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Edited by sg TAGEM: 10/2/2014 12:55:10 PM
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Did people really think that the patch was going to give them more legendary gear?

Understanding the drop rate game..... I keep reading these posts "now im only getting blues" and " the patch had more changes then they said". I want you to think about the loot system and drop rates. remember legendary gear should not be easy to get via random drops. [b]PRE Patch[/b] The reason your legendary engrams were turning blue before is because the drop rate for legendary gear from mobs was/is low as it should be. Getting a legendary engram just told you that you had a better chance of getting a purple much like winning the 1st round of a drawing. you would get a good amount of purple engrams most if not all would turn blue. I will agree this was a dumb way of doing it. [b]POST PATCH[/b] They changed around the way we deal with that low drop rate. NOW instead of getting legendary engrams that turn blue, you get mostly if not all blue engrams. HELLO PEOPLE!!! they didn't change the drop rate.. they mad it easier to understand for those who I guess couldn't figure it out before. Those purps you would get in the mail from lvling up were never ment to ALWAYS be purple, no they were meant to be rare in most cases. Before you complain about how the patch broke everything blaa blaaa think about how rare a legendary piece of gear SHOULD BE. you should not be relying on random mob drops to gear your toon anyway. Those drops should be considered a bonus nothing more. Edit: The title should say "more legendary gear from random drops" this post is about random drops not awards from completing stuff. :)
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  • I feel like running tiger strikes are your best shot at legendary engrams, (repetitive as they may be). I ran somewhere in the range of 20 strikes yesterday with a few of my friends, the first 3 strikes I got legendary engrams, all of which turned into rocket launchers, got another one during the last strike that netted me 2 ascendant energy.

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  • I hadn't gotten one legendary drop at all prior to the patch. Post patch I have had two. Something has changed.

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    • I have no issues withe drop rate of Legendaries, but I do have a funny story from last night. I ranked up my Cryptarch buy turning in several engrams that I got while collecting a few bounties, so I get a package from him at the post master (or whatever it's called). I go over there to get the messages and like magic I get two Legendary weapon engrams. I'm pretty stoked since I'm a level 26 and only have one Legendary weapon--my trusty Swarm machine gun. I envision my new Legendary Auto Rifle and Sniper Rifle. Like a giddy kid at Christmas, I hop back over to the Cryptarch and hurriedly press square and hit X for him to decode them (PS4 player). So what did I get?? I got a 2nd Swarm Legendary machine gun from the first engram and with the 2nd engram I got--get this--another Legendary Machine Gun. Too funny. I know have 3 Legendary weapons--all machine guns. Oh well, stuff happens and I'm fine with it. Hopefull my next Legendary decrypt will be better!

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      • Yes, a lot of people that read the patch notes read this: "The engrams will all be purple now to sate your whiny complaining asshole faces"

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      • I got more legendaries yesterday than I got in the last 8 or 9 days. Cryptarch is working for me. Y'all must be on RNGsus's sh!t list

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        • Pretty sure people expected a lot of things that didn't happen.

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        • They also raised the chance of getting a legendary from a rare.

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          • I'm happy about the patch. All I seem to get are Ascendant Shards and I'm cool with that. I just wish I could actually get a pair of legendary gauntlets tho. :/

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          • There is no way to idiot proof......

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            • Edited by Fawkzi: 10/2/2014 1:13:02 PM
              Hey, i got a legendary from a blue yesterday "Deviant Gravity-A" Solar Heavy MG which if i'm not mistaken, is a Dead Orbit Faction weapon, so even if you get blues, legendaries are coming at a higher rate, i never got a legendary from a blue before yesterday.

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            • It feels like everyone gets less in the crucible now

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            • lol.... legendary gear isn't really hard to get, get rank 3 in any faction, save up marks, leggy your self out and do the dance. I can understand why they made it so you have a chance of getting leggy rewarded in strikes though. Once you get level 26-30 it is pretty pointless to keep getting blues from the same strikes. I mean it doesn't help you at all unless you need it for another toon. But happy hunting just glad engrams will do what they should even if it's not the gun i'm looking for.

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              • I got 2 since the patch. One of them was crucible chest piece I REALLY wanted. So yay, no more crucible for me till I have to do my exotic bounty crucible step! But I wouldn't have minded playing the game for it either... I thought it was fun not knowing what you'll get out of engrams.

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              • Exactly. I knew from the pre-patch notes they revealed that we would be seeing a LOT less purple drops out of mobs. It was just the most logical solution. Why would they make the game any easier than they already is. They already have an issue with the replay value, let's be honest, why shorten that time by making it easier to get to get Legendaries. People for get it's supposed to be: Common> Uncommon> Rare> Legendary> Exotic [b]Not:[/b] Common> [u]UncommonRareLegendary[/u]> Exotic I'm happy with this patch.

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                • The problem is that it will take some time for the system to sort out between the Legendary Engrams Pre and Post patch. People want their loot NOW when the system isn't even sure which line of code are true yet. I'd say in two days we'll see results.

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                • Heh! After rebooting two minutes after the patch I beelined for the tower and saw I had a missed blue engram in the post office! Shot over to ald blu balls and he turned it into a legendary rocket launcher! I already had it fully maxed but I still got my purple dopamine rush!

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                • praise the lawd. someone gets it!

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                  • I'm so glad they didn't over fix it. When I first read the patch notes I was like OH NO now the gear will drop too often . But even with this the loot will finally be rewarding now we just have to fix the crucible

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                  • We should sticky this. This is exactly what it did and how it should work. The patch was implemented so people didn't get confused or outraged that their purple decoded to a blue. The patch simply made it easier to understand what you'll be getting. The chances, more or less, are relatively the same. Except now nightfalls, dailies and tigerstrikes will lead to more chances at legendarys. I've only had one legendary engram drop for me my whole time playing Destiny, and guess what? I'm perfectly okay with that. I don't need to have purples falling from the sky when Destiny already gives you a myriad of ways to obtain gear of equal value. The problem is that everyone else apparently has self entitlement issues and wants things spoon fed to them, which is leading them to their assumption that the patch didn't fix anything.

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                  • Im almost 28 with 60 hours played. I think ive seen three purple engrams drop ever for me. So not sure how they could be more rare now..

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                  • Edited by Squeaksies: 10/1/2014 9:11:37 PM
                    Clarity on what we will get is a good thing, and while everything you say about drop rates may be true(I have no idea, i haven't gotten the chance to play since the patch.) But I, not being able to play, and without data and information find myself confused. Clarity falls out here. not because of the update, but because of what was not said. Let the players complain about blues, and let them be upset over it not because of what was done but because of what was not said. Whoever writes the patch notes and patch previews needs to promote clarity. Tell me, where in the patch notes or previous documentation on the patch does it say that the drop rate of legendary engrams has lowered? How were we supposed to expect that the rate would be lowered? If we were informed of it, please let me know and disregard what I say. As far as I can tell they have informed us that they changed the drop tables on decrypting engrams, and not the drop tables of enemies.(Kinda, I still consider the Cryptarch an enemy.)

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