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Eclipso
199 posts Member
edited February 2017
Hey Dev's can we look into increasing the drop % (or normalize it across the board) on purple gear please. I literally have gone 0-28 this morning on MK 3 Czerka Stun Cuffs, I get that you need us to knee **** and spend $ but no one should ever have this happen and I'm not asking for there to be a guaranteed drop rate but this is seriously ridiculous.
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  • Yes. It's terrible. Yesterday I spend over 400 energy and 4 !!!!
  • This is what i do, it may help you.

    I don't farm Stun Cuffs. (normally)

    I will farm other needed gear and save my crystals until i get 1400 and the spend on it on a full Stun Cuff.

    After however many raids if i have about 30 Stun cuff salvage, then i may start to actually farm the remaining 20 or less.

    If the dev's ever change the drop rate then we'll all be ecstatic! But until then i personally think this is the best way to go.
  • That might be the route I go going forward.
  • Please don't complain when you got 7/8 next time, because the droprate is "inaccurate"
  • Allenb60
    2171 posts Member
    edited February 2017
    You can get them fast from fleet shipments, if you are willing to ignore zeta materials
  • Dhoey321 wrote: »
    This is what i do, it may help you.

    I don't farm Stun Cuffs. (normally)

    I will farm other needed gear and save my crystals until i get 1400 and the spend on it on a full Stun Cuff.

    After however many raids if i have about 30 Stun cuff salvage, then i may start to actually farm the remaining 20 or less.

    If the dev's ever change the drop rate then we'll all be ecstatic! But until then i personally think this is the best way to go.

    This is exactly what I do too.
  • I went 2-8 with refresh so 2-30. I just find that horribly unacceptable and looks like I'm going to go the save the crystals route for the harder to farm gear items.
  • Well.. With a guaranteed droprate, i have to farm 250 stuncuffs instead of 50.. I would do that.
  • The problem with saving all crystals is I run out of sim tickets. And when I buy stamina refreshes I have horrible drop rates. So now I just do the first 2 refreshes and it keeps me slowly gaining crystals and static on sim tickets
  • theHejiN wrote: »
    Please don't complain when you got 7/8 next time, because the droprate is "inaccurate"

    I don't think I've ever gotten 7/8. I've gotten 0/10 plenty of times though
  • Not farming cuffs is a bad strategy: the 750 crystal G11 are better deals and you need them as much as guns at high gear level.
  • Neo2551 wrote: »
    Not farming cuffs is a bad strategy: the 750 crystal G11 are better deals and you need them as much as guns at high gear level.

    Not to mention it's not just cuffs you need. You still need a ton of stun guns for pretty much every tank ever. The stun guns are alittle bit cheaper so it makes more sense to buy those rather than stun cuffs

  • Acrofales wrote: »

    Interesting information he has compiled here, thanks.
    theHejiN wrote: »
    Please don't complain when you got 7/8 next time, because the droprate is "inaccurate"

    yea, I have never seen such a great % on any item sans going 1 for 1. If only we could be so lucky.

    I still think they need to increase the drop rates, again they don't need to be incredibly high but they need to go up some percentage points.
  • Acrofales wrote: »

    OP, time to go play the lottery, if the drop rate is really 20% as people say the odds of you getting 0 for 28 is 1 in 500. The chart below shows the odds of getting a zero for sims 1-28.

    Sims Chance of Zero Chance of not zero
    1 80.0000% 20.0000%
    2 64.0000% 36.0000%
    3 51.2000% 48.8000%
    4 40.9600% 59.0400%
    5 32.7680% 67.2320%
    6 26.2144% 73.7856%
    7 20.9715% 79.0285%
    8 16.7772% 83.2228%
    9 13.4218% 86.5782%
    10 10.7374% 89.2626%
    11 8.5899% 91.4101%
    12 6.8719% 93.1281%
    13 5.4976% 94.5024%
    14 4.3980% 95.6020%
    15 3.5184% 96.4816%
    16 2.8147% 97.1853%
    17 2.2518% 97.7482%
    18 1.8014% 98.1986%
    19 1.4412% 98.5588%
    20 1.1529% 98.8471%
    21 0.9223% 99.0777%
    22 0.7379% 99.2621%
    23 0.5903% 99.4097%
    24 0.4722% 99.5278%
    25 0.3778% 99.6222%
    26 0.3022% 99.6978%
    27 0.2418% 99.7582%
    28 0.1934% 99.8066%

    Then taking into account how long you have been playing the chances of hitting that 500 to 1 start to increase as shown below

    Days Played Chance for 0 of 28
    1 0.1934%
    30 5.6422%
    60 10.9660%
    90 15.9895%
    120 20.7295%
    150 25.2021%
    180 29.4224%
    360 50.1880%

    So after a year players will have a 50/50 chance that 1 day of the year produced a 0 for 28. These are the days we most remember. If this is happening to you a lot, you are beating the odds and should be playing the lottery :smile:
  • dude there is no benefit to be had by me lying about it. I was absolutely floored when it happened, drove to work then posted after I had calmed down a bit. It happened, it was absolute crap and I want the devs to consider raising the drop rates a little bit.
  • How long will it take for me to get 28/28?

    Because I'd put money on this happening to NO ONE.
  • How long will it take for me to get 28/28?

    Because I'd put money on this happening to NO ONE.

    Your chances of getting 28 of 28 are.....

    0.000000000000000002684354560000%

    You do have about the same chance at getting 4 out of 4 as you do 0 out of 28 though.
  • SubzeeeDon
    736 posts Member
    edited February 2017
    I friggin hate using a full refresh to get two blue pieces of gear. Seriously **** is that all about
  • Well, between last night and now here are the cuff results:
    0-3
    2-10
    0-2
    0-6
    2-7
    0-6

    so collectively 4-34 so with odds like that and knowing what I went before I still say were due for a small percentage increase on certain items.
  • EDP
    10 posts Member
    Firstly, just want to say I agree with the OP, the drop rate could go up a bit without ruining the game or the profit margins. Secondly I want to veer off topic a bit with this:

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    As you can see, I didn't;t even consider the possibility that I would get 2/2 as I only needed 1 more. Can anyone raise me? 3/3 or more?
  • Gamezealot
    152 posts Member
    edited February 2017
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    Lvl 77, using Droids. Guess I'll farm Gear :)

    I've tried farming cuffs with energy and I'm lucky to see a 10% drop rate.
  • Eclipso
    199 posts Member
    edited February 2017
    so @CG_Kozispoon @Capgasp @CG_CapGaSP @CG_TopHat @EA_Jesse Is this something we can have a discussion on? I also feel we can increase the drop rates a little bit without harming your profits but allowing us to actually farm items a bit more efficiently.
  • Would love some dev interaction with this. @CG_Kozispoon @Capgasp @CG_CapGaSP @CG_TopHat @EA_Jesse
  • I don't think they reply because there is really no justification for such poor rates. It's a rigged game and we know it and still play it!

    I unlocked LS9B 3* and have gone 0 for 24 on shoretrooper shards so far. Yes they are in store daily at inflating prices.

    I react the only way I can. I stopped spending on the game months ago.

    It's a stalemate.
  • crzydroid
    7254 posts Moderator
    And then sometimes you get taunted with this:

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  • I don't think they reply because there is really no justification for such poor rates. It's a rigged game and we know it and still play it!

    I unlocked LS9B 3* and have gone 0 for 24 on shoretrooper shards so far. Yes they are in store daily at inflating prices.

    I react the only way I can. I stopped spending on the game months ago.

    It's a stalemate.

    Wow, that's horrible. I switched over to a gold piece for G11 Palp and the drop has been just as bad, no shocker (no pun intended). I suppose Ill vote with my wallet as well if it comes down to it.
    crzydroid wrote: »
    And then sometimes you get taunted with this:

    kSpzza3.jpg

    haha that is amazing.
  • Dhoey321 wrote: »
    This is what i do, it may help you.

    I don't farm Stun Cuffs. (normally)

    I will farm other needed gear and save my crystals until i get 1400 and the spend on it on a full Stun Cuff.

    After however many raids if i have about 30 Stun cuff salvage, then i may start to actually farm the remaining 20 or less.

    If the dev's ever change the drop rate then we'll all be ecstatic! But until then i personally think this is the best way to go.

    This is the only solution that won't make your head explode.
  • Would love some dev interaction with this. @CG_Kozispoon @Capgasp @CG_CapGaSP @CG_TopHat @EA_Jesse
  • They really don't need to change the drop rate, they'd need to decrease the variance but maybe the frustration is part of their model. To get people irked then pull out the wallet.
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