Guild Wars 2

Are the number of ectos you get from salvage the same across items. That is with rares and a master/mystic kit it’s 0-3 with armor, weapons and trinkets or is the range different? I’ve only tracked salvaging armor in any quantity and I have a good idea about the chances there but now I’m curious about the other “raw materials” out there.

I salvaged 75 rares and only 32 returned ectos. Maybe it’s bad luck, maybe otehrs experience the same? I wanna know. I used a mystic kit.

Aw sweet, this thread again.

No.

Salvaged 2, got 4, so “NO!”

Salvaged 20 rares yesterday, got 20 ectos. So no, it’s not buggued, but to be honest, i’m used to have a fairly poor ecto drop rate most of the time, so maybe the luck wheel is starting to move from lucky accounts to unlucky ones.

Salvaged 46 this morning and got 32.

The Tin Foil [HATS] claim responsibility for the ecto nerf.

How did we do it?

We through Omega Golem Blueprints, Candy Corn, Bloodstone Dust and Princess Mya´s Wigs into the Mystic Forge.

Yeah, my last few rounds of salvage for ectos, covering about 120 items have been horrible. 50-70% return in various groups of 20-30. I am sure it will turn around again, 2nd time this has happened.

I wish the various rng salvaging results had a streak breaker that kicked in at 2 zero results. Getting nothing but 2 Thick Leather Sections followed by nothing but 4 Silk Scraps and then nothing but some Mithril (actual example) is a bit much.

There is nothing wrong with it. On a daily basis I salvage 5-6 rares and get 0-2 ectos at best. Using the rare kit. My RNG luck is terrible. It’s just the way it is.

stop using infinite salvage kit for salvaging rares and you’ll be fine. (fine salvage kit isn’t much better, either. you should use master/mystic/black lion)

I stated in my post that I use the Rare kit. Either Mystic or Master.

its cause its Halloween time and all that ectoplasm is reforming into the ghosts it originated from, or was creating.

If you want to get a decent average you’ll need to salvage something like 500-1k rares. There is far too much RNG involved with such few salvages.

Personally I haven’t seen any changes and I salvage about 100 at the end of every week (still not that good of a number to base anything off of though).

No. Tried and tested with yellow kits. And far more than 75 rares (this week about 500)

Two months ago the differences in getting a ton of ecto and getting nothing got bigger though. You got hit by a streak of nothing.

These threads never fail to deliver. Do people think before they post? amagawd bad run with globs, must be stealth nerf… to the forums!

Anyway a few weeks ago I salvaged 100 rares and got 97. Yesterday did 15 and got 18. I use mystic/master kits.

Currently I feel lucky if I get one ecto per 3 salvages (using master kit)

Malediktus.9250:

Currently I feel lucky if I get one ecto per 3 salvages (using master kit)

Actually the chance of only getting one ecto from three is surprisingly high, well much higher than one expects (due to common poor grasp on prob&stats), 1 in 6.

For me it is bugged: 50 rares and 7 ectos coming out. That’s not 1/2 and also very unlikely to happen sinc ethose 7 ectos are from 3rares

I haven’t gotten a single ecto in probably 2 weeks.

Mind you, I’ve only salvaged maybe 15 rares in that amount of time, since I’ve been using most of my time doing Clocktower runs and other Halloween stuff. But still, getting nothing out of all that is very disappointing.

Probably just bad luck, though.

Electro.4173:

I haven’t gotten a single ecto in probably 2 weeks.

Mind you, I’ve only salvaged maybe 15 rares in that amount of time, since I’ve been using most of my time doing Clocktower runs and other Halloween stuff. But still, getting nothing out of all that is very disappointing.

Probably just bad luck, though.

The bad luck topic is this way —→

Its the same for weapons, armor and trinkets.

That’s what I thought. Wanted to check before expanding my options.

It’s not bad luck, ot’s fact. Why don’t we get informed when it happens?

Because it didn’t happen.

EthanLightheart.9168:

It’s not bad luck, ot’s fact. Why don’t we get informed when it happens?

Why are you necroing your own thread that’s based off of inaccurate theories?

Ooo, didn’t notice the necro.

for a given rarity, it’s the same across all item types.
however, each rarity gives different amounts:
rare = 0.9 ectos with MSK
rare = 1.25 ectos with BLSK
exotic = 1.27 ectos with MSK
exotic = 1.75 ectos with BLSK

In other posts, the Devs had confirmed that Ethan’s claims are based off of misunderstandings.

Bad luck is not considered a bug. That’s a fact.

Mystic.5934:

for a given rarity, it’s the same across all item types.
however, each rarity gives different amounts:
rare = 0.9 ectos with MSK
rare = 1.25 ectos with BLSK
exotic = 1.27 ectos with MSK
exotic = 1.75 ectos with BLSK

I know that, I was just musing that since armor or weapons are much larger physically than trinkets would that play into logic the devs might use in determining salvage amounts? Good to know it doesn’t, at least with Ectos.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

In other posts, the Devs had confirmed that the OPs claims are based off of misunderstandings.

Bad luck is not considered a bug. That’s a fact.

Can u maybe support ur claims with a link or are we at the same claiming level? Cuz if your answer isn’t very helpful.

I digged it out cuz I’ve not yet seen/gotten a dev answer.

EthanLightheart.9168:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

In other posts, the Devs had confirmed that the OPs claims are based off of misunderstandings.

Bad luck is not considered a bug. That’s a fact.

Can u maybe support ur claims with a link or are we at the same claiming level? Cuz if your answer isn’t very helpful.

I digged it out cuz I’ve not yet seen/gotten a dev answer.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Toxic-Tower-Hybrid-achievement-bugged/first#post3192435

You thought something was a bug. A Dev responded that you didn’t complete the requirements.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

EthanLightheart.9168:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

In other posts, the Devs had confirmed that the OPs claims are based off of misunderstandings.

Bad luck is not considered a bug. That’s a fact.

Can u maybe support ur claims with a link or are we at the same claiming level? Cuz if your answer isn’t very helpful.

I digged it out cuz I’ve not yet seen/gotten a dev answer.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Toxic-Tower-Hybrid-achievement-bugged/first#post3192435

You thought something was a bug. A Dev responded that you didn’t complete the requirements.

Haha. Close this topic please.

Oh wait Wanze, there’s more! Look what I found.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Ectosalvage-broken-again/first#post2402527

I think the guy needs to stop reposting.

I salvaged 1 rare and got 0 ecto!

Afya.5842:

I salvaged 1 rare and got 0 ecto!

NERF!

Oh man… the other thread got merged here. This is gonna get interesting.

grabs rolled up newspaper

Bad Moderator, Bad.

Yes the two threads are about ectos but one, mine, was about the amount range based on item type while the other, not mine, was questioning if the drop rate was stealth nerfed. They don’t really relate to one another except superficially since both threads talk about ectos and amounts.

And it really makes things confusing when you riffle shuffled the posts between the two threads into this one since the other thread was 10 days/weeks/months old and was necroed by it’s OP.

Lol mods not reading posts/threads

I believe Ethan’s thread should have been deleted completely, since John Smith answered his previous duplicate conspiracy thread. I had to go edit some of my posts, since when I was referring to the “OP”, I didn’t mean Behellagh.

This explains why I was so confused as to people talking about kit returns and bad luck streaks when Bellehagh’s post was about something completely different.

Afya.5842:

I salvaged 1 rare and got 0 ecto!

salvaged 1 and got 2! Don’t be sad…