Guild Wars 2

I looked around and could not find much recent relevant information to answer my questions about diminishing returns on loot. I see plenty of threads regarding dungeon token, silver, and DE karma Drs, but almost nothing on loot DRs. I really hope Anet will shed some light on this soon, or that someone has tested for this information.

I’ve just finished leveling my second 80, a thief. My main is an elementalist. I read recently that Anet had “relaxed” the strictness of DRs recently, but I’m not seeing it. My ele has been getting porous bones and globs of globby goo for weeks now. I tried farming Orr, frostgorge, dragon events, dungeons, other zones like Mt Maelstrom and nothing seems to help. I have a full set of MF gear on him which doesn’t seem to help at all. To contrast this, my thief was getting (on average) 3 rares, 7-10 greens, and countless blues and mats per hour while leveling in Orr from 70-80. However about 30 minutes after hitting 80, right on que, my thief stopped getting anything more than 1 or 2 blues and a stack of porous bones per hour.

Before I waste any more time on this game, I hope to get a few questions answered.

1. How long does it take loot DRs to go away? It seems like my ele has been under the effects of DR in all locations for weeks.

2. Do I have to be logged in to the game for DRs to actually wear off? Again, my ele hasn’t seen a good drop in ages. I am usually farming something when I log in. Should I take a 10 hour break and stand by the mystic forge in the hopes that DRs finally go away? If this is the case, why?

3. Are DRs tied to specific mob types or are my loot drops affected across the entire game after farming a single spot? After hitting the “loot wall” in frostgorge (farming for lodestones) and trying my luck in Orr, and then again just about everywhere else in Tyria, it seems like a higher power simply hates me.

4. Is it possible for my character/account to encounter a DR bug in which I am “cursed” with permanent DR? I can be very paranoid at times, and this idea scares me because I have no way to know for sure.

5. Would Anet consider actually making the DR “debuff” a visible icon somewhere on my UI? The only thing I can think of that would make this bad is possibly botters exploiting the information to make their botting activities more efficient. I would still argue that the usefulness to legit players would outweigh the tiny benefit a bot might get from it.

Thanks in advance to Anet or anyone who might be able to answer some of this.

they will never tell you anything about the DR system, it’s like asking CocaCola’s recipe… only the company workers know and they can’t tell anyone..