Uncracked transmutation geode drops are BS

swippy

i open one gold one from my mail everyday, and it does seem to be 4 about 80% of the time. about one in 6 yields 5 instead. the very first one i ever opened gave me 20, and i got another 20 last week. one in a while i see an 8 or 10. it's definitely not an even spread across the range.

i'm okay with it lately though; i've been very lazy about farming new gear.

Tonnopesce

Bigevilpeter wrote: »

Sharee wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Earrindo wrote: »

Oh I understand that bit. But how does grinding pointless, endless dungeons (or pvp) somehow alleviate the grind of going for the optimal trait in the first place?

It isnt that I dont understand the concept, but as a more casual player who wants decent gear, the transmutation system does next to nothing for me.

You are guaranteed 50 crystals each month if you hit 25k AP in PvP. That's about an hour of just following the zerg in Cyrodiil and doing nothing. You also get 4-25 (so 4) crystals every day for hitting 20k AP (same amount of time as above).

That's a lot of crystals. You aren't supposed to be able to transmute a full set. They're designed for the extremely difficult to farm items like monster shoulders and set weapons (vMA, vDSA, dungeon/trial). Body gear is easy enough to farm without transmutation.

Just to add, i am getting my inventory clogged by 50-stone boxes i cannot open because i'm at 200/200 already. Cyrodiil has it's perks

I play pvp and i notice that i get only 1 gold geode every day (which drops 4 crystals) no matter how many rewards of the worthy i get. You just probably don't transmute that much

I usually get from 2 to 10 each day i play, and while i agree that it should not be easy to get this i never got more than 4 ( i transmutaded an entire set for my warden so about 500 cristals) just write that each cristal drops 4 and stop the crap

RDMyers65b14_ESO

Yes, something needs to be done about the geodes. They are cluttering my inventory and I am at 200 AGAIN!

CiliPadi

Peekachu99 wrote: »

They should be purchaseable with crowns—drop rate is dismal and it’s just for convenience after all.

Sure, then the P2W complaints will roll in ... ;-)

NyassaV

85% of the time I get 4
Sometimes I get 5
Seldom do I get 10
I have only ever gotten 25 once

I have not gotten any other amount. Only these four numbers @ZOS_RichLambert

Earrindo

This contribution level, is that the "End of Campaign Reward Tier"?
If not, then where is the contribution level listed?

Lastly, is there any bonus to being level 3, but not winning the campaign?

Sharee

Earrindo wrote: »

This contribution level, is that the "End of Campaign Reward Tier"?
If not, then where is the contribution level listed?

Lastly, is there any bonus to being level 3, but not winning the campaign?

Yes, that's it.
There was a table listing the rewards in some patch notes years back, but i don't remember the particulars anymore.

RobZha

Was gonna make a thread about this, glad one is already here.

As someone who doesn't want to have multiple characters on the go in pvp to collect the 50's you get at the end of campaigns (i've done this in the past, i just don't play as many characters now), I'm finding this 4-25 or whatever it's suppose to be totally stupid. Why rig the drop rate in favour of 4? The last two I had were both 10, but maybe that's because the game recognised I've not been playing much recently so wasn't getting more from elsewhere. It's usually 4 though and anyone that gets them regularly clearly knows this.

It just makes this aspect of the game look cheap and like a sham. If you don't like the idea of making it random where players can get lucky and get a big amount, then just lower the other end of the scale and be honest. Maybe 4-15? But make it actually random, because as things stand it's completely clear that it's rigged in favour of 4, and like i said, it just comes off as cheap and rigged when you're actually needing crystals.

Yes, I could start off multiple characters again in pvp to get the rewards and have plenty of crystals by the time the campaign ends. Maybe I will seeing as I'm changing sets around so much at the moment on a char, but the point still stands, if it says a range of crystals you get it should be random. If ZOS don't like giving out so much, then maybe lower the high end to something different like 15.