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Weapon Drops

Menace

Menace

Active Member
Are the weapon drops on Cyrene sufficient for it's playerbase currently?

This is a serious question... not a whine or smart ass post....

I've looted 2 weapons recently. Lower level but DPS is ok for the lower mobs on Cyrene. MU is great. I was going to put them in auction because I think it's important to keep cyrene gear on cyrene if possible..... BUT.... when looking to see what the "competition" was like, I noticed that there wasn't much along the lines of weapons. Seeings I've decided to grind through lower missions as I think it's important for the Cyrene "learning curve" I am now feeling like I need to keep these guns so that I can use them because there may not be anything else to use when I need it.

So my question to the long term Cyrenians.... Is there enough lvl 10-30 gear dropping on Cyrene? Do we need more drops? Or is the drop rate fine and it's just all being flown to Calypso?

I'm asking because I just dont know. If the drop rate is good then I'm sure I'll find something when I need it if I start looking a day or 2 in advance.... if the droprate is low... then I better keep whatever I loot.

thx.

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non

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lot of people (me) take most guns to caly. its starting to change but in the past there was just not enough players here to buy or use all the weapons.
 
Menace

Menace

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I understand WHY one would sell the guns elsewhere.... but.... What about the new player... sticks around, deposits for 3 mths... now can't find guns. Emmigrates to Calypso/Arkadia/Rocktropia.

Taking the gear elsewhere could be detrimental to Cyrene's economy.

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non

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yeah thats true and the balance has started to change.

i list all my weapons first here now and most are starting to sell. not at the same MU. but i can stand losing a few %.

one thing i always watch is who is doing the bidding and when i see resellers taking them to caly and getting sometimes extra 10-20% i start to keep more back to sell on caly.

but more of the younger players on cyrene are starting to be able to use the weapons so more are going to be needed on auction :)
 
Menace

Menace

Active Member
So Non... do you think weapon DROPS are sufficient at this point in your experience?

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non

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cant really answer that :) some sell some dont. we need more people to engaged in this discussion for the answer to become apparent.

i would say that its a close thing. think there could be a slight demand for more guns. but i think that would and should be covered by crafters.
 
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shaun 27

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Had my first ul gun ever today :) thanks bevis. But yeah im finding the drops on the medium level weapons a problem, have to keep going back to caly which is annoying as it takes 30 mins round trip. Be nice if their was more medium type weapons between lvl 20 to 30 laser !!! ones that tend to be about are stupid mu maybe to stop resellers etc dunno.
 
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non

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grats on the gun :) people will pay the high MU on caly. its hard to pass up the few extra ped that brings :)
 
Master Chief

Master Chief

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Menace said:
So Non... do you think weapon DROPS are sufficient at this point in your experience?

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No the gun drop rates are not sufficient even with a large community the gun drop rate sucks. I burn 5-6 Guns at 240+ Ped tt and loot about 3-4 guns on creatures 20-36. But everything is in the works to being balanced by the Team. I also notice alot of these threads are dejavu.
 
Menace

Menace

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Master Chief said:
I also notice alot of these threads are dejavu.
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Well I guess that's to be expected. As more people come over to Cyrene they will all notice the same things both good and bad. We all know that MindArk isn't the quickest in implementing content or changes for PP's.

Hopefully I can find some UL weapons (either in-game or on auction) for the future. Doing the Epic Quest and am hoping that after the next VU I will have something to grind the smaller mob missions with thanks to that. Not too sure on the eco of that gun though yet. We will just have to see. "Above Average" for a 67/min pistol COULD mean expensive hunts. That being said....... there is value put on a 67/min weapon in a sense that being able to get to our faps quickly is good. With A104 the DPS is definately enough to make quick work of most of the smaller mobs.

I think that gun should satisfy my hunting needs as I work through the missions currently on Cyrene. I will of course do my best to keep something bigger in my pockets.

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AlricBezel

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I have gotten some weapon drops but mostly lower level weapons, and as stated by another player in the post, good for small mobs on Cyrene, in team they would also work. But for solo on any slight higher level mob they really aren't enough damage, amped or not. Even the lower level mobs on Cyrene have a lot of hp so unless you want to pay out the butt for armor decay you have to use a weapon from another planet. I go by damage over level of the weapon so I can't state level as well as the total damage, but I would say there is a need for weapons that are hitting in the 60's unamped, even higher total damage would be nice. The thing to watch for would be adding higher damage weapons in the game with insanely high tt value on them and then with markup puts them into the category where you have to have a big wallet to even get your hands on one and believe it or not most people don't deposit $20 into EU just to buy a weapon, then log in a week later to be able to make another deposit to buy ammo for the weapon. The tt values on the Cyrene weapons have been good, on some of the weapons, where you can put a decent markup on the item and the item is still at a reasonable cost for a person to be able to buy the weapon and also be able to buy the ammo to use with the weapon. I know that on ark the problem with high tt weapons is a big one, lots of people use rifles but they just don't buy them because they have to pay 200-300-400 ped to get one that does enough damage for the mobs they want to hunt. Some people that play EU have the money to be able to buy the higher value items but most don't. Just like in the real world only 2% of people are super rich, so that leaves the other 98% that would like to do things and have fun too, hence the need to take that into consideration, and since the real cash economy in EU the theory remains the same.
 
Chris Spencer Schmidt

Chris Spencer Schmidt

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It could drop more weapons here and also be sold in the Auction. For my level range because rarely do I find something suitable. Or did I just have bad luck in big loot.
 
Menace

Menace

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Starting to see a few weapon drops now. All smaller levels but enough DPS for smaller mob missions. Gonna try and grind out some gauss skills so maybe I'll go through my inventory and make a trade thread when I get home from work trading laser and blp for gauss guns.

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