Hello everyone.
Its been my kinda mission over the last few months to get as many of these things as possible au naturel ( as it were ). For no other reason than, well I want them and its an achievable game goal. I have 3 characters who go into the Imperial city hunting down chests. My main ( Covenant ) who is maxed out in all crafting skill lines ( bar currently alchemy ) and has lots of motifs unlocked. A Sorceror ( Pact ) who has level 50 in blacksmithing/clothing/woodworking and the skillpoints invested to craft at top level but has only a minimal amount of motifs unlocked ( other than the ones that come in a complete book which are all done ). Finally a total non crafter ( Dominion ) who I just levelled to 50 specifically for this purpose - so no skill points invested, no motifs other than the default Almeri.
Anyway, so I cant say the actual amount of effort I've invested in each of them looking for motifs but the amount I have unlocked is significantly different. In the same order as above its 8/2/1. Bearing in mind also that because of faction I cant cross loot. So is there some additional factor I need to be aware of? I remember reading for some other motif ( assassins or dark brotherhood ) that having a motif learned increased the drop rate chance etc so does that perhaps apply here? Or maybe pvp level? Or perhaps the drop rate got nerfed in the time I was levelling up the third toon specifically to do this - which would be ironic ( but I don't think so cos the pact rate was low before that ).
Any help would be greatly appreciated
cheers