Who's luck is worse?

[Missing_Minds]

In one of the threads yesterday, Tolero cried about her luck with loot.

Tolero: Well this part is impossible for me to pull off because my loot luck is implausibly bad. I never get the decent stuff. *sigh*
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=4652328#post4652328

Me, I think mine is worse, so a challenge in jest was made.

MM: Shall we make a bet on who pulls worse loot?
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=4652337#post4652337

I was pleasantly surprised she decided that was a good idea. So the agreed upon chest to loot for this challenge was the Mama dragon of Mired in Kobolds protected red chest. (normally it is a heroic lvl 13, but we did it on hard. so what? 14?)

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh50/missingminds/lootluck.jpg

This was my pull. A min lvl 10, piece of junk, no race requirement. Oh well, at least it was a weapon as you can't really disjunct it for many crafting parts being only an... arcane 2? So more gold compared to everything else when selling. Not even a scale out of that chest. Typical.

So, Tolero, what was your luck like? Better or worse than my own?

[Missing_Minds]

And the results of Tolero's chest for a human fighter:

http://www.ddo.com/media/article_images/lootluck.jpg

[Tolero]

And there we are. Let the bad luck deliberations begin!

[Mathermune]

And there we are. Let the bad luck deliberations begin!

Never mind the loot, the update wasn't kind to your character. I know my graphics are set to low but that looks more pixelated than normal.

Have you filed a bug report? I doubt that's a know issue.

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Ahem, spell reagents and a docent on a fleshie fighter? Tolero "wins."

[Cardoor]

I think Tolero won (lost?) this one... but it was close enough for a rematch (they are both pretty bad pulls).

[riexau]

Was the docent RR halfling?

[scoobmx]

I went 32 runs straight without pulling an FRDS. Beat that luck

[Scraap]

Gonna have to give it to Missing.

You can eventually TR into something that can use a docent, be it on you or a metal mutt.

Nothing fixes a non-repeating crossbow.

[Qezuzu]

For MM:

>Crossbow

Not useful

>Gold

Useful

>Platinum

Useful

For Tolero:

>Docent

Unusable

>Gold

Useful

>Reagents

Not useful

I say Tolero wins (at sucking with loot).

[Ziindarax]

And the results of Tolero's chest for a human fighter:

http://www.ddo.com/media/article_images/lootluck.jpg

Tolero's toon gets the Minecraft treatment? Nice pixelation!

Beyond that, Tolero, you need to TR your character(s). My loot luck seemed to change for the better after I true-reincarnated. Recently, I pulled Gilvaenor's Ring to complete the Arcane Archer loot, and pulled a few +3 tomes from end-reward completions.

Prior to that, I could never seem to pull decent loot, and much of my (randomly generated) loot from my first life were obtained through the auction house.

[SiliconScout]

I am guessing the toon is pixilated so that the toon is not recognizable.

Can you imagine working for Turbine and having someone figure out who your toon is.

You'd have to delete the toon!

And Yeah I declare a tie.

[ZeebaNeighba]

Tolero's toon gets the Minecraft treatment? Nice pixelation!

Beyond that, Tolero, you need to TR your character(s). My loot luck seemed to change for the better after I true-reincarnated. Recently, I pulled Gilvaenor's Ring to complete the Arcane Archer loot, and pulled a few +3 tomes from end-reward completions.

Prior to that, I could never seem to pull decent loot, and much of my (randomly generated) loot from my first life were obtained through the auction house.Another perk about TR'ing is that if you're constantly finding you get bound raid loot on the wrong characters, just TR them all to match their loot.

Doesn't solve my problem with getting handwraps when I haven't bought monk and probably never will as I only have 2 hands with 5 fingers each...I've heard that's a problem for monk players.

[Missing_Minds]

*reads the "reason' for edit of the the reserved #2 post for Tolero* *snicker*

That is true... we never did decide loot useful for account or for character. Level 6 cleric has some nice stuff that use components and we are both penny pinchers.

But between the two, I think you do have me beat, but very close.

[FunnyCide]

Since Missing is my husband, I have to vote for him. After all it's him that I get to listen to about how crappy his loot is compared to everybody else. :rolleyes:

[lethargos]

Hey tolero, why don't you ask your lootmaster why wizardry/power/magi ratio to other suffixes on bows and crossbows seems way off. After u14 I've pulled ridicious amounts of those.

[Cauthey]

A heavy crossbow is of less use than a magecraft docent. Missing Minds wins, with the poorer loot pull.

[nibel]

While the non-repeating xbow is very bad, MM got more money rewards, and Wizardry II can be deconstructed to level 3 arcane essences.

Tolero loot, while not usable for being a docent, is a ML 10 magecraft +5 docent. The best random docent that can drop around this level for AC only. You can find a buyer for this on the AH.

So, I say MM won as the worst puller this time.

I think, however, that this deserve at least a worst-of-five loot check. The one who pull worse 3 times, win.

[Diroctive]

I went 32 runs straight without pulling an FRDS. Beat that luck

Ouch. I'm usually surprised if I don't get one.

[janave]

I feel good about my pulls now :). Esp the end reward lists are rather generous lately.

[deahamlet]

Both unlucky, but Missing wins even though he got more money in the chest... non-repeating xbow is like an insult to anyone wanting any gear whatsoever. Insult!

[Sierim]

I'm going to have to agree with (most) of the others. Missing got the worse pull of the two. Docents, especially magecraft docents, are usable; non-repeating crossbows aren't.

[Jay203]

on usability, Missing's crappy ass crossbow is way too useless
at least Tolero's docent is still a +5 magecraft docent

on salvaging, Missing's crappy ass crossbow yields **** results: +3 spirit or wizardy II, or for a heavy crossbow base... (0 out of 3 are great

Tolero at least has: Magecraft base, +5 spirit, or lesser acid resist (2 out of 3 are great/decent)


sorry tolero, Missing won this one :P

[HalfORCastrator]

On the subject of loot, my first shroud after u15 I got a yellow dopant and LSS. :D

[issiana]

pretty close if you ask me, but as much as the spell ingreds are in fav or tolero, i have to concur that the xbow is just plain bad...

My vote missing wins.. err looses this one :p

[knightgf]

And there we are. Let the bad luck deliberations begin!

So...does this mean chest loot is bugged and not WAI?

[Missing_Minds]

So...does this mean chest loot is bugged and not WAI?

Nothing of the sort. It means we are poking fun and having fun.

[FrancisP.Fancypants]

This is one of the most interesting threads I've read in months.

Will the competition continue?

[Miow]

Will missing minds ever find his minds, with tolero put in the fix stay tuned!

[Grosbeak07]

What's this? Missing has great luck. I usually get everything I want when I run with him. :D

[ArcaneArcher52689]

I wish i could have gotten my monk in on this. I might have gotten good loot just to prove myself wrong ;-)

I'd say about 1/10 chests she opens is sp pots (probably higher). I actually started a caster just so i could make use of them all.

[cdbd3rd]

While the non-repeating xbow is very bad, MM got more money rewards, and Wizardry II can be deconstructed to level 3 arcane essences.

Tolero loot, while not usable for being a docent, is a ML 10 magecraft +5 docent. The best random docent that can drop around this level for AC only. You can find a buyer for this on the AH.

So, I say MM won as the worst puller this time.

I think, however, that this deserve at least a worst-of-five loot check. The one who pull worse 3 times, win.

/Second this.
I was looking at the two with decon in mind, which still gave MM the edge. With that docent having a possible sales value, then it's more valuable than the decon-only crossbow.

Need further data.


(Srry, T, ya knows I luvs ya, but the data speaks for itself this time.) :p

[skullzz]

I have to say for usefulness on character tie.
for account missing