered the loot drop table to remove books, and something always drops, then something else would drop in its place. I've cleared probably 50 incursion events by this point, and I haven't gotten a single one that didn't drop something when the boss was defeated. It could be possible, but I personally doubt it.

[Schobbob]

agreed, don't need books from rifts