drop rates of area-specific uniques

[Death Bunny]

is there a way to improve the 0.001% drop rate of said uniques pre-WA1?

[Darnavir]

No. You can clear them faster for more drop chances, but the drop chance can't be increased.

[Fel]

Passive characters also contribute so getting them a rebirth 2 (for the character quest) helps quite a bit.

[Darnavir]

I was told on Discord that the background (in)efficiency has no effect on equipment drops. If this is true, then it won't help with more drops.

[Rafein]

No. Only thing you can do without area prestige is increase the overall loot drop chance with enchants and Dictionary bonus. More drops = more uniques, thought the rate is still poor.

[Death Bunny]

btw, is the drop chance of unique equipment, per kill, or per area clear? though either way, it sounds like rather than increasing chances of equipment drop/enchanted versions, it's better to just achieve faster kills/clears instead....

[Darnavir]

It's per kill and unrelated to the "normal" drop chance.

[Fel]

Originally posted by Darnavir:

I was told on Discord that the background (in)efficiency has no effect on equipment drops. If this is true, then it won't help with more drops.

I didn't know that, it seems to affect everything else from passive characters (including clear count increase) but it's good to know.

[Darnavir]

It doesn't affect captured count. Dungeon rewards were unaffected before 1.2, but are affected now (at least with multiplier gem ritual).

[kevinshow]

Originally posted by Death Bunny:

is there a way to improve the 0.001% drop rate of said uniques pre-WA1?

i spent some time getting the drops and even getting the thief to level them up before WA1. however, once i got into WA1 and later, the drops happen a lot more frequently, not to mention you can level them up faster. in other words, if you happen to get them and level them, that's fine, but don't hang around in pre-WA situation to do that if you are ready to do an ascension.

[Death Bunny]

Originally posted by kevinshow:

Originally posted by Death Bunny:

is there a way to improve the 0.001% drop rate of said uniques pre-WA1?

i spent some time getting the drops and even getting the thief to level them up before WA1. however, once i got into WA1 and later, the drops happen a lot more frequently, not to mention you can level them up faster. in other words, if you happen to get them and level them, that's fine, but don't hang around in pre-WA situation to do that if you are ready to do an ascension.

ah, i'm the sort that likes to get as much done before doing an ascension (or even a rebirth), since the time spent pre-wa helps later on, especially if stats etc etc gets reset, i'd rather not spend extra hours finding replacements and then having to re-level etc everything... do it properly the first time so you can set up subsequent WA progression at a faster pace from the get-go...

[Fel]

Yeah, I did that as well but the first ascension is just too important to push back for too long.

It's better to do the first WA fairly quickly (still get any extra points you can that don't take too long for example) to unlock area prestige and preferably a point (or more) in the perk that multiplies the clear count per actual clear.

It's fine to do the whole "do everything" before the second WA if you like to play like that but you should try to stop your tendency for that first one or you will effectively waste a lot of your own time for no real reason.