Guild Wars 2

So there was a new build today (which I have no idea if it affected anything out of WvW only), and for the first time in 150 fractal runs I have not gotten a single rare (armor, weapons, crest, cores, etc) in two entire runs in fractals level 13 and 14 respectively where as with both my two fractal characters I have always gotten at least one rare from a fractal chest in an entire run. I understand from levels under 10, but past 10 it just never happened.

Not talking about rares dropping from foes which are also ordinary, not even those, only green and blue loot, maybe I wasn’t lucky in these two runs but considering the new build one can only wonder.

Anyone else noticed any difference?

I really didn’t notice if there was a new build or not but you must be kind of new to fractals so I’ll fill you in. Fractals used to be a good run, you use to run it and come out with anywhere from 4-8 rares and 1-3 exotics, then anet did a shadow nerf, and said they didn’t nerf it, but those of us who were running fractals everyday know different, we aren’t stupid, I myself am lvl 48 and don’t run it cause I don’t think 1-2 hrs is worth it for a repair bill just to get a rare if I’m lucky and then no skin over and over again, it’s a joke and they are the ones laughing.

Rama, you have my +1.

Yeah, they did nerf the drops awhile ago, which is why I stopped doing fractals. I used to get at least 4 rares a run(1 from each chest) plus cores/lodestones, but after the nerf I was lucky to get 1 maybe 2 rares. After 2 runs with zero rares I decided it wasn’t worth it anymore, especially now when you can do 2-3 world events and get 3+ rares. I have 8 characters(7 level 80’s) so I can literally spend all day farming world bosses.

Fractals wasn’t all that bad until they buffed all the open world chests and introduced laurels to buy ascended IMO. That is, if you enjoyed playing fractals, it was still rewarding playing them, albeit less than other things. But now with the boss chests, the disparity is too much.

As someone with over 500 fractals completed i can also attest to the claim that fractal loot was hammered down a while ago. It changed from 4 rares + cores/lodestones to 1-2 rares with the occasional core.

Now you can also have runs with NO SINGLE RARES whatsoever.

Really arenanet, either improve fractal drops, increase the fractal weapon skin drops which right now are ridiculously stupid to consider working towards (RNG on chance to get skin + RNG on WHICH weapon skin you get) or introduce a worthy dump for fractal relics which either rewards you with rares, ectos, or maybe skins

I don’t actually think the drops are too terrible, though of course I’m not going for a skin.

The problem is that it sucks by comparison. Why do this when you can whack world loot pinatas all day for less effort and better loot?

Nerf world loot imo. Nobody that’s not power farming CoF1 is doing anything but dragons.