Lead drop rate awefull

AnduinTryggva · November 4

Farming the ayleid blacksmith station and the lead drop rate is terrible. Are there information what the average drop rate is?

Doing the Nonungalo boss the entire morning and nada...

Rishikesa108 · November 4

The drop rate for DLC leads is terrible. Especially for codex completion, for the second and third required pieces... it's really terrible. It's been brought to the attention of ZOS over and over again, but I don't think they're willing to accommodate the player base for this request. It's really unfortunate. Not being able to complete codexes, despite trying my best, is really frustrating for me. Hopefully ZOS will change their minds.

fizzylu · November 4

The RNG is real because I got all the ayleid backsmithing station leads without even realizing it real quick and I don't even plan to use it. Would be nice if Zenimax could find a new system to reward/earn things through, like idk, some kind of NPC that could sell us things for gold or even a chapter specific currency you could earn by doing quests/dailies/events in the zones from it.... what are those called? Oh yeah-- vendors. Vendors, ZOS.

AnduinTryggva · November 4

Well actually you can buy leads from Olo but it will probably take more time to wait for the specific lead to be on offer than to farm it oneself...

fizzylu · November 4

Exactly.... which is why I think there should be a chapter/regional specific vendor that just has them all the time (and not just leads, but that's a broader subject). RNG should not always be the way, especially since some gamers prefer having a clear goal/objective to reach to get the things they want.

Like even ToT-- if I could have had a clear goal to get all of the fragments for the Captain Kaleen houseguest, maybe I would have actually kept playing it. But mindlessly farming it for days, months, to over a year and still not getting them all???? Yeah, no thanks.

AnduinTryggva · November 4

I sometimes think that ZOS wants to frustrate ppl. I am farming Silorn for that lead since 90 min and nada.

AnduinTryggva · November 5

Counting boss 50 in Silorn and still no lead.

Dunno, is there something wrong?

I have checked and this lead is still not in my skryable lead list (using displaylead addon)...

AnduinTryggva · November 5

I am trying to complete the last fragment for the Ayleid Blacksmithing station and according to that addon the lead dropping in Silorn is the only one remaining. But it just does not want to drop. Is there ANYthing I can do to enhance my drop chance?

I farm this since Sunday and nada, nada, nada.

fizl101 · November 5

have you tried checking the base UI to see if you have already picked up that lead? You never know, there may be a bug with that addon

BXR_Lonestar · November 5

Honestly, it could just be bad RNG. I have the Aylied Anvil and I didn't even farm for it, I just happened to pick up the leads during normal play.

Thoriorz · November 5

AnduinTryggva wrote: »

I am trying to complete the last fragment for the Ayleid Blacksmithing station and according to that addon the lead dropping in Silorn is the only one remaining. But it just does not want to drop. Is there ANYthing I can do to enhance my drop chance?

I farm this since Sunday and nada, nada, nada.

This weekend I spent 3.5 hours in Toothmaul Gully PD (killing a group event boss over and over every 5 minutes) for Lead, around 2-3 hours killing Valley of the Watcher WB over and over for Lead, and finished it off with almost 3 hours of farm cloth nodes in Galen for Lead.
So 3 Leads for Stormweaver's Cavort (2/3 codex) took me around 8 hours of grind, so yeah, some Leads have a really *** chance of dropping.

AnduinTryggva · November 16

I am now trying to complete the codex and it is a pain you know where. Three hours circling in Silorn and nada...

Ursadoom · November 16

I have been farming that lead for the kilt in Shadowfen and it's pretty bad. I have been picking flowers for 6 hours and nothing. It's not fun video game engagement.

AnduinTryggva · November 16

I have to say these moments make me consider to play other games than ESO. To put challenges up: fine! Love it! To make things frustrating: No way!

Asdara · December 6

i swear i'm on the verge of burnout with these lead in west weald

Necrotech_Master · December 6

first copy of leads always seems to mostly drop pretty quick for me

2nd copy is always the worst in most cases, and 3rd is still bad but not as bad as the 2nd copy

i just alleviate the frustration and buy the leads i need as they show up on the rotation vendor, its less hassle and frustration that way lol