The ins and outs of the Shroud Loot System

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6-11-2009 @ 5:28PM

Osc said...

Used to reside under a system like this, have nothing good to say about it. Unfortunate drop rates for certain items might force you to spend a whole lot of points on something versus other people who are getting items more often for cheaper prices.

It sounds great in practice, but it just doesn't execute that well IMO. The punishment of how much you lose becomes too harsh due to a mechanic (random drops) that you have no control over.

6-12-2009 @ 11:40AM

Mattlistener said...

No loot system can "solve" the problem of equal-drop-rate items dropping unequally.

If something is weirdly, unpredictably rare for your group, then there will be a high demand for it. The system is *working* if it awards the item to someone who has gone longest without winning something.

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