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Were monster shoulder drops nerfed from silver and gold key chests?

Infinite12
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I never see them drop in chests anymore. All I ever seem to get is mercenary motifs from silver and gold key chests.
Edited by Infinite12 on January 19, 2016 6:46AM
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  • Steel_Brightblade
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    I've experienced the same for a while now, guessing they got the same stealth Nerf as gold tempers.
  • Troneon
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    I hate to do this but I was going to make a topic for it but since you already made one....RNG is RNG, it sucks for all and blesses all.

    PRAY TO THE RNGESUS!

    I been saving my last batch of 25 silver and 25 gold keys, and this is what I got from the keys....also loads of others but were crap traits. Also a crap ton of gems + merc motifs and random loot.

    Funny Thing is I still have never got a helm....ever....Can't complain though, best in slot Kena on first few silver keys in months...I don't even really grind dungeons except for dailies....

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    Edited by Troneon on January 19, 2016 7:04AM
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  • DRXHarbinger
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    Who wants a lol. 7 months in to this game since release on console.....all shoulders except Engine Guardian. ....my new toon got treated to his first vet pledge yesterday and I said to the whole group...watch me get the shoulders first time...ZOS must have been spying on our conversation because whoooooo V1 light impenetrable engine guardian epaulets. Got Mephala helm yesterday thought at last in med devines. Just these to go but they do not drop for sorcs period.
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  • Refuse2GrowUp
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    I do dailies on multiple toons and rarely get shoulders. I understand RNG is RNG, and that it can be a b(expletive)h of a thing, but I rarely get shoulders. I certainly got them more often before Mercenary motifs were introduced. In fact, I opened 78 keys on an alt that hit V16 a while back. I don't remember the gold/silver key ratio but know it was more golds than silvers. Anyway, in that many keys, I got TWO shoulders. Bad RNG aside, I am pretty certain the drop ratio was either bugged or purposely nerfed when the motifs started dropping.
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  • BalticBlues
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    7 months in to this game since release on console...
    all shoulders except Engine Guardian.
    Same here for me.
    I really do not know why I am still doing the pledges

    WHO NEEDS ALL THE MERCENARY CRAP???
    Even the guild stores are a PAIN to use now stuffed with all this crap.
  • DRXHarbinger
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    I get shoulders....but Warden Shoulders and Maw of the infernal....again and again and again. This isn't Rng.
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  • Brightxdawn
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    You don't get helms in chests.
  • DRXHarbinger
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    You don't get helms in chests.

    Who said they did?
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  • LorDrek
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    This game have very bad RNG. I dont see kena palaundron with divines 300 chest open
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  • DRXHarbinger
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    Mine came in a silver chest on day one of IC. Saved up 15 gold keys and 1 silver key...golds gave me nothing but medium Devines Kena shoulders came in silver. Stupid. Never overlook your daily silver key. Think my Nerenith arm cops came in there too. Just scale it down to like level 15 and tear through regular dungeons. Nothing in them.
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  • Joy_Division
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    I haven't got a helmet drop in over a month and haven't logged onto my shoulder bank alt in weeks.

    They are offering them for sale in the next update so knowing ZoS they lower the drop rate and didn't tell us.
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  • DRXHarbinger
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    Yep. Near 5m gold in the bank to splurge on the perfect set. Hopefully we get some decent pve content though. Dungeons are dead when this comes out.
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  • WillhelmBlack
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    Nvm 7 months! 1.5 years on, no Engine Guardian shoulders. At all.
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  • Jura23
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    I heard the shoulders now share the same drop chance as motif. I don't knwo though.
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  • Decado
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    Multiple gold keys a day since IC dropped and I'm still running around with infused kena shoulders, the 1 piece that isn't perfect trait on all my armour,

    I have destroyed so many maw and bogdhan divines it's sickening. Now I only do the pledge if a friend needs an extra person, gave up with RNG and ZoS seem to avoid the topic
  • Jura23
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    Decado wrote: »
    Multiple gold keys a day since IC dropped and I'm still running around with infused kena shoulders, the 1 piece that isn't perfect trait on all my armour,

    I have destroyed so many maw and bogdhan divines it's sickening. Now I only do the pledge if a friend needs an extra person, gave up with RNG and ZoS seem to avoid the topic

    It's not perfect because you don't want it to be perfect. I'd understand if it was Sturdy or smth, but Infuse is perfectly fine. Be happy what you got. B)
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  • Decado
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    Oh don't get me wrong it's better than sturdy or well fitted lol I know that much but just that last piece makes my eye twitch when I think about it :wink: my poor 7/7 divines build haha
  • Islyn
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    Who wants a lol. 7 months in to this game since release on console.....all shoulders except Engine Guardian. ....my new toon got treated to his first vet pledge yesterday and I said to the whole group...watch me get the shoulders first time...ZOS must have been spying on our conversation because whoooooo V1 light impenetrable engine guardian epaulets. Got Mephala helm yesterday thought at last in med devines. Just these to go but they do not drop for sorcs period.

    Ermehgerd. Should have saved that for a rainy day lol :(
    Edited by Islyn on January 19, 2016 9:10AM
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  • Fruity_Ninja
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    Since IC I've had every shoulder in the game (multiple times on some sets), except Molag Kena and Engine Guardian shoulders. Maybe 50+ gold keys and 80+ silver keys... They are the only 2 shoulders I want as well.

    My brother has 2x Kena and 1x Engine Guardian with about half the runs.

    It's a conspiracy I say.

    Sure feels like I've been personally nerfed, rather than shoulder drops from keys in general. *cries*
  • Jsmalls
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    Since IC I've had every shoulder in the game (multiple times on some sets), except Molag Kena and Engine Guardian shoulders. Maybe 50+ gold keys and 80+ silver keys... They are the only 2 shoulders I want as well.

    My brother has 2x Kena and 1x Engine Guardian with about half the runs.

    It's a conspiracy I say.

    Sure feels like I've been personally nerfed, rather than shoulder drops from keys in general. *cries*

    This was me up until 2 days ago, Molag Kena Shoulders was but a fool's dream to me. 60+ gold keys idk how many silver, then I grinded a friend to vet 16... Take him on his first Veteran pledge, go watch his TV as he opens his very first undaunted chest... Molag Kena. My jaw dropped.

    But 2 days ago I got my very first Molag Kena Shoulder. Medium divines :) it was worth every gold key.
  • Fruity_Ninja
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    Since IC I've had every shoulder in the game (multiple times on some sets), except Molag Kena and Engine Guardian shoulders. Maybe 50+ gold keys and 80+ silver keys... They are the only 2 shoulders I want as well.

    My brother has 2x Kena and 1x Engine Guardian with about half the runs.

    It's a conspiracy I say.

    Sure feels like I've been personally nerfed, rather than shoulder drops from keys in general. *cries*

    This was me up until 2 days ago, Molag Kena Shoulders was but a fool's dream to me. 60+ gold keys idk how many silver, then I grinded a friend to vet 16... Take him on his first Veteran pledge, go watch his TV as he opens his very first undaunted chest... Molag Kena. My jaw dropped.

    But 2 days ago I got my very first Molag Kena Shoulder. Medium divines :) it was worth every gold key.

    I cannot wait. Problem is I will ideally need 3 of them for my vr16s! But I sure won't complain just having 1, at least I can share around when required :)
  • Personofsecrets
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    Nvm 7 months! 1.5 years on, no Engine Guardian shoulders. At all.

    Whats up with this @ZOS_RichLambert ?
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  • code65536
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    My first opening spree was when IC launched. Took me 34 silver keys before I got a single shoulder piece of any kind. (But I was getting a shoulder once every 3 or 4 gold keys.)

    My second opening spree was when Orsinium launched. Got several shoulders out of 60+ silver keys. (Gold key rate was about the same as before.)

    RNG is RNG. Sometimes a 34-key drought is just bad luck.

    I'm thinking about having another opening spree soon... (I save my keys and open them in big batches; currently have about 200 of each type saved.)
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  • heyewe
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    Finished vCrypt of Hearts yesterday and got a Nightwood staff of Frost, v15 from the boss. Never gotten a monster helm or shoulder piece from a boss or chest and I've played since day 1 on console.

    I figured because I was on my v16 Templar healing I didn't do enough damage to get the good stuff? But is it just bad RNG?
    If so, I'm sad inside....
  • Eyecon74
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    I don't even cash keys in anymore, got about 30 good and 30 silver keys. Suppose I'm still hopeful that the Undaunted chests might be reviewed and updated at some point this century... I'll probably be long gone by then but you never know...
  • Molag_Crow
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    Nothing's been nerfed, it's just RNG :p
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  • Infinite12
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    Troneon wrote: »
    I hate to do this but I was going to make a topic for it but since you already made one....RNG is RNG, it sucks for all and blesses all.

    PRAY TO THE RNGESUS!

    I been saving my last batch of 25 silver and 25 gold keys, and this is what I got from the keys....also loads of others but were crap traits. Also a crap ton of gems + merc motifs and random loot.

    Funny Thing is I still have never got a helm....ever....Can't complain though, best in slot Kena on first few silver keys in months...I don't even really grind dungeons except for dailies....

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    I have all those shoulders too but I got them ALL before Orcinium was released. Since orsinium was released I've got zero shoulders from the undaunted chests, only mercenary motifs.
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  • Hope499
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    Pretty sure they got a little ninja nerf the same time refining mats got ninja nerf.

    I usually do 30 keys at a time to redistribute fortune seeker to use them each time, and I can tell you, i went from about 22-26 monster shoulders every 30 to about 12.....
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  • Lenikus
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    It's RNG. Just get lucky. rub the keyboard / gamepad 7x before pressin' the button, maybe it'll help.
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  • Infinite12
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    Lenikus wrote: »
    It's RNG. Just get lucky. rub the keyboard / gamepad 7x before pressin' the button, maybe it'll help.

    Lol
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