Dev gives tidbit about secondary boss chests on VN board!

[Infares]

Originally Posted by ch00ch

When Typhon is killed the first time, he drops his primary chest.
When Typhon is killed subsequent times, he drops his secondary chest.

In v1.01 -> v1.15 his second chest was bugged, the first chest was actually the one dropping when you killed him more than once.

In v1.20 we fixed this, and he appropriately dropped his first and second chests.

In v1.30, due to player feedback, we're reverting the changes made in v1.20 and bumping that secondary chest back up to where it used to be. We took it a step further and went to other boss monsters in the TQ world and did the same thing.

I wonder if they really made all boss chests like 1.15 Typhon? If so, I'm a happy boy.

[raduneo]

That would be SWEET. I'm actually gonna' be able to complete some sets with the add-on!

[Minervian]

OK, so this means:

1.01 - 1.15 Typhon ALWAYS drops his first (best) chest.

1.20 Typhon drops his first chest the first time, and his bad chest subsequently. Which is as originally designed.

But in 1.30 Typhon will always drop his best chest.

Correct?

And I guess the devs will make the Olympus ascent even harder now, like change all the monsters to Deathchill Elder Cyclopi Limos.....

[Infares]

Originally Posted by Minervian

But in 1.30 Typhon will always drop his best chest.

Correct?

Not only that, but all bosses do as well, not just Typhon.

And apparently, the 1.20 rate of unique appearance on regular monsters is going to be preserved from 1.20, as will the normal chest drop rates.

[Minervian]

Hmm, I'd rather they tweak unique items to make them even more powerful, and reduce the frequency of drops so that they are rarer = more valuable.

[mamba]

Originally Posted by Infares

I wonder if they really made all boss chests like 1.15 Typhon? If so, I'm a happy boy.

I don't think that is what was meant, imo they made all secondary drops as likely as primary drops for all bosses, but not as likely as that of Typhon (I assume the bosses have different drop probabilities and keep them, they 'just' do not get worse on secondary drops, imo this is also more logical than bringing everyone up to Typhon drop rate, then everyone would just farm the spider queen )

[Incinerate]

Originally Posted by mamba

I don't think that is what was meant, imo they made all secondary drops as likely as primary drops for all bosses, but not as likely as that of Typhon (I assume the bosses have different drop probabilities and keep them, they 'just' do not get worse on secondary drops, imo this is also more logical than bringing everyone up to Typhon drop rate, then everyone would just farm the spider queen )

Aye, perhaps the bosses mentioned, may simply mean end-of-act bosses, (ie telkines and typhon himself) which would be fair-game and not the Mini-bosses (as such) as you imply.

Regards,

Incinerate.

[Infares]

Originally Posted by Incinerate

Aye, perhaps the bosses mentioned, may simply mean end-of-act bosses, (ie telkines and typhon himself) which would be fair-game and not the Mini-bosses (as such) as you imply.

Regards,

Incinerate.

So you think bosses with an orb rather than chest were upgraded in this manner? No biggie, Minoan Labyrinth, Vally of Kings, and Wusao Mountain are all good farming spots anyways.

[Incinerate]

Originally Posted by Infares

So you think bosses with an orb rather than chest were upgraded in this manner? No biggie, Minoan Labyrinth, Vally of Kings, and Wusao Mountain are all good farming spots anyways.

Amen, they sure are. But perhaps bosses could have meant them all, be nicer that way if it's the case

Regards,

Incinerate.