Anfieldkris wrote: »It actually makes me quite sad how zero thought is put into these sorts of things.
Who came up with this idea and thought that more than 100 spider parts in 2-3 days will motivate/reward/delight a player base ...
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »
Personally, I'm barely noticing the spider parts. To me, they're the same as the other filler that's always been in these event loot packs. Nothing new, nothing to upset me, nothing to feel insulted by. /shrug
I open the boxes for the crafting mats, motifs, and furniture plans. Which are all still there.
(especially now that I've seen the event note that additional Saberkeel drops in a single day are replaced by spider parts. So I know that whenever I see a spider part as the third item in a normally-two-items box, it was probably a plan drop. And that's another thing - most of my spider part drops are a third item in the box. So they're not 'taking away' the usual common mat + other item. So there's nothing to stress or be upset about. /shrug)
Eh, whatever. No biggie.
It's badly written programming based on poor decisions. The drop rate needs looking at urgently for all events. All of them.
It's time for an overhaul of how these drops work, because the last two events have shown they are not working.
I've done another 128 boxes today, another 30 spider parts, so that's 86 spider parts in two days.
I have 83 pieces (in just 2 days) that are worthless,
35 boxes on 4 characters:
- 1 spider part
- no style pages
- 3 cheap and common motif pages like Daggerfall Covenant and Sapiarch
- 1 blue Argonian furnishing plan with a market price of ~2500 (PC/NA)
- 20 clam gall + 20 powdered pearls was the best loot so far
Anfieldkris wrote: »The other bit that I think is sad/unhelpful/just straight up mean is that someone took the time to code to prevent anyone getting good rng with the new style pages (I.e. more than one a day). Why was that necessary?
The only reason for it having so many spider parts is imo, that they don't have to give out more of the better stuff. That is the problem with ZOS, I always had, that any attempt by them being generous is at the same time as well non-generous. They just cannot be genuinely generous, which is a shame actually. If they want to gift a spider, then for the sake of it, give us the spider and not a DIY kit, which clogs up all the spaces for eventually better stuff. This is just annoying.
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »The only reason for it having so many spider parts is imo, that they don't have to give out more of the better stuff. That is the problem with ZOS, I always had, that any attempt by them being generous is at the same time as well non-generous. They just cannot be genuinely generous, which is a shame actually. If they want to gift a spider, then for the sake of it, give us the spider and not a DIY kit, which clogs up all the spaces for eventually better stuff. This is just annoying.
As far as I can tell from watching the drops, the "bonus" slot the Spider drops in is shared with Saberkeel pages & Transmute crystals (at least, I've not had two of those at once yet. Of course, you can only get one Saberkeel page per day, and they've explicitly said that any more style pages you roll will be replaced by Spider.)
So the Spider parts seem to only be removing the chance at a transmute crystal or two. (but there's no guarantee that any part you see would have been a crystal otherwise) Ooh, aah?
The Worm Cult style material looks like it's a fourth drop slot.
demonology89 wrote: »I wanted nothing to do with this spider pet. I'm mad at myself for thinking if I created it, the parts would stop dropping. Boy was I wrong. I'm annoyed the parts keep dropping when maybe something else could be there in its place. I'm further annoyed they removed Worm Cult motifs.
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »Anfieldkris wrote: »It actually makes me quite sad how zero thought is put into these sorts of things.
Just because you don't agree with their decisions, doesn't mean that "zero thought" was put into them. It just means that they weren't thinking about it the same way you are.Who came up with this idea and thought that more than 100 spider parts in 2-3 days will motivate/reward/delight a player base ...
Personally, I'm barely noticing the spider parts. To me, they're the same as the other filler that's always been in these event loot packs. Nothing new, nothing to upset me, nothing to feel insulted by. /shrug
I open the boxes for the crafting mats, motifs, and furniture plans. Which are all still there.
(especially now that I've seen the event note that additional Saberkeel drops in a single day are replaced by spider parts. So I know that whenever I see a spider part as the third item in a normally-two-items box, it was probably a plan drop. And that's another thing - most of my spider part drops are a third item in the box. So they're not 'taking away' the usual common mat + other item. So there's nothing to stress or be upset about. /shrug)
Eh, whatever. No biggie.
redspecter23 wrote: »I'm seeing the exact same thing, but looking at it a bit differently. We're essentially guaranteed 1 style page a day. If we're on every day we will hopefully complete our set and earn a few extras to trade if we don't. Those extras will actually have value unlike previous anniversary events. This is ZOS doing us a favor and creating a system where the style pages will actually be desirable over time. Yes, the spider will be incredibly easy to create, but only during the event. The last piece is locked to the Impressario so the extra pieces are basically worthless when the event is over, but many pets are worthless afterward anyway (looking at you bunny).
As for the event being a waste of time, we must be participating in different events. I've received multiple motif pages, mundane runes, potent nirncrux, perfect roe and tons of smaller mats that all add up and I'm only on my 5th toon of the day. I already consider that a win, but I suppose that's subjective.
redspecter23 wrote: »@iPlayOnlyESO I should probably edit that part of my post slightly. ZOS has mentioned that the spider instructions will always be available at the Impressario, however, I still assume they are only available during events, which will limit the availability of the pet between events. It may always be available during event times, but it will be locked at all other times.
Same
Yea, the result of RNG control is that now have stacks of useless pet parts and no additional chances to get the style pages today. And this is just after the first couple hours of day one of the event.