Our view on map drop rates

Just finished my map runs for the day with the same guys I run with.

-We ran a rare level 72 chiseled to 20% (our highest map) and rolled till great mods. Spent about 3 gcp total to get it to decent mods. Result: one level 66 map, 2 gcp spent

-We ran two rare 70's, chiseled to 20%. Result: no maps, 1 gcp spent

-We ran three level 68-69, rare, chiseled to 20%. Result: one lvl 66 map, total 12 chaos spent

(out of chisels now)

-We ran the remaining four level 66's we had. Result... no new maps.

Most of the end bosses just dropped a bunch of blues and hardly any rares. We found 2 chisels total.

We're officially out of maps and currency now. Any suggestions what to do next? What are you people doing who have the same situation going on? I'm working on my 4th level 60+ character in the mean time.

ITT: Only people with bad RNG posting, which results in creating a skewed perception on map drop rates.

It's like the guys who come to complain on poker forums that they lost with AA three times in a row.

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Xavderion wrote:

ITT: Only people with bad RNG posting, which results in creating a skewed perception on map drop rates.

It's like the guys who come to complain on poker forums that they lost with AA three times in a row.

Please.

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Xavderion wrote:

ITT: Only people with bad RNG posting, which results in creating a skewed perception on map drop rates.

It's like the guys who come to complain on poker forums that they lost with AA three times in a row.

Dumbest post i ever seen on these forums.

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Xavderion wrote:

ITT: Only people with bad RNG posting, which results in creating a skewed perception on map drop rates.

It's like the guys who come to complain on poker forums that they lost with AA three times in a row.

I totally understand the bad RNG; you obviously don't get it. What we're asking for is a little more balance to accessing end-game content, as opposed to that access being totally RNG dependent. There's a number of viable solutions that have been proposed, and I'm sure that GGG themselves can come up with more if need be. We want to play the game, we enjoy the game; we're just asking for a little better opportunity to do so on the characters that we've worked on up to this point. Continual lack of access to the parts of the game of which we are more than capable of completing is frustrating, to say the least.

To just say, o well, that's RNG for you, sorry about your luck, is not conducive to an atmosphere that will foster long-term game enjoyment, which is why we're all here, are we not?

hmm..maybe i just had a stroke of luck yesterday but out of 6 played maps i got a total of 9 new.., 67, 68 maps btw..

I don't usually come here to whine but since I found this thread..

75 bazaar - 1 lvl 67
75 bazaar - nothing
75 bazaar - 1 lvl 73
75 necropolis - nothing

spent about 3.5 exalts on them.
necropolis was maze+pack size+98%iiq
bazaar were all over 100% iirc.

wtf?

fuck you RNG

it honestly feels like map's IIQ doesn't affect map drops at all. I seem to get as many maps in 50% than in 100%. I'll start gathering data tomorrow and will give you news soon.

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gnal wrote:

I don't usually come here to whine but since I found this thread..

75 bazaar - 1 lvl 67
75 bazaar - nothing
75 bazaar - 1 lvl 73
75 necropolis - nothing

spent about 3.5 exalts on them.
necropolis was maze+pack size+98%iiq
bazaar were all over 100% iirc.

wtf?

Are you not hardcore m8? This game is hardcore you know? GGG thnks that losing all that you accumulate over time without any return is hardcore and fun and this is point of aRPG game in endgame (losong everything steadily).
Didnt you get the memo? And im sure that some nice guy (this slayer guy maybe? he is map expert lolz) will come and tell you taht you dont invest enough currency in your maps :)


On other side: todays patch increase map drop rate - i hope this RNG and conntet gating bullshit will become less stresfull.

IT HAS BEEN STATED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT QUANTITY DOESN'T AFFECT MAP DROPS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RARITY YOUR MAP IS. I HAVE MADE ABOUT 40 MAPS IN THIS WEEK FROM 5 MAPS. ONLY RUN MODS WITH LARGER MONSTER PACKS. HOW HARD IS IT TO UNDERSTAND THE GAME? IT IS NOT A FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE. IF YOU SPEND CURRENCY ON MAPS YOU GET MORE ITEMS, NOT MORE MAPS.

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ahvneeger wrote:

IT HAS BEEN STATED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT QUANTITY DOESN'T AFFECT MAP DROPS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RARITY YOUR MAP IS. I HAVE MADE ABOUT 40 MAPS IN THIS WEEK FROM 5 MAPS. ONLY RUN MODS WITH LARGER MONSTER PACKS. HOW HARD IS IT TO UNDERSTAND THE GAME? IT IS NOT A FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE. IF YOU SPEND CURRENCY ON MAPS YOU GET MORE ITEMS, NOT MORE MAPS.

Then maybe they should update their fucking thread.

"The item quantity bonus that a Map has (due to its Mods) will affect the drop rate of Map items within that Map."

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/55194