insufficient key drop rate

[AnthoxLeFake]

I've been looking for keys for 1 week, I come across the same ones every time. I must have found Villa Elena Garage Key at least 9 or 10 times, not to mention the other cities which drop the same one each time too...

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

Devs are aware of the drop rate issue. They're looking into increasing some of the rates for harder to find keys.

[AnthoxLeFake]

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[Sultan]

I’m not going to say this should be a super simple fix, but… it should be relatively easy to adjust. I refuse to believe that devs would implement the key drop mechanism in a way that doesn’t allow for easy tweaking. This is a core mechanic that is probably very challenging to get right out of the gate, so you’d want to code it in a way that is flexible to allow for experimentation.

It is getting very hard to understand why this is taking so long to tweak in some way. The forums are filled with people who are playing the game A LOT and just cannot get the keys needed for the tasks.

[LiquidLite]

This is actually one of the few things that really bothers me in this game. I'm fine with them blocking access to loot boxes via RNG key drops, but don't block task progression in the same manner, especially when it's so egregious. We've been looking for a key to YBL Office 2 for two weeks and still haven't found it. Just got lucky one day and the door was open. And now there is a new YBL key we have to farm for.

[Ares]

Originally posted by brownie689:

It takes less than 20 seconds to adjust drop rates for keys and they still haven't done it. NO excuse for this incompetence.

What I'been saying since a long time, it's the easiest thing to adjust.
The fact were hear the same sentence "devs are aware of the issue" gets old really fast if no action is undertaken. Even though on this forum it gets denied each time by so many, claiming there isn't an issue at all with drop rates. Incredible...
Guess keeping their test subjects playing is more important than offering any quality of life.

[Flowtron1878]

Originally posted by Ares:

Originally posted by brownie689:

It takes less than 20 seconds to adjust drop rates for keys and they still haven't done it. NO excuse for this incompetence.

What I'been saying since a long time, it's the easiest thing to adjust.
The fact were hear the same sentence "devs are aware of the issue" gets old really fast if no action is undertaken. Even though on this forum it gets denied each time by so many, claiming there isn't an issue at all with drop rates. Incredible...
Guess keeping their test subjects playing is more important than offering any quality of life.

If it is easy to implement then it's a valid question, why can't they actually tweak this on the fly?, so to speak. They tweaked the music recently so why not turn key spawn rate up a touch?. Is it as simple as increasing 1 to 2?. Surely a slight tweak wouldn't unbalance the game, as it does seem currently unbalanced as far as spawn rates for essential keys to progress through tasks are concerned.

[Ironside]

Originally posted by LiquidLite:

This is actually one of the few things that really bothers me in this game. I'm fine with them blocking access to loot boxes via RNG key drops, but don't block task progression in the same manner, especially when it's so egregious. We've been looking for a key to YBL Office 2 for two weeks and still haven't found it. Just got lucky one day and the door was open. And now there is a new YBL key we have to farm for.

What key you looking for at YBL. I might be able to help. I am Mithras

[LiquidLite]

Originally posted by Ironside:

Originally posted by LiquidLite:

This is actually one of the few things that really bothers me in this game. I'm fine with them blocking access to loot boxes via RNG key drops, but don't block task progression in the same manner, especially when it's so egregious. We've been looking for a key to YBL Office 2 for two weeks and still haven't found it. Just got lucky one day and the door was open. And now there is a new YBL key we have to farm for.

What key you looking for at YBL. I might be able to help. I am Mithras

Thanks for the offer, I appreciate it! I'm also Mithras. We got lucky again last night and on our next run to YBL the Generator room was open! Still haven't found the Office 1, Office 2 or the Generator keys after eliminating all the enemies in the entire compound multiple times.

[Ironside]

Originally posted by LiquidLite:

Originally posted by Ironside:

What key you looking for at YBL. I might be able to help. I am Mithras

Thanks for the offer, I appreciate it! I'm also Mithras. We got lucky again last night and on our next run to YBL the Generator room was open! Still haven't found the Office 1, Office 2 or the Generator keys after eliminating all the enemies in the entire compound multiple times.

ok I do have a spare office 2 key, Maintenance & Bedroom key for YBL. If you need them.