Scenarios Drop rate....or lack of

[BAAAHHHHHJJJAAA]

So for the last week I have been sending out all 20 explores looking for these Scenarios, on a micture of searches, and out of 150 + searches I have found a whooping 3.

Yes you can trade for them but at this rate it will take me another 32 weeks to complete that achievement, that is assuming I send out all my explorers on the same sort of search…a search I hate sending them on as it leaves you with nothing but junk.

Please amend this BB as players that have nothing left to get out of this game are tired of being given the run around, these things do not make the game more challenging, they make it annoying.

[Xibor]

I posted a while back that I think I've gotten 2. I don't have your number of explorers but I keep the ones I have 'always on the road' and after weeks from the other post I made, I still have found only 2. So I agree - they aren't dropped often enough. I didn't think they were intended to be that rare.

Since they are only limited to 4? different ones, I would think some could be added - that would help just by virtue of having more in the draw pool.

[topgearfan]

8/~180=4% on short maybe im lucky
1 should have been in merch for mf

[Solzar]

For what it's worth...I started doing scenario searches right after Easter event ended. From the 1180 searches that were done so far, 43 scenarios were brought back using unskilled Explorers on shortest search. There were some times they brought back 3 at one time. Many times they brought back nothing. I send out a total of 30 fast and 3 slow Explorers each day. I use the 3 luckys for artifact search or I would probably have more. 43/100 isn't too bad. I think in about another 6 weeks I can have that achievment done then I can finally switch back to granite search.

From the first time I saw the achievments, I knew that I would not do the 100, 500 and 1000 until we can buy them from shop. That was and is the plan still anyways. Sure enough it looks like we are getting some way of purchasing many at once as I'm sure they will win the Guild Shop vote. BUT, a little too expensive for me to buy 900 of them. Tempting, but I would rather wait until we can buy using map fragments or some other way. Also, just as a strategy tip...I'm keeping most all of the scenarios I find until an upcoming event may call for it. Remember that the past Easter event originally on test server had as part of their achievments that we earn eggs through scenarios. I'm guessing they don't have the PvP next time and instead they will plug the scenario one in, so having 90+ in stock avoids buying them using event resources or gems etc. Besides, doing 90 or so all at once is then worth getting a 1 week premium to do.

[chelseamick]

Totally agree Solzar been sending all my explorers out daily and % drops for scenarios is pathetic, I am doing same thing at moment saving them, will not do another until I have over 500 in star. And then do them with prem time waste of time doing them as yet.

[BAAAHHHHHJJJAAA]

1 should have been in merch for mf

ALL should be in the merch and the idea of "finding" them is stupid.


I send out a total of 30 fast

There are not 30 fast explorers in the game.

[bobsie]

There are not 30 fast explorers in the game.

No, but you can send out fast explorers on 2 short searches a day..

[Dorotheus]

The information you guys are omitting from your arguments is just as important as what you are telling us, maybe even more so. Until you provide that information there is no way of making a value judgement on if you have a valid point or not.

[Xibor]

Drop rates - drop rates - geez...... so I will surely win lotto as long as I buy enough tickets, right?

Chance means no promises. I don't see why that is so hard to understand. And perhaps the chances could be improved, but that doesn't necessarily change things (unless it is made 100%) and do you really want it so easy? Where is the thrill of finding something rare when nothing is rare.

People that have everything they want are miserable because there is no reward and challenge anymore.

[BAAAHHHHHJJJAAA]

No, but you can send out fast explorers on 2 short searches a day.

yeah but that isn't 30 fast explorers, that is 15 doing shorter searches.



People that have everything they want are miserable because there is no reward and challenge anymore.

Yes we are.

We have been here longer than you, and are still here, yet your voices are never heard. Shows how BB treat thier long term players.

There is no challenge nor thrill in logging on every day just to send explorers in the hope of finding an adventure you need. That is BB phoning it in as they have in the past.

[Solzar]

I thought I made it very clear when I said "I send out a total of 30 fast and 3 slow Explorers each day". Let me spell it out in case anyone is confused still by this...

I send 15 Fast Explorers out in the morning. Those 15 Fast Explorers return after about 10.5 hours. I then send them out again in the evening of SAME DAY along with the 3 slow ones. That equals 30 Fast Explorers each day + 3 slow. In case anyone is a new player, the Slow Explorers are purchased from Tavern. The Fast Explorers come from Merchant using gems or from Events.

The point of my post was to show odds by giving total that went out and how many scenarios were earned. The details of how I did it is just bonus info in case it is of value to anyone.

[Peajay]

I have been sending explorers out daily in search of these scenario adventures and in the past week they all returned with none. In previous weeks they would bring them almost daily. I have used all search types and agree that all adventures should be available for map fragments in the merchant.

I still think we need some way to exchange the unwanted adventures for the ones we like to do, as it would encourage more adventuring. There are too many that just aren't worth the time. Adventures like secluded experiments and sons of the veld don't even sell for 1 fish, yet explorers find them more often than others.

[Xibor]

I have been sending explorers out daily in search of these scenario adventures and in the past week they all returned with none. In previous weeks they would bring them almost daily. I have used all search types ...

Which goes to prove that random is random, and % chance is just a chance. There should not be a pattern at all, it should vary.


and agree that all adventures should be available for map fragments in the merchant.

I don't agree - that would make using explorers to find adventures almost useless (since those who unlocked it can produce map fragments at will) and trading adventures would have much less appeal.



I still think we need some way to exchange the unwanted adventures for the ones we like to do, as it would encourage more adventuring. There are too many that just aren't worth the time. Adventures like secluded experiments and sons of the veld don't even sell for 1 fish, yet explorers find them more often than others.

How about trading the adventures on the market? Offering them up in the trade tab? I don't see secluded experiments and sons of the veld any more often than random chance would indicate. I was on a Nords streak for a while - finding almost one per day, and my wife's explorers seem to have a talent for finding Victor the Vicious. But now they are finding other things. As far as "not being worth the time" that depends on your point of view. Some "bad" adventures have achievements, some have special loot that is worth going for, some are better if doing co-op with other players, and I've always managed to sell them for something (even Sons of the Veld). Plus I've seen some guides for Sons of the Veld that make the losses more reasonable.

And simply - if you don't like it, don't play it, don't want to try to sell it - just delete it.