Is skin drop rate character dependent?

[Diggs]

As the title says, does skin drop are influenced by the character played?
Do I have a better chance to drop a maya head if I play maya? And if so, any idea by how much the drop rate is influenced?

Thanks in advance

[pokepunk]

I think it depends. I tend to get skins for different characters. But say like there are skins for badass challenges, you always get the one for your character.

[Diggs]

Yes but any idea for drop rates from ennemies?

Thanks for the answer!

[pokepunk]

For all-round enemies I think it doesn't matter who you are. and they dont seem to drop much.
But I dont know about this anyways so idk why I am even answering. :P

[Diggs]

Thanks anyway!

[Diggs]

Great!
Thanks for the answer! That's really appreciated.

[Fluorine Fire]

Yes. I can't say for a fact, but everything in my experience suggests the skins/heads dropped will more likely be for the class you're playing with, as well as Class Mods.

[you're not thinking creatively]

Yes, it's been confirmed by Gearbox that both skins and class mods are more likely to drop when you are playing the suitable character. If you're persistent you will get it with any of them, though.

[Diggs]

Yeah, i felt that I was way too unlucky for thye drop rates not to be influenced. Thanks for the info!

[Nakos]

http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/2013/09/inside-the-box-the-borderlands-2-loot-system/

See: Exceptions to the Rules

While skins are not specifically mentioned, they, like class mods, are class specific. In absence of a refutation from Gearbox, I think it's a reasonable assumption that Skins are lumped in here.

My experience would agree with that. The classes I play more have more skin/head options. (And ... I've got a lot of hours logged, so I think I've got a reasonable survey size here).

[you're not thinking creatively]

Sorry, forgot about this thread while in a bl2 / thesis cycle. Yes, I thought it was confirmed in that article but it isn't specifically mentioned there - but it has been noted by other eminent experts on Pandora e.g. http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/does-the-legendary-hotfix-affect-uniques-and-other-drops-what-you-need-to-know-about-drops-in-general-unfinished/556282

I'm pretty sure that they are indeed weighted to the character you're playing as. Since I paid attention to it myself that's what I've seen, and I know other people have had the same results. I always get lots of heads and skins of every class but if you're looking for a specific character one, it's best to play them for your farm.

[Dr. Cheech]

Nakos and you're not thinking creatively are correct based off of my experience and knowledge. There is a higher chance based on your class, but it is not always a noticeably huge difference (due to rng). I'm not as experienced as many of the forum regulars, but I have a compiled knowledge from different veteran players, sites, and personal testing. Take that as you will.

[Diggs]

Truth is I always felt the skin drop rate was influenced by character but couldnt find anything concrete to back my claim after searching on the net.

Thanks everyone for the answer and the sources provided.

[you're not thinking creatively]

You really think this isn't the case? You're sure that skin drops are entirely random? it's one of those things that has always been pretty evident to me, from playing the game for so long.

I'm willing to believe that I myself have misread the experience of thousands of hours of gameplay... I haven't tested it ruthlessly myself, which is why I asked other people (who pay closer scrutiny to these things) and looked on the forums (Gearbox forums have a lot of other veterans who don't hang out here, I guess cause it's less antagonistic over there) and listened to what they said.

It seems an odd thing to argue about... But if you really think that the class for skin and head drop is based on the pseudo-randomised loot system and not weighted, then I will let your belief in that stand next to those of other people who disagree. If that's what you're saying, cool. I don't mind. There doesn't seem to be much else to achieve here though.

[you're not thinking creatively]

Originally posted by zKrieg:

Not my problem you made false claims with zero credibility. Speculation is not fact. Come up with a credible source and you won't look like a tool.

I wouldn't make claims here that I'm not reasonably sure of. I have no desire to rampage around these forums spreading my daydreams or telling lies about Borderlands. Shared in-game experience is not the same as speculation. If it was, I'd imagine you wouldn't find much point in visiting the forums at all... yet here we are.

[you're not thinking creatively]

Originally posted by zKrieg:

Originally posted by you're not thinking creatively:

Yes, it's been confirmed by Gearbox that both skins and class mods are more likely to drop when you are playing the suitable character.

You stated that the devs confirmed it and the best you can come up with is a forum thread full of quesses and speculation with absoultely no developer confirmation.

You can neither confirm your claims or post a source to back up those claims. You discredited yourself.

*Sigh* as I said above, I was thinking of Paul Hellquist's 'Inside the Box' article, Nakos posted, but yes I was mistaken and he didn't mention skin weighting in his discussion there. But, as I also wrote, the reason I am fairly sure of my 'speculation' is because I have previously checked and read this in a number of dicussions and loot guides (many of which are a lot more thorough than the patchy details Gearbox has provided - and though not infallible, often really helpful).

There are a number of people on the Steam and Gearbox forums who I know know the game intimately and I pay close attention to what their experiences are in order to understand the mechanics of the game better myself (Gearbox doesn't say very much, RNG is complicated). You're included in that category, actually. So... if the reason you're trying to tell me I'm wrong is because that's what your experience suggests, then that's fine, and I will keep it in mind.