Change in Motif drops??

Darkrogue671

Did they change the rare motif drop rates?? I did two sessions (1 each day) and the first day, I find the Daedric motif in a trunk in an inn in Reapers March. Not to be out done, the next day I find the Daedric motif again twice within 15 mins of each other again on Reapers March in the same "town". What gives?

AlnilamE

The RNG loves you this week.

Slurg

Yes to ^. It's your lucky week!

Someone started a thread yesterday asking if the drop rate was lowered because he or she wasn't finding any. I guess you got someone else's luck too.

Nestor

RNG is liking you. I had bought a Deadric Motif then 2 days later found one, then about 10 days later found another one. Lucky I sold the last one I found for what I paid for the first one I bought, so I am even there.

I can say from my casual farming of Motifs (I don't relog to reset containers, I just hit my 2 or 3 favorite buildings on each log in on each character) I get a Purple Motif about every two/three weeks. I tend to buy them if they sell them for cheap, like I picked up a Primal for 18K at a guild store this weekend.

Note I have 3 Mules in a town that is good for farming containers and I get a Blue Motif every other log in, so 2 to 3 of those per day when I am checking containers. I need to stop as I have more than 30 Blue Motifs I need to get rid of.

Darkrogue671

Nestor wrote: »

I need to stop as I have more than 30 Blue Motifs I need to get rid of.

Ummmmmm.... have a Dunmer motif you can part with?

I'll take any good luck I can get. Short on that commodity lately.

Nestor

Darkrogue671 wrote: »

Ummmmmm.... have a Dunmer motif you can part with?

Yep, I think I found one this weekend in fact....If it was not for the dratted Imperial Motif, I would not even be looking in the leveling areas for Motifs.

Sent you a PM, and some hints about a possible guild kiosk that can help you in the meantime.

OrangeTheCat

I've had so many blue motifs that I can't use nor sell for a meager 200g that I've started destroying them. Should I be holding on them now?

Nestor

OrangeTheCat wrote: »

I've had so many blue motifs that I can't use nor sell for a meager 200g that I've started destroying them. Should I be holding on them now?

I have not been actively farming them lately (I use my 3 mules who are parked in Wayrest) but this weekend, out of 3 building farms during random logins, I got 2 Blues. I keep telling me to leave them behind, but my right hand is not listening and it double clicks on them. Because they are shiney I imagine.

Anyway, the drop rate seems to be the same. Ironically, and this must be a first for an MMO, I needed a Redguard Motif for my alternate crafter to have all 9*. I did not have one of those at the time, so I decided to look for that one. 15 minutes later, in the first building I farm, I find the exact motif book I needed. I stared at the screen blankly for a minute and then asked the game, "You do realize that was exactly what I was looking for, what is wrong with you? You normally hide this kind of stuff." The game ignored me.

*I had not thought to look at the Motifs he knew in about 4 months, so I did not know he was motif deficient.

LonePirate

I have an average of five copies of every blue and purple motif in my bank (except for Dwemer). I have stopped intentionally farming for the purple ones; but I still find 1-2 blue ones per day while questing in Cyrodiil. I dump any new blue motifs into guild stores for 100g each and they sell within an hour or two. My Imperial character found the Imperial motif in Cyrodiil and it joined its cousins in my bank alongside another copy of the Imperial motif I traded for using surplus purple motifs.

AlexDougherty

Darkrogue671 wrote: »

Did they change the rare motif drop rates?? I did two sessions (1 each day) and the first day, I find the Daedric motif in a trunk in an inn in Reapers March. Not to be out done, the next day I find the Daedric motif again twice within 15 mins of each other again on Reapers March in the same "town". What gives?

Darn, even if I am on the same server, I can't ask you to sell me one, because I bought Barbaric and Ancient elf Motifs the other day, and bankrupted my account.


Not literally, I have rebuilt up to 3K overall (building up my nightblade so less money than I would hope)

Knootewoot

I play since early access and

- have never found any motif except a FEW blue
- have never found any collection part from a creature
- Never ever got the yellow item for enhanting

My RNG is non existant. There must be a piece of code

IF player_name='Knoote' THEN RNG_Chance='0.00';

Or something

RDMyers65b14_ESO

The Dwemer pages dropped regularly for me when I was looking for them. I had one Imperial motif drop. I have had NONE of the other four rare motifs to drop.

AlexDougherty

RDMyers65b14_ESO wrote: »

The Dwemer pages dropped regularly for me when I was looking for them. I had one Imperial motif drop. I have had NONE of the other four rare motifs to drop.

I found Imperial and Primal. I just Bought Barbaric and Ancient Elf, I got fed up of waiting for Barbaric to drop, and found Ancient Elf shortly afterwards at a price I couldn't resist.

So I can craft every peice of armour and weapons except Staffs, Bows and Shields in every style. (my Woodcrafter is another alt, and I only have the basic nine styles on him)