Guild Wars 2

I have spent a LOT of time in HoT. I maxed out all masteries first, got Verdant Brink map completion on all 9 of my characters after and am almost done with Auric Basin (again on 9 characters).

In all this time, I have only managed to get 2 reclaimed metal plates. Worse, I seem to loot fewer and fewer reclaimed weapons. I did Tarir and the AB event chains roughly 8 times this weekend, and if I got a total of 20 reclaimed weapons (blues and greens) it’s a lot.

My ‘luck’ in this game is horrible. I’ve played since the April beta for the core game, and I’ve never looted a precursor. If I play 8 hours a day, I get maybe 2 exotics from loot PER WEEK. Considering the launch date of HoT, I’d say my luck getting the reclaimed metal plates is LOTS worse.

I’d like to submit that this state of affairs is bugged. Maybe in several ways.

First, I think something happened to the drop rate of reclaimed weapons. I seem to be getting way fewer than in the beginning. This may of course be subjective, but if an inventory of 140 fills up with loot and there’s only 2 reclaimed weapons in the bunch, that’s a VERY low drop rate.

Second, I think there’s something desperately wrong with the loot mechanics. There’s a forum post where developers themselves state that 20% of the customer base are ‘outliers’ on the bad luck end of the loot graph. This was about precursors, I think, but based on my personal experience, I dare say it’s not just precursors that are affected by this. To me, it very much looks like there’s something in the account data that predetermines luck with RNG. Which means something in the loot programming is really, desperately wrong.

In effect this means that 20% of your player base are dealing with a LOT of frustration, because by now there are tons of things that are locked away behind the ability to loot specific items. Legendaries are only the start. Does anyone think it’s healthy for a game when 1/5th of its players never get the carrot, but only ever the stick?

Update.
I now have map completion on all HoT maps on nine characters. I played all zones extensively. And I still only have 2 reclaimed metal plates.

My luck in this game is horrible. I tend to average 1-2 exotics per week (low value ones, mind) with 40 hours of play. And I dare say I quite obviously loot WAY fewer reclaimed RARES. And I actually loot fewer blue/green quality reclaimed weapons than I loot ‘regular’ rares.

I run into people who’ve gotten over 15 of the things. I dare say there’s something hideously wrong with the entire RNG system, and with the drop rate of reclaimed weapons in general.

I suspect that somehow your in-game luck IS account bound, some values tying into one another that should not. And I really think this should be looked into, but like I already said in the OP, this is NOT fun. What’s the use of collections if your chances of ever completing them is close to zero?

I have a similar case…..Tried doing the (admittedly horrible) Luminescent armour collection…all achievements and everything and then being unable to complete it because the Carapace chest armour from the Vinewrath in Silverwastes never drops. I have had a guild mate get around 30 of these. I have got one. Which is the one every one gets. RNG has dictated that in no less than 75 attempts (i have given up…f dat) with different characters, this didnt drop once more. I cant be bothered to keep trying. The game is broken in this case for me. I think something needs to be looked into on some of this stuff. Do i keep going….or is this broken?
As for the reclaimed stuff…I have done verdant brink 100% with two characters and have completed many meta events. Some of these were constantly bugged without reward as well at first. Not sure if they are fixed now….I have given up. I received 2 reclaimed metal plates through all of this. Ridiculous; and not fun :P There must be something generically wrong with the rng for these kind of items that gets broken on accounts and is never fixed. Can Anet really tell us this is the intention? I get the feeling I can get more reclaimed metal plates if I played for another 80 hrs or so (REALLY?) but the Carapace chest armour not dropping is undoubtedly broken.
Also I have 200% magic find and this has NO relation to what drops at all as usual. <——-broken mechanic right there.