With the celebration of Diablo's anniversary coming to an end and the bonus percentage drops to legendaries becoming a permanent one, I just want to stress firstly that I DO NOT have a problem with the current legendary drop rate. What I have a problem with is that certain items simply refuse to drop regardless of the number of times I thrust myself into the wilderness in search of them. Instead, other items have a tendency of popping into my screen repeatedly.
Take for example the highly vital Ring of Royal Grandeur(RORG). Till date, I have already accomplished 1991 bounties. More than half of it was done to seek out that legendary ring. Meaning to say, I have opened more than 1000 Act 1 caches(probably more than 1500) and have not gotten a single RORG. In the meantime, I have gotten so many Mad Monarch Scepters that I could probably arm Shiva the Destroyer with one in each hand. No offense to Shiva the Destroyer, but I think its high time I got a ring or 2 so I can finally propose to Queen Maghda. She's been complaining about having no status(you know girls...), so please make it a good 1-2 rings so I can make it up to her properly. Also, it is really disheartening to see my friends, whom have played less than a quarter of the time I have, get 2 RORG. I know people always talk about RNG but unfairness to this level is simply ridiculous. I don't mind farming for my items, but at some point in time, they have got to APPEAR so I will be able to progress my character and continue to have faith that hard work does reap rewards.
Another example I have to substantiate my case of repeating drops would be that of my Akkahn set. So far, I have 3 boots and 2 shoulders. 2 shoulders I understand. But 3 boots? Are the other 2 for my mount? I understand that sometimes I push that poor animal a little too hard and Blizzard wants to ensure it doesn't suffer from blisters. But I believe 3 boots is more than enough. I will make sure my steed wears the other 2. So can you please start dropping me my chest, helm and pants? There is a saying called "Safety First". I believe it is your obligation to take care of the rider before the animal. I mean, what if I fall off my horse when he is running too fast.
I believe I have made a sufficient enough of a case. I hope you do look into it. I love the legendary drop rate now. Its just not dropping the correct legendaries.
Take for example the highly vital Ring of Royal Grandeur(RORG). Till date, I have already accomplished 1991 bounties. More than half of it was done to seek out that legendary ring. Meaning to say, I have opened more than 1000 Act 1 caches(probably more than 1500) and have not gotten a single RORG. In the meantime, I have gotten so many Mad Monarch Scepters that I could probably arm Shiva the Destroyer with one in each hand. No offense to Shiva the Destroyer, but I think its high time I got a ring or 2 so I can finally propose to Queen Maghda. She's been complaining about having no status(you know girls...), so please make it a good 1-2 rings so I can make it up to her properly. Also, it is really disheartening to see my friends, whom have played less than a quarter of the time I have, get 2 RORG. I know people always talk about RNG but unfairness to this level is simply ridiculous. I don't mind farming for my items, but at some point in time, they have got to APPEAR so I will be able to progress my character and continue to have faith that hard work does reap rewards.
Thanks for posting! You are getting close to what the real problem is with the RoRG. The real issue is that this ring is basically required for all players. I rarely see anyone that does not try to get at least one for each of their characters. Normally, it is paired with a SoJ or a Unity to hang in end game content.
Now, if I was magically put in-charge of itemization, then I would probably make the following changes:
1. Change the legendary affixes for Unity, RoRG, and SoJ.
2. Adjust/add affixes to the other rings.
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1.Change the legendary affixes for Unity, RoRG, and SoJ.
The affixes for these rings are too powerful for them to be considered in competition with he other drops. I am choosing not to offer buffing/adding affixes to all the other rings because T5/6 should be accessible to those at the top of their game. Equipping yourself for T5/6 should be part of the answer, not the majority of it. Skill must be involved.
-Unity: Change splitting the damaging to shares 5% of the healing done with all those wearing the ring.
-RoRG: Increases the number of Nephalem Glory charges to 5.
-SoJ: It can either roll elite damage or elemental damage, not both.
2. Adjust/add affixes to the other rings.
There are a lot of items that are just stat sticks (even outside of jewelry) but no one wants to use them once they have found one of the big three rings. Adding to or improving some of the unique affixes would open up diversity in gearing choice. For example:Broken Promises: You go into a rage that increases damage, healing, and toughness by 10% when your follower dies on-screen. 10 second duration.
I can't stand that I have to use RoRG and SoJ right now, but I understand that I really don't have another choice.
Nice post. Entertaining and relatable. I've been tryingfor RoRG all week and have still gotten nothing. Sitting at probably 650+ bounties just for the ring now. Have gotten those god damn shoulders probably about 7 times now. Amulet 5 or so. Bracers and the Scepter 2 or 3. It gets to a point where it feels like the game is mocking you. I've gotten SoJ, 3 piece Tal's (got 3 ammy's in 1 night also), Mirrorball w/ 2, Andariel's and some other good loot, but this ring seems to elude me.
Now, I know, RNG and all that. I understand that. And from what I understand, there are 5 legendaries that can drop from the cache. The above mentioned and the ring. So technically, I should have a 1 in 5 chance of getting it. As per the above, I have tried to guess the correct number between 1 and 5 about 18 or so times and have gotten it wrong every time. I thought I'd just check to see that I wasn't entirely cursed, so I went to a RNG website on the net, picked a range of 1 to 5, and chose my number. My number being 1. I got it on the first try. And died a little inside.
Anyways, I know that it's all RNG. And I have read that the drop-rate has not been ninja nerfed. There's probably no way to know this for sure. It's times like this that I wish the AH still existed.
so the reaction to something being 'required' is to essentially get rid of it? WRONG. balancing it not taking OP and making it go away. the correct thing it to actually balance them. figure out a way to make it useful but not overly useful.
literally 0 people find the nephalem glory stacks to be a thing that need 2 extra stacks.
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Take for example the highly vital Ring of Royal Grandeur(RORG). Till date, I have already accomplished 1991 bounties. More than half of it was done to seek out that legendary ring. Meaning to say, I have opened more than 1000 Act 1 caches(probably more than 1500) and have not gotten a single RORG. In the meantime, I have gotten so many Mad Monarch Scepters that I could probably arm Shiva the Destroyer with one in each hand. No offense to Shiva the Destroyer, but I think its high time I got a ring or 2 so I can finally propose to Queen Maghda. She's been complaining about having no status(you know girls...), so please make it a good 1-2 rings so I can make it up to her properly. Also, it is really disheartening to see my friends, whom have played less than a quarter of the time I have, get 2 RORG. I know people always talk about RNG but unfairness to this level is simply ridiculous. I don't mind farming for my items, but at some point in time, they have got to APPEAR so I will be able to progress my character and continue to have faith that hard work does reap rewards.
Another example I have to substantiate my case of repeating drops would be that of my Akkahn set. So far, I have 3 boots and 2 shoulders. 2 shoulders I understand. But 3 boots? Are the other 2 for my mount? I understand that sometimes I push that poor animal a little too hard and Blizzard wants to ensure it doesn't suffer from blisters. But I believe 3 boots is more than enough. I will make sure my steed wears the other 2. So can you please start dropping me my chest, helm and pants? There is a saying called "Safety First". I believe it is your obligation to take care of the rider before the animal. I mean, what if I fall off my horse when he is running too fast.
I believe I have made a sufficient enough of a case. I hope you do look into it. I love the legendary drop rate now. Its just not dropping the correct legendaries.
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Now, if I was magically put in-charge of itemization, then I would probably make the following changes:
1. Change the legendary affixes for Unity, RoRG, and SoJ.
2. Adjust/add affixes to the other rings.
Details
1.Change the legendary affixes for Unity, RoRG, and SoJ.
The affixes for these rings are too powerful for them to be considered in competition with he other drops. I am choosing not to offer buffing/adding affixes to all the other rings because T5/6 should be accessible to those at the top of their game. Equipping yourself for T5/6 should be part of the answer, not the majority of it. Skill must be involved.
-Unity: Change splitting the damaging to shares 5% of the healing done with all those wearing the ring.
-RoRG: Increases the number of Nephalem Glory charges to 5.
-SoJ: It can either roll elite damage or elemental damage, not both.
2. Adjust/add affixes to the other rings.
There are a lot of items that are just stat sticks (even outside of jewelry) but no one wants to use them once they have found one of the big three rings. Adding to or improving some of the unique affixes would open up diversity in gearing choice. For example:Broken Promises: You go into a rage that increases damage, healing, and toughness by 10% when your follower dies on-screen. 10 second duration.
I can't stand that I have to use RoRG and SoJ right now, but I understand that I really don't have another choice.
Now, I know, RNG and all that. I understand that. And from what I understand, there are 5 legendaries that can drop from the cache. The above mentioned and the ring. So technically, I should have a 1 in 5 chance of getting it. As per the above, I have tried to guess the correct number between 1 and 5 about 18 or so times and have gotten it wrong every time. I thought I'd just check to see that I wasn't entirely cursed, so I went to a RNG website on the net, picked a range of 1 to 5, and chose my number. My number being 1. I got it on the first try. And died a little inside.
Anyways, I know that it's all RNG. And I have read that the drop-rate has not been ninja nerfed. There's probably no way to know this for sure. It's times like this that I wish the AH still existed.
literally 0 people find the nephalem glory stacks to be a thing that need 2 extra stacks.