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Why do (overland) dragons drop only 1 gold?

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Stratloc
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I have also seen 2 gold dropped. Once.
Am I missing something?
Edited by Stratloc on June 23, 2019 10:30PM
  • ArchangelIsraphel
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    Dragons treasure and other high value items that can be sold from pouches drop from every dragon
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  • bearbelly
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    I noticed today, as far as gold is concerned, that I was only getting 1gp per fight, and I figured the amount of gold you receive from a dragon fight was proportional to the percentage of damage you contributed in taking it down (the dragon).
    I simply assumed I wasn't dealing a lot of damage compared to everyone else; mostly because my characters are low-level.

    Kinda like how dolmen rewards can be pretty much trash (daedra hearts, etc.) if you don't contribute a lot to the damage pool.
    Edited by bearbelly on June 23, 2019 9:24PM
  • Aurielle
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    Dragons are hoarders and keep all their gold in their lairs. Duh!

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  • Nestor
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    The tougher the mob, the less gold you get in relation to the effort it takes to kill it. Especially when you factor against the resistance and health you have to overcome.
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  • Stratloc
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    bearbelly wrote: »
    I noticed today, as far as gold is concerned, that I was only getting 1gp per fight, and I figured the amount of gold you receive from a dragon fight was proportional to the percentage of damage you contributed in taking it down (the dragon).
    I simply assumed I wasn't dealing a lot of damage compared to everyone else; mostly because my characters are low-level.

    Kinda like how dolmen rewards can be pretty much trash (daedra hearts, etc.) if you don't contribute a lot to the damage pool.

    Ah, this would make sense. I'm half naked wearing low level whites, in an effort to make the new content pose at least a minimum of a challenge. I wasn't aware of this mechanic, if true.
  • bearbelly
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    Stratloc wrote: »
    bearbelly wrote: »
    I noticed today, as far as gold is concerned, that I was only getting 1gp per fight, and I figured the amount of gold you receive from a dragon fight was proportional to the percentage of damage you contributed in taking it down (the dragon).
    I simply assumed I wasn't dealing a lot of damage compared to everyone else; mostly because my characters are low-level.

    Kinda like how dolmen rewards can be pretty much trash (daedra hearts, etc.) if you don't contribute a lot to the damage pool.

    I wasn't aware of this mechanic, if true.

    "IF" is correct. It's only an assumption on my part.

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    bearbelly wrote: »
    I noticed today, as far as gold is concerned, that I was only getting 1gp per fight, and I figured the amount of gold you receive from a dragon fight was proportional to the percentage of damage you contributed in taking it down (the dragon).
    I simply assumed I wasn't dealing a lot of damage compared to everyone else; mostly because my characters are low-level.

    Kinda like how dolmen rewards can be pretty much trash (daedra hearts, etc.) if you don't contribute a lot to the damage pool.
    Its an 12 player limit on loot, think this is based on damage and healing not random.
    its also an time limit on some bosses especially delve ones. If you kill an delve boss you get loot, then an player who has not done delve get close to boss causes the boss to respawn, if you help you just get some gold but then its around 100 gold.


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  • Red_Feather
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    bearbelly wrote: »
    I noticed today, as far as gold is concerned, that I was only getting 1gp per fight, and I figured the amount of gold you receive from a dragon fight was proportional to the percentage of damage you contributed in taking it down (the dragon).
    I simply assumed I wasn't dealing a lot of damage compared to everyone else; mostly because my characters are low-level.

    Kinda like how dolmen rewards can be pretty much trash (daedra hearts, etc.) if you don't contribute a lot to the damage pool.

    Is that for real?! I get 1 gold for killing a dragon because I couldn't do most of the damage out of 20 people?! :o
    Edited by Red_Feather on June 23, 2019 10:06PM
  • bearbelly
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    Red_Feather wrote: »
    bearbelly wrote: »
    I noticed today, as far as gold is concerned, that I was only getting 1gp per fight, and I figured the amount of gold you receive from a dragon fight was proportional to the percentage of damage you contributed in taking it down (the dragon).
    I simply assumed I wasn't dealing a lot of damage compared to everyone else; mostly because my characters are low-level.

    Kinda like how dolmen rewards can be pretty much trash (daedra hearts, etc.) if you don't contribute a lot to the damage pool.

    Is that for real?!

    Don't freak-out; it's just a guess on my part.
  • Snowstrider
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    Where are the dragon daily quests?
  • Bhaal5
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    Where do you think they put the gold?
  • twev
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    Bhaal5 wrote: »
    Where do you think they put the gold?

    I'm not going to put on scuba gear and go looking for it.

    But then, I'm shocked... SHOCKED that players here are in it for the gold rather than the glory....
    I'm just... I mean....

    smh

    ::walks away disillusioned::

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  • Stratloc
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    Are you guys getting 1 gold as well? Such vague answers..
  • twev
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    Stratloc wrote: »
    Are you guys getting 1 gold as well? Such vague answers..

    Yes.
    The problem with society these days is that no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.
  • MyNameIsElias
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    Snowstrider wrote: »
    Where are the dragon daily quests?
    They will start being doable on the 26th this month, the daily quest giver will be right next to the other 2 daily npcs.

    And to answer op, i also only get 1 gold.
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  • geonsocal
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    that's so weird, I'm getting about 1.28k gold per dragon...
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  • ArchMikem
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    Reminds me of the Beta when mobs and bosses only dropped a single gold piece so everything in the game was horribly expensive compared.
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  • pod88kk
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    It's the economy, do you know how hard it is for a dragon to get a job?

    That's why they're riding up & revolting.... They're being discriminated against.
  • thorwyn
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    They just need one coin to unlock the shopping cart at the mall or if they get lost and want to call their homies from a telephone booth. It's a safety thing.
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