Is there a problem with Large Devil...

[apacheizm23]

Is there a problem with Large Devil scale spawning in the chests in Shroud? I say this because I have found that in my last 10 runs (I have 8 Cap 32Pt Characters) I have not received any large devil scales? Another interesting stat is I have a good amount of every other large Ingredient but only One Large Devil Scale. Now I have also spoken to other people on the server and they are having the same problem with getting there hands on Large Devil Scales its become like trying to get a piece of Raid loot. Hardly anyone is willing to trade them or are selling them at ridicules prices.
Is this being done on purpose to slow the production of crafted items down or what the deal with this? It wasn't like this before thats for sure.. Please shine some light on this..thx. (Khyber Server)

[Lithic]

Large scales drop on average in the same numbers as other ingredients. The chances are about 1 in 6 for the shroud pt 5 chest, and maybe 1 in 12 in pt 4 (This takes into account about a 50% chance of getting any ingredient from pt 4, as you sometimes get nothing). Its really slightly less than 1 in 6 as there is a tiny chance of a large horn, but horns are so rare these days that I havent seen one since they changed thier drop rate. On average, most players will pull equal numbers of scales as other ingredients, though of course there are some which will pull all scales their first 10 runs, and others which will pull none (as you seem to be). Its all luck. Do a million shroud runs, and I can almost guarantee that you will have roughly 165,000 large scales.

Now the reason you and everyone else is looking for large scales is that every single essence recipe needs a scale, as does every single gem recipe. This means that every single shard item needs at least 2 scales, and every dual needs at least 4. In addition, many of the elemental/alignment ones need scales as well, including the VERY popular positive one. What this means to you is that most dual shard items take at least 5 scales, and a large portion of single shards need 3. Compare this to large bones, which might only be needed once or twice for a dual shard item, and you see that scales are just used up faster than other larges. Stones are similarly overrepresented in recipes (especially the good ones), though not as badly as scales.

[apacheizm23]

I would like to hear what a Dm/Gm has to say about this,if there is anything to say..I'm actually in a shroud run right now,hopefully I can pull my first scale in 2 weeks.

[Korvek]

I would like to hear what a Dm/Gm has to say about this,if there is anything to say..I'm actually in a shroud run right now,hopefully I can pull my first scale in 2 weeks.

In a post a while ago (In the "Scales Scales and More Scales" thread, Eladrin posted this:


This is correct. The Large Scale drop rate is identical to all other Large ingredients, other than Large Splintered Horns (which have a significantly lower drop rate, but do still occasionally appear).

It could have been altered since Mod 8, but that's the most recent info I found.