Guild Wars 2

Ok My sister has just informed me that She and several others have noticed that since her dps has improved recently that she is getting better drops. My thinking on this is that there is some correlation between the dps rate and drop rate. If this is true she is exploiting a bug and has earned an account termination. I have warned her about this. She is unwilling to report it. I fear she will try to use me to get a new account and need this investigated asap. While I don’t want to see her account get terminated becuase of a stupid choice, I fear I will suffer because of it. Anet, please see whats going on. If this can be confirmed or not. I can’t give repo steps as she has only given me second hand info, I hope that someone can back this up. Please help I don’t know what to do.

No food for the troll. At least I hope this is a troll post…please tell me it is?

it isn’t. I wish it were

That being the case, rest assured, that a dps increase doesn’t increase your loot drops, and even if by some strange remote off the wall chance it did, your sister (nor your) could be banned for that. They can’t punish people for increasing their dps.

Anyhow, trust me, if increasing your dps alone was the reason for better drops, this would have been discovered and exploited LONG before your sister found it.

Are you sure she’s not trolling you?

Why would she exploit a bug? If her dps has improved… that doesn’t sound that bad.. does she use anything illegal to increase her dps enormously?

Otherwise, more dps (more tagging, more aoe-ing, whatever) is more loot, no one can deny that one..

After all they fixed something, so maybe she now gets more loot because before she didn’t get kill credit, whereas she now receives it..

So where is the exploit???

And don’t troll us on such a sensible issue.. :p

`Granted after the changes over that past 2 months have gone, I may be misinterpreting what she has told me. What I need is a confirm, either for or against. Rospek, I understand you thinking that she has trolled me and while I can not program my way out of paper bag, I can read and understand code as I see it.

Navi, The exploit is that she is not willing to report it right or wrong. That is where my problem lies. I will give everyone this. From theory crafting to hard data. Prove your data. In support or against. Give me something to support my claim or destroy it. I don’t care the outcome. If working as intended, show me. If not, Show me. thats all. My fear is having to use my credit/debit card to support her account. But I need data to support my final decision. either way I require data. And to anyone that thinks this is a troll question, Why would a troll require data either for or against?

to take up peoples time to collect said data? then troll them on how long it took them to do something pointless?

that being said it’s not her or your job to need to actively investigate (with data) because you are scared…

plain and simple you are scared i see it in the way you word..

if killing faster gives better loot, thats a design mechanic… if you get better loot by (exploiting an unintended mechanic) then yes technically you should report it..

killing faster is NOT an exploit.. I kinda wish this was a troll thread

Factual data you can take to the bank on this subject:

There are 3 main build types:

1) Tank
2) Healer
3) DPS

The general objective of the 3rd type of build is, not surprising, is to increase dps. I realize that GW2 doesn’t have as well defined builds as other MMO’s (thank you for this), but the general concept still prevails in this game.

Now, if the general concept for a dps build is to increase their dps, why would this trigger better loot (and not in the indirect approach of faster kills = more loot)? Short answer, it wouldn’t.

Also, no programmer in their right mind would tie a random loot table to a characters dps stats. MMO programmers have done some really short-cut strange things over the years, but coming from a programming background myself, I would NEVER see a reason to tie a loot table to a characters dps.

Finally, if you really want solid data, check with your sister for the full details, currently, it sounds like she’s the only one who knows how to replicate this. Without more details on a possible exploit, I call shenanigans on this one.

She is killing more so she is getting more drops, which is good her playing is improving.
My opinion, don’t worry about it, it’s her life and you are not her parent.

If you do continue to worry about it, then submit a ticket, it is a fair question as you really are a caring person and you want to protect both of you by being honest about this.

Hi everyone,

As stated before by Colin, “there is no link between the amount of DPS you do and the quality of the gear you get”. Since the DPS threshold to qualify for loot has been lowered, people are getting now more loot. This can lead to the impression of getting better loots since the amount is bigger.

But that is all, there is no real link between DPS done and quality.
Thanks for your understanding.