Unexpectantly low High Isle structural blueprint drop rates

Leighlaa

(This is my first post, apologies if I do anything wrong.)

With the release of Update 35 came the release of 20 new structural blueprints from High Isle Daily coffer rewards. In anticipation of this, my friends from multiple guilds and I ran dailies in large groups for about 2 weeks before the update, saving up coffers across our alt characters. In the end, we all had fat stacks of coffers, prepared to get nice rewards when the blueprints released on Monday.

Except that we did not get nice rewards, we got garbage rewards as compared to drop rates of similar structural blueprints from saved coffers in past Q3 releases. I know that anecdotal evidence does little to help, so I'll try to present numbers.

I had 360 coffers. I opened them and got 12 blue blueprints, 6 green blueprints, 0 purple blueprints, 1 motif, 2 Draoith (sp?) Druid totem lead things (I TOOK THE TIME TO SCRY THEM TOO!). These 360 coffers were mainly on 8 characters, with about 20 on 2 other characters that only ran a few times with the group. When opening, I did my crafting writs, did the new dungeon, played cards, was in my house, in various towns, and in general trying not to just sit in one place and spam open them as quickly as possible. I did it in a span of about 6 hours, doing other things just in case the rumors of cool-down on blue recipes from coffers is correct (I didn't experience this however on characters with absurdly high coffer counts who got multiple blues in an opening session). My husband had 509 coffers and while he did not track his numbers quite as well, got ZERO purples as well (besides the daily motif). FIVE. HUNDRED. AND. NINE.

Let's just say that I ran these for 12 days, 4 hours a day, with anywhere between 8 and 12 people on average in my farming group. Each FULL set of 6 + 2 vents takes about an hour (CUZ HERDING CATS). For easy math let's say we have 10 people every time. That means we have 480 coffers a day between us. Let's say it's just 400 because some days are slower than others. Over 12 days, just with my group of friends/guildies, that's 4800 coffers or so. No purples. Not a single friend got a purple. Not a single guild mate in my trading guild got a purple. I panicked, thinking they weren't even dropping. I have heard 3 first-hand accounts from traders/housing people and found TWO. A WHOLE TWO, on traders.

So... I guess my point for this post is to question whether I'm doing something wrong and being punished for being stupid, or if the drop rates are really SUPPOSED to be this rotten.

I love this game and High Isle has thus far been my FAVORITE DLC! I'm in NO risk of rage-quitting or anything so dramatic, but I AM completely disappointed in this return. Putting in the hours and the work should be *rewarded* with loot. But this time, I feel like I threw my time away for nothing.

Anyone else experiencing this or have better numbers so the team can work on drop rates? (or not and I'm just a whiny baby, which is fine, I just need to KNOW).

Kiyakotari

Has this been addressed? Now I'm afraid to open the coffers I have.

DonRavello

Although I didn't have that many coffers (maybe 20), I can confirm the low drop rate. I didn't get any furniture plan from High Isle daily coffers so far.

athena9205

any updates on this issue?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Horny_Poney

U35 just landed on consoles.
So far only 1 blue blueprint from 30 coffers, that’s all. Now I hesitate to open the others because of any hypothetical cooldown, but you seem to say there are no cooldowns don’t you?

raystormusa

on PS-NA, U35 just went live a few hours ago.

I am very disappointed. 127 coffers spread across 3 characters, only 4 drops.
Blueprint High Isle Platform Wooden Rectangle x 1 (green)
Blueprint High Isle Platform Wooden Square x 1 (blue)
Praxis High Isle Wall Half-Timber x 2 (green)

I am now suspecting that there is some cooldown in effect, but even so, it should be split between different qualities (green,blue,purple).

127 coffers, 4 drops, and not a single purple plan. Sigh. Not bringing any sense of delight to this customer.

Luke_Flamesword

There is probably some cooldown - I have one recipe almost everyday since release and it tooks me usually 1-5 coffers to get it - once I have it, I don't do any more this day. In many days it was first or second coffer. I had 3 purple, many blues and couple greens.

I may be wrong, but probably vent quests doesn't drop any plans - this and probability of cooldown brings that conclusion that drop rate is not that bad, but you just grinded it in not effective way.

Luke_Flamesword

Yup, there is in patch notes:

"A new set of 20 High Isle Structural Furnishing Plans are available from High Isle Reward Coffers earned from daily Delve and World Boss quests in High Isle"

So doing vents is just waste of time :P

Leighlaa

I would just open your coffers slowly. If you get something, stop. Open more the next day.

The rate is almost certainly intentionally low to keep prices high.

It's fine. I'm fine.

Galiferno

I saved up like 8 coffers from the previous night and got a purple on the first one I opened luckily. I assumed these would drop similarly to motifs and event style pages, so one a day and then you can't get anymore. I found this was false, getting both a green and a blue one in the same day, but I figured the rng was generally so bad it wasn't worth getting/opening coffers past your first plan. At this point I've gotten bored of the dailies and I'm just waiting for them to drop in price so I can buy them up.