Guild Wars 2

Recently posted a thread on another sub-forum about how Diminishing Return (DR) works. I proposed the idea of a DR indicator that tells you how close to DR or how far into DR you are. For example, if you farm for crafting equipment for an hour an indicator would pop up that says:

Diminishing Return Penalty: 30%

This simple indicator would inform you: 1) you have a DR on your character 2) How much DR 3) It would disappear when your DR would go away, so it would tell you for how long you have this penalty.

With this, I could be farming for claws, fangs, blood, etc. in my favorite area and know when to leave for another so my loot doesn’t turn to garbage.

Link to my original thread

This would be nice. Especially for normal people who probably (most likely?) don’t know about that system. I know I would like it to be shown when it kicks in, especially since my loot drop rate is already soooo low (might just be my luck, or my imagination).

Indeed. I would like it so I explicitly know if my crap drops are either from DR or just because I have bad luck. If it turns out that I’m getting bad drops without DR over a long period, well that is another problem entirely. But at least this helps me to figure out what my prooblem is.

I think half the people right now are completely unaware of DR… so a buff indicator would be nice.

Even for those that know about DR, the details about it are hazy as ANet has not elaborated. When does it kick in? How long does it last? What is the penalty?

I agree with this idea, I don’t think I have encountered the DR yet, but having an indication that you are getting it doesn’t sound like it would hurt.

I think it would allow bots to see they are getting DR, but I doubt a bot would be smart enough to do what it needs to do to counteract it without the bot owner getting involved.

well im glad i took the time to read through some of the suggestions forum as i had no idea about Diminishing returns and with a level 80 character thats not long started leveling there crafting skills i started to understand why alot of my farming was slowing down