Stealth overland drop nerf?

Iccengi
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Supposedly treasure hunter was fixed with HOTR however since the dlc drop I and several other dedicated farmers have found that drop rates from chest farming have nose dived.
Nothing about us or our toons have changed but the dlc dropping but everything about our farm did. For example I rarely get a set piece from intermediate. I used to get two from masters. Now I'm lucky to get one and usually it's blue. Jewlery too I'm pulling blues from masters and advanced? Say what? For me my farm is mostly vardenfell and the quality and quantity has been severely hurt. I haven't seen a WM sword since dlc. The other day I had to run my route 8x for one ba motif. That's 350-400 chests and over 4 hours of straight farming for one motif. About roughly twice as much/long as pre dlc.

Something is very wrong and it's extremely upsetting especially without notice if this planned. Everyone still expects set drops and motif drops at the same rate but if they're more rare and require more effort then they'll need a price adjustment. No announcement means no one believes the farmers and we now make much less money for the same grind.
  • Turelus
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    Very unlikely it was a stealth nerf, Gina also commented in another thread earlier in the week about how no changes were made to motif drops.

    Generally MMO companies don't make stealth nerfs, it's just something people run with because they like to believe companies are all out to get them.

    It could be there is a bug or issue here, which would need data and information to be bug reported.
    @Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
    "Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves."
  • Iccengi
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    I'd agree except the replies people have gotten are "treasure hunter was fixed"

    So if it's not treasure hunter and things have VERY DEFINITELY changed then what? Also if it's a bug it's hard to tell what kind. Is it exclusive to chests? To certain regions? Or even worse to certain chests in certain regions? IDK. But hopefully others will have and can comment to narrow down the problem.
  • Kahina
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    Sample space is too small to demonstrate statistically significant findings.
  • danielpang32
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    From my personal experiences, with Treasure Hunter,

    Simple = 1 Green/blue gear (can be set gear)

    Intermediate = minimum 1 blue gear

    Advance = minimum 1 purple gear and 1 blue (set gear can be purple or blue)

    Master = guarantee 1 purple set gear and 1 blue/purple gear (can be set or random)

    I'm not so sure what do you mean by "stealth" overland drop. Coz as long as you are in Lock picking screen, you are not see as stealth. Invisible and stealth are two different things. Correct me if I am wrong.
  • IwakuraLain42
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    If your profile is correct then you're playing on XB1. Treasure Hunter is AFAIK still bugged on the console platforms since HOTR (was fixed in the first PC patch) and will probably be fixed in patch coming this week.

    I really wish ZOS would write an ERRATA section in the patch notes listing known bugs.
  • TequilaFire
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    On PS4 what has been dropping since HOTR is all training or invigorating trait for me even more so than before.
    They should just come out with an exasperating trait and be done with it.
  • Everstorm
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    From my personal experiences, with Treasure Hunter,

    Simple = 1 Green/blue gear (can be set gear)

    Intermediate = minimum 1 blue gear

    Advance = minimum 1 purple gear and 1 blue (set gear can be purple or blue)

    Master = guarantee 1 purple set gear and 1 blue/purple gear (can be set or random)

    I'm not so sure what do you mean by "stealth" overland drop. Coz as long as you are in Lock picking screen, you are not see as stealth. Invisible and stealth are two different things. Correct me if I am wrong.

    Stealth nerf is a term used for a nerf that was not communicated to the playerbase. Has nothing to do with crouching.
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