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Why don’t HM dungeons drop a gold monster helm.?

Animar111
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Normal mode purple HM gold…..Why not..?
Edited by ZOS_Icy on 12 February 2023 18:44

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  • Artim_X
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    After rereading your post, I'm going to assume that if vet hard mode is cleared, you think the gear drops should be better in comparison to a regular vet clear.

    Some DLC dungeons on hard mode really hurt like a *insert expletive,* so I don't see why not.
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  • ZOS_Icy
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    Greetings,

    This thread has been moved to the Dungeons, Trials & Arenas section, as it is better suited there.

    Thank you for your understanding.
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  • FantasticFreddie
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    Animar111 wrote: »
    If it was just the new dungeons the ones where you have to do three bosses on HM compared to the others are much harder and deserve a greater reward.

    Ohhh yes. That would be an excellent change.
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  • SpacemanSpiff1
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    more importantly, why not gold jewelry?
  • Blood_again
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    I think delve bosses have to drop gold items too. It is literally hardmode, if I kill them without a companion.
  • RealLoveBVB
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    Gold upgraders would pretty much lose their value, because everyone would just spam some easy base game dungeons and farm those mats.
  • SilverWF
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    1st monster met in the tutorial should drop me a full GOLD gear sets of all possible current FOTM specs, because I did it without companion, extra raid group and mom said I'm cool and special.
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  • DMuehlhausen
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    The better question is why do trials and vet dungeons give you cp 150 items from containers.
  • Animar111
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    Yes exactly what I meant
  • Hamfast
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    I started playing this game in Beta, one of the things that attracted me was "The best gear in the game will be Crafted"...

    Then around 2016 there was a person with Zos/Bethesda that was pushing that better (gold) gear should be dropping from things, and I for one complained because that would directly refute the original promise that the best gear in the game would be crafted. (2016 QuakeCon, the year of Jason's Hair lest you need reminding.)

    Please note that while some gold jewelry can be gained in Vet Trials and from the Golden Vendor, Gear is Purple (Epic)...

    The best gear in the game is still made by crafters, even if that is only upgrading it to Legendary Status (Gold) and I for one think it should remain that way, take the time to level your crafter up, then you can gold up your own gear.
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  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Because people would farm FG1 HM and tank the value of gold mats.

    I would not be opposed to a small chance to drop a gold helm or jewelry, but a guaranteed drop would be a bad idea. Now to be clear, I do think we need some downward pressure on gold mat prices, but this would open an easy pipeline to gold mats.
    Edited by Oreyn_Bearclaw on 9 February 2023 17:39
  • Kappachi
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    Animar111 wrote: »
    Normal mode purple HM gold…..Why not..?
    For the simple reason that HM already gives a greatly increased reward, guaranteed motif if doing DLC dungeons and 2x style page drop rate if one is dropping for that dungeon. Giving gold gear would devalue the gold mats since you could deconstruct them.
  • KlauthWarthog
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    Hamfast wrote: »
    I started playing this game in Beta, one of the things that attracted me was "The best gear in the game will be Crafted"...

    Yeah, I remember that phrase. Aged like fine milk.
  • bmnoble
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    As others have said people would just farm a bunch of the easiest dungeons hard modes, for the gold upgrade mats to sell or use themselves, not much point refining if you can decon and get a load of gold mats instead.
  • Rkindaleft
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    Kappachi wrote: »
    Animar111 wrote: »
    Normal mode purple HM gold…..Why not..?
    For the simple reason that HM already gives a greatly increased reward, guaranteed motif if doing DLC dungeons and 2x style page drop rate if one is dropping for that dungeon. Giving gold gear would devalue the gold mats since you could deconstruct them.

    I might be wrong but you only need to get the HM achievement once to get increased chance at the style page, once you clear once you get the HM drop chance on regular vet. I believe a mod confirmed this.
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  • tomofhyrule
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    Kappachi wrote: »
    Animar111 wrote: »
    Normal mode purple HM gold…..Why not..?
    For the simple reason that HM already gives a greatly increased reward, guaranteed motif if doing DLC dungeons and 2x style page drop rate if one is dropping for that dungeon. Giving gold gear would devalue the gold mats since you could deconstruct them.

    I might be wrong but you only need to get the HM achievement once to get increased chance at the style page, once you clear once you get the HM drop chance on regular vet. I believe a mod confirmed this.

    Style page != motif page.

    Every vet dungeon comes with a crafting motif. You have about a 1% or so chance of getting a motif page on normal, about 50% chance on vet, and it's guaranteed on Hard Mode. These are the purple pages.

    The mask style pages are the gold ones and are only in the outfit station. IIRC the rate is about a 2.5% on vet and 5% if you have the HM achievement, but only when the respective arms pack is available in the Crown Store.
  • Kappachi
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    Kappachi wrote: »
    Animar111 wrote: »
    Normal mode purple HM gold…..Why not..?
    For the simple reason that HM already gives a greatly increased reward, guaranteed motif if doing DLC dungeons and 2x style page drop rate if one is dropping for that dungeon. Giving gold gear would devalue the gold mats since you could deconstruct them.

    I might be wrong but you only need to get the HM achievement once to get increased chance at the style page, once you clear once you get the HM drop chance on regular vet. I believe a mod confirmed this.

    Still requires that first HM clear and that's a massive reward & more than enough reward for anyone looking to make money off dungeons.
  • Amottica
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    The better question is why do trials and vet dungeons give you cp 150 items from containers.

    I agree. After all, many trials make dungeons look like easy street.
    Because people would farm FG1 HM and tank the value of gold mats.

    and this. To many of the dungeons are far to easy even on HM.
    Edited by Amottica on 10 February 2023 03:02
  • Dr_Con
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    Hamfast wrote: »
    I started playing this game in Beta, one of the things that attracted me was "The best gear in the game will be Crafted"...

    Yeah, I remember that phrase. Aged like fine milk.

    pvpers reading this comment be like...

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  • FantasticFreddie
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    Ngl, gold jewelry dropping from dlc dungeon hardmodes would make me 1000000% more likely to do them
  • Animar111
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    If it was just the new dungeons the ones where you have to do three bosses on HM compared to the others are much harder and deserve a greater reward.
  • El_Borracho
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    Because people would farm FG1 HM and tank the value of gold mats.

    I would not be opposed to a small chance to drop a gold helm or jewelry, but a guaranteed drop would be a bad idea. Now to be clear, I do think we need some downward pressure on gold mat prices, but this would open an easy pipeline to gold mats.

    First, I agree that FG1 would be the ultimate gold mat farm. But as a counterpoint, you can do the same with vHRC and vAA farms for gold jewelry mats and get gold mats from daily crafting writs.

    The idea of a gold monster helm for HM is an idea I fully support.
  • M0ntie
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    Especially HM DLC dungeons need better drops. I'd suggest more undaunted keys.
    Normal 1 key
    Vet 2 keys
    Vet HM 3 keys.

    Also I don't see the problem with making the helm gold. Have you seen the price of gold upgrade mats recently? Its insane! Reducing the price of gold upgrade mats by increasing supply is a great idea. Maybe just make the helm that drops on the first clear gold - that would stop vFGhm farms.
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