One guy got a purple provisioning recipe so they felt the drop rate was too high and padded the loot tables with junk.

That sounds like it might be a bug related to a mechanic that was added. The patch notes said that the armor and weapons that you see lying around in the world could now be picked up, but they would be worthless (monetarily) but could be used as gear in a pinch. It said nothing about adding these items to the loot tables, though, as far as being in boxes and bags. I'd report that. That seems off.

Rosveen wrote: »

Oh. I thought they'd be lying on tables, on the ground or somewhere. This will screw autolooters so badly.

That's what i thought. This is so stupid. There were already enough people complaining about inventory issues. This just kills auto loot and wastes everyone's time.

It's the new patch and part of the immersion element since before the open-world weapons/armor could not be picked up which is not usual in ES games. I imagine they added this to adhere to the franchise. I don't mind it so much.

Ronstuff wrote: »

OK, but why 0G? At least in other Elder Scrolls you could sell the crap for a few Gs

Because we are all too rich. Didn't you know that?

Well, in other Elder Scrolls games, there wasn't much of an in-game economy to worry about, since there was only one player. All this stuff was already lying around, and added to the immersion (giving the appearance of NPCs actually inhabiting the game world). People complained that it couldn't be picked up, as in other Elder Scrolls games, but if you suddenly fill the world with millions of items worth 1 gold a piece, the value of a gold piece is likely to drop...etc. etc. It's a balancing act.

Blackwidow wrote: »

Rosveen wrote: »

Ronstuff wrote: »

OK, but why 0G? At least in other Elder Scrolls you could sell the crap for a few Gs

Bots.

You mean the bots that are selling motifs for 20k a pop, but 9 gold a sword would change the game too much?

I never said their decisions made sense. Maybe they're not worried about bots. Maybe they expect the economy to crash as real players drop everything and rush to collect hundreds of old swords. But you know, even little numbers add up when thousands of people are involved.

LonePirate wrote: »

Why are there now junk weapons and armor pieces appearing inside lootable backpacks and furniture like dressers and cabinets? I much prefer the pre-patch drops of food, recipes and crafting materials instead of this useless garbage. Yes, the other stuff still drop, just not as frequently now because of the junk weapons and armor that have been added to the loot tables.

Here's an off the wall observation. The time management issues that players have had with the current inventory system has been so effective in slowing down the progress of the typical player that ZOS devs are enhancing inventory management difficulty by clogging up inventory with white/grey junk. Btw, even deconstructing those 0g items will yield less mats.

So my guess, working as intended.

dharbert wrote: »

•Weapons and armor found in the world can now be picked up and equipped.
•These items are low quality, but can be used if needed.
•These items sell for 0 gold.
•These items can be upgraded through crafting.
•These items can be deconstructed, but yield very low inspiration and rarely yield usable resources.

Weither looting from containers is a bug or not I still have to wonder how the *** did anyone think this was a good idea omg I get drops from chests and killing things why on earth would i ever have the need to use garbage to wear instead of just wearing the loot I get normally as if greens are hard to come by even whites for that matter, so now you added completely worthless items into the game just to clog up space I mean good job as far as everything else ZOS but when I saw this I was like "wtf" did some random when a contest that let them decide on one of the next ideas that get added and they had a brain fart? Idk man idk it's like getting the greatest cake you ever had for your birthday then finding out some baked chopped up bugs into the whole thing lol

LonePirate wrote: »

Why are there now junk weapons and armor pieces appearing inside lootable backpacks and furniture like dressers and cabinets? I much prefer the pre-patch drops of food, recipes and crafting materials instead of this useless garbage. Yes, the other stuff still drop, just not as frequently now because of the junk weapons and armor that have been added to the loot tables.

Yeah, I have noticed that a lot my self. Really pi$$es me off when I kill a boss and it drops that worthless crap or nothing at all. >.< So very anticlimactic and Zenimax thinks thats great stuff and we are gunna love all that crap. NOT! People want good fun stuff thats actually beneficial to the player! Its awesome to get great gear and to be rewarded for that hard to kill boss that you died to several times before you was finally able to kill it. But nope, thats not the case in almost all situations now. Good job on your effort to kill this boss but here some worthless crap that you dont want or need. Talk about a complete insult and a joy-kill to the max!!! >.< I really loved the drop rate of loot when the game first came out but now they have gimped the hell out of it so much so thats its broken in my opinion. Nerf, nerf, nerf, nerf, nerf......poor Johnny boy has a sad face now.