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Old 12-03-2006, 08:00 PM
PyroDrew
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Default Re: Patch pre xpack?

I think the drops maybe need a minor boost at most. My L33-L36 1.20Oracle (the one I emailed IronLore) could easily farm Normal Typhoon with only the items she found. I farmed him 8 times (farming is borrring) and she was getting at least one blue item half the time plus tons of good relics (great for greens in Epic). As long as the 1st drop is superb, players shouldn't need to farm him for the blues/purples. IMO, Typhoon should not be a pinata packed with blue and purple candy like the D2 joke called Mephisto. True, Typhon is tougher than Mephisto, but just like Mephisto had the "moat exploit" Typhoon has the "stairs exploit"... aka he's very stupid. At least Mephisto would continue to chase you if you got near him and he wasn't dropping runes as often as Typhoon drops relics.

The problem of people having difficulty being able to complete sets isn't so much the drop rate, but rather the sets themselves. In D2, low level sets (and even few high ones) were easy to complete as:
1> many only had 2-3 pieces;
2> when first released there weren't many items;
3> D2 Normal&Nightmare were so easy usually you could often pack your untwinked character with MagicFind (attribute often favoring overpowered and/or ranged characters);
4> People falsely assumed that closed servers meant any item they traded for was probably legit... despite the boatload of 40/15s, Ith weapons, BotD weapons and Occy rings floating around... so they traded to complete their sets.
Finally, the good elite D2 sets weren't easy to complete (even with farming), unless you traded(which could be a dupe... just like TitanQuest) yet you can find D2 forums of players doing 5000 farm runs for 1 item... and they post saying they didn't get it... but they kept playing and weren't complaining. The only class specific set I was able to complete (never traded) was the Druid's (which sucked). The fact I didn't complete the others (some which are quite awesome) always gives me a reason to go back to D2.

Now compare that to TitanQuest sets which even the low sets seem to have 4-6 pieces usually, no MagicFind (which would only favor the overpowered builds more & thus not a good idea), and a few impatient people demanding to complete the best purple legendary sets (like Tracker's) after some Typhoon runs. And I have yet to see anyone praise a full set other than for appearance. I would like the Tracker's Helm and maybe gloves, but have little desire to find the rest. It wouldn't kill the game if some of the Legendary sets gave a +1-2Tree (or All) Skills for the full set to make them a little more appealing.