On Mon, Mar 20/00, kim@... wrote:

> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, JasonF wrote:
> >
> > - Imbrued Arms and Gauntlets
> > - Dawnchaser
> > - Belt of Concordance
> > - Lyssa's Darkwood Piccolo
> >
> > All in two evenings. Hot damn. Further evidence that good things come if
>
> Bleh. Cleared most of Hate Friday (8+ hours), got no bard
> stuff. Maestro dropped a monk mask and paladin shield,
> Innoruk was AWOL. Cleared all of Hate last night (11+ hours),
> got no bard stuff, Maestro dropped a monk mask, Innoruk had
> been killed the previous night.
>
> Further fuel for the buggy RNG theory - we got 4 pieces of
> shaman armor off of 6 spite golems.

3 days in Hate this weekend. First night the zone crashed just as we
were cleared to the Maestro. Absolutely no bard stuff dropped. I think
Warrior legs dropped the first night, then no more all weekend. No Mage
stuff dropped, a few shaman pieces. In general, other than cleric stuff,
the drop rate is just pitiful and has a few people who've been going for
several months contemplating quitting as there's just not much point to
playing anymore. Playing for fun isn't once you've done Hate a few
times, as IMO, it's one of the most boring zones they've created. The
fast spawning roamers keep you camped in the same locations for hours
and even if you did move around every place looks pretty well like every
other place.

To top it off, a 6 note blade dropped and all the bards had one, and
Inno dropped a fatty shaman hammer and there were no fatty shaman on the
trip.

And to add to the buggy RNG theory, I foraged 100 vegetables over the
weekend compared to 20-40 of fruit, berries and rabbit meat. What are
the odds of that happening? :)

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