Well I do hope BB have had a serious rethink of the new loot drops...based on the test server results the drops no way live up to their claims.
Quote
'
Instead of weapons, raw materials for producing weapons will be included and the loot will be adjusted to the losses of the particular adventure.'
I have taken the example drops for 4
Black Knight adventures from the following 2 posts
http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/t...l=1#post268478
http://forum.tsotesting.com/threads/...ll=1#post34064
they reveal the following
Slot 1:-
900 Granite, 250 Salt, 900 Exotic logs
( I guess this is a random drop slmilar to the existing slot 1. I also expect titanium ore would be one of the drops here)
Slot 2:-
750 Copper ore
Slot 3:-
600 Iron ore
Slot 4:-
750 Coal
Slot 5:-
600 Hardwood Logs
Slot 6-
600 Horse
Slot 7:-
150 Settlers
Slot 8:-
600 Brew
Slot 9:-
600 Coins, 165 Bread
(again I guess this is a random drop . Perhaps sausages would be one of the drops here)
Slot 10:- (refill)
add 800 Coal, add 600 Meat
Slot 11:- (refill)
add 600 Iron ore, add 800 coal
Slot 12:-
Experience or star coins?
So what are my normal losses for a BK?
Now I'm a level 50 with cannons, Maj Gen, MMA, 2 Vets, BHG's and Tavern Generals....The best losses I can achieve for BK is around 400R loss.
So, currently, to make 400R's I would need:-
400 Settlers
2K Brew
12K coal
4K copper ore
Hmm we get from the loot
150 settlers, 600 brew, 750 coal (plus 1600 double buffed from the refill) and 750 copper ore.
Ok there is more in the loot...perhaps I could trade some, but I doubt I would get enough resources through trading to make the required 400Rs. (Note I'll keep the granite and gold coins, I'll need them to upgrade all my buildings)
Now
what about the lower levels I'm sure they need more than 400R to complete Black Knights !!!!!!!!!!
So how many troops can we make from the loot drop then?
Ah..but we aren't supposed to spam R's anymore...lets see what we can make from the loot that is dropped:-
Slot 1:-
Granite for upgrades, enough Salt to make 7 cannons ( less than 1Cannoneer), enough Exotic logs for 56 Crossbows to make 5XBs (but no titanium), ?amount of titanium ore
Slot 2:-
Enough Copper ore for 75R
Slot 3:-
Enough Iron ore for 7M
Slot 4:-
Coal to make some of the weapons ie 100 BS (for 10R)
or 37 Iron swords (3M)
or 18 SS (less than 1S) as for Elites & Cannon I doubt it's enough to make 1Military Unit of each.
Slot 5:-
Enough logs for 37 Longbows (3LB)
Slot 6:-
Enough Horses for 15C
Slot 7:-
Yay 150 Settlers
Slot 8:-
Enough brew for 60R
or 60B
or 60M
or 20C
or 30 LB
or 40S
or 12 LB
or 12E
or 12K
Slot 9:-
Coins I need to keep to upgrade my buildings...the bread and (possibly) sausage I would need to make some buffs for my weapon chains
Slot 10 &11:-
yay some refils...I can double buff them and make a few more weapons or irma's
So BB are giving us the loot to make
75R, 7M, 1S, 15C, 3LB & 1XB & about
50 bare knuckle fighters (I've allowed for exotic logs to be droped about 25% of the time)....
OK BB lets see you do a BK with those losses
But it's not just the loot drops that have changed
Ah, I hear you cry again....BB said they would adjust the weapon chains to make it easier to craft the weapons.
Well guess what
Quote '
Furthermore, production costs for Titanium Sword and Canon were also decreased.'
AKA we will still only be able to make 75R, 7M, 1S, 15C, 3LB, 1XB as those weapon chains are NOT changed
Last point...lets compare it to the current weapon drops
1600 Steel swords (160S) or 600 Damascene Swords (60E) or 1000 Crossbows (100XB) or 300 Cannon (30K).....(plus all the other slots)
Guess I'll wait till the 25th to see what the drops will be like on the live server.