Dungeon loot tables (yes, again)

daemonios

I've just spent all my Daedric Shackles I'd been hoarding in the hopes that ZOS would improve the loot tables in vet dungeons. I have to say I didn't expect such bad results...

I started out with 2711 shackles, which is the result of 71 runs and change. That's over seventy runs and that's just since I started saving my shackles because of the terrible loot system, before that I did at least that many. Still, for argument's sake, let's focus on these seventy runs. I was looking to complete my scathing mage set, of which I only have 2 pieces in divines. This is what dropped from today's run and the 18 vault chests I opened:

- 6 pieces Tormentor (15%)
- 10 pieces Leeching (25%)
- 7 pieces Sheer Venom (17.5%)
- 5 pieces Toxic Defiance (12.5%)
- 4 pieces Scathing Mage (10%)
- 8 pieces Combat Physician (20%)

That's a terrible start already. I've been looking to complete Scathing Mage for months, yet it's the lowest-dropping of them all by far. And naturally, out of the 4 pieces Scathing Mage that did drop, not one was divines: I got Infused Hat (worthless, as I need that slot for a monster set); sturdy Epaulets and Shoes (worthless for a Magicka DPS set); and reinforced Shoes (worthless on light armour). So basically 70+ runs and f**k all to show for it (not including my previous runs, as I've mentioned before).

I'm seriously p****ed right now. It's one thing to make people work for their drops; it's another thing completely to have a system where you can keep running the damned dungeon and still you'll never get the drop you were looking for. Scr** you, @Wrobel and whoever else is involved in itemization/loot tables.

WolfingHour

I would gladly spend 2711 shackles for ONE piece of gear of my choice.

Then again, that might just be the Stockholm syndrome talking.

xilfxlegion

i didnt have any shackles --- but i did the vet daily yesterday and my reward was a cp140 junk axe. why would it drop cp140 gear ?


sorry if this is considered off topic

nimander99

This is why we need to be able to allow master crafters to 'over-write' traits in the same manner enchantments can be over-written.

daemonios

nimander99 wrote: »

This is why we need to be able to allow master crafters to 'over-write' traits in the same manner enchantments can be over-written.

We wouldn't need to, if the loot system were anything near sane. Prosperous (or, add it's come to me known in-game, 'preposterous') and training should never be in these loot tables. This gear should never be bound on pickup. Shackles and embers should be traded for a piece of the player's choice, not another RNG fest.

[EDIT]Other interesting data: out of all the 40 drops, 8 (20%) were training or prosperous, complete trash any way you look at it. If you add well-fitted (6 pieces), which I also consider complete rubbish despite the recent change, then it goes up to 35% trash, i.e. more than 1 in 3 drops are worthless.