Truthsnark wrote: »Well, ZOS said that it is influenced by zone in the patch notes. You have a chance of finding all recipes, but have a higher chance of finding recipes of the race corresponding to the zone you are in.
I've been tracking every drop I get and farming almost exclusively in Wrothgar and Bangkorai, I have a good percentage more Orcish, Breton, and Redguard stuff than any other race. Out of 347 looted recipes (obviously some duplicates in there), 12.7% are Breton, 13.1% are Orcish, and 13% are Redguard. All other races are between 5-8%. I suspect that my success with Redguard recipes here is just because there are more Redguard recipes than any other race.
Where I think it's really making a difference is in Superior recipes, as I've been doing most of my farming in Wrothgar (it's easier than anywhere else) and 19% of my found Superior recipes are Orcish, with the next closest Breton at 13.2%, and the rest following in the mid-single digits.
Also, if looting a recipe the chance of it being Fine - Superior - Epic seems to be roughly 75% - 20% - 5%. I have not received a legendary recipe yet.
Really what I just want to know is if anybody's got a better place than the Hew's Bane Fighter's Guild to farm in a Redguard zone.
I really would like a quote on where the developers stated that it would be race/zones related.. since I read the patch notes and read the dev tracker frequently...