Events, Gold Items, and U32 Weighted RNG Loot

El_Borracho

Another event and the same issue. Once you get an account-wide gold motif, collectible, costume, etc. you don't stop getting them. Its wonderful if you are doing the event for the first time. But if not, it ends up being a worthless drop. Some players say hold onto them and sell them later in the guild store. I say look at the dozens of Glenmoril Wyrd, Old Orsinium, Grave Dancer, and Rkindaleft motifs that don't even sell for 100 gold. Or the Snowball, Mudball Pouch, Nordic Bather's Towel, etc. that you can't give away for free at Breda's tent. Some say put them in the guild bank for others to have. Then the guild bank fills up. Some say destroy them if they are worthless. Which ends up being the result most of the time.

But why does it have to be? It would be great if the new RNG would give you something else, akin to what happens with set drops. Like a gold motif piece for the event that you do not have. Or mats. Or gear. Or a recipe. Or gold. Or anything but another Sword Swallower Blade runebox.

Kwoung

I gave up doing events long ago, they are simply rehashed year after year and literally never offer a reward that interests me in the slightest. I was excited about the house this year... until I saw it. Not to mention they rehash what the writs require to make them, thus destroying furniture crafting some years back by making it so expensive it is ridiculous. You would think they could at least switch up the ingredients for the writs yearly so people wouldn't hoard them all year long to make a killing during a holiday event. And seriously, who wants to knowingly blow 100K worth of materials to do a single holiday writ that results in what, a style page so worthless your guildmaster will yell at you for dropping in the guild bank?