04-05-2015, 09:00 AM
i personally think the green drop rates atm are probably fair enough. what i would like to see is green drop prices being worth more than what they currently are. a year or so ago bear furs used to be around 100k, waters 90k, damascus, eagles and coppers 300k etc etc. nowdays your lucky to get a green worth over 50-60k. whether this drastic drop in prices is a result of increased drop rates, or the fact that nobody wants to craft anymore as everything popular has been crafted so many times that is is easier to buy it than to craft it yourself (in which case more incentives to craft your own would be a worthwhile improvement to both the current economy and give an incentive for people to play more).
That is not to say the loot system is perfect however. To say the random loot system is the only fair way to distribute loots is complete hogwash, for a mod where teamplay is force-fed down our throats through a tube they certainly promote rewarding the individual more so than the whole team. while i'm not against the odd random loot here and there. i think the community would like to see some way of rewarding the whole 16 players rather than the one lucky individual. There have been multiple suggestions on how to do this, so i won't go into depth on my own advised solution. however, a system that awards points to all present players per how far the team gets in a run, that also offers perks to the highest killer etc would create a better atmosphere than the random loot system ever has. and don't bring up the age old arguement about how to reward shielders for their efforts. i've been a shielder in this game for a few years now, and i can tell you as will many of the other quality shielders in the past such as clickeverywhere, ragnash, Evildan, etc, that you can still gain kills and even top the scoreboards while filling this vital role. if your going to just stand there and afk while your shield is up then you should not be rewarded as much as other members of the team, you basicly get a hall pass to afk anyway and that's reward enough.
That is not to say the loot system is perfect however. To say the random loot system is the only fair way to distribute loots is complete hogwash, for a mod where teamplay is force-fed down our throats through a tube they certainly promote rewarding the individual more so than the whole team. while i'm not against the odd random loot here and there. i think the community would like to see some way of rewarding the whole 16 players rather than the one lucky individual. There have been multiple suggestions on how to do this, so i won't go into depth on my own advised solution. however, a system that awards points to all present players per how far the team gets in a run, that also offers perks to the highest killer etc would create a better atmosphere than the random loot system ever has. and don't bring up the age old arguement about how to reward shielders for their efforts. i've been a shielder in this game for a few years now, and i can tell you as will many of the other quality shielders in the past such as clickeverywhere, ragnash, Evildan, etc, that you can still gain kills and even top the scoreboards while filling this vital role. if your going to just stand there and afk while your shield is up then you should not be rewarded as much as other members of the team, you basicly get a hall pass to afk anyway and that's reward enough.
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