Epic Orchard Quests End Chest Loot Drops - Nothing at all

[Theolin]

So... the first few weeks eOrchard was out got a few items from the quests .... then .....

About 3-4 weeks ago ... nothing, nada, zip, zero
Not ransacked, as far as I can tell, still see plenty of level 28 gear dropping in the chests
I have run all 4 quests round robin at least 15 each (probably more) and have seen nothing for weeks, for me
Don't think I've seen anything for anyone else in my parties either.

level 28 toon, with +2 gem running ....
I have run EE, EH & EN several times each

I thinks somethings is brokens ...

Anyone see anything drop in the end chests on a capped toon, recently ??????

[Grosbeak07]

So... the first few weeks eOrchard was out got a few items from the quests .... then .....

About 3-4 weeks ago ... nothing, nada, zip, zero
Not ransacked, as far as I can tell, still see plenty of level 28 gear dropping in the chests
I have run all 4 quests round robin at least 15 each (probably more) and have seen nothing for weeks, for me
Don't think I've seen anything for anyone else in my parties either.

level 28 toon, with +2 gem running ....
I have run EE, EH & EN several times each

I thinks somethings is brokens ...

Anyone see anything drop in the end chests on a capped toon, recently ??????

Pretty typical. It's well known in DDO if you don't get what you want in the first 2 weeks after new content comes out, good luck :)

[Connman]

In the last week I have pulled four named items out of the epic orchard, guess what, none of them was what I was looking for. Just sounds like a bad string of luck, they still drop, just not what you want.

*edit* on a capped toon.

[JamesNiels]

level 28 toon, with +2 gem running ....
I have run EE, EH & EN several times each

I thinks somethings is brokens ...

Anyone see anything drop in the end chests on a capped toon, recently ??????

You dp realize that a jewel of fortune does not affect the chances of named loot dropping? All it does is raise the lootgen items enchantment value/level and u get 2 more gold coins.

Also, are u picking up the chain rewards? U must be... just checking tho

[Seamonkeysix]

So... the first few weeks eOrchard was out got a few items from the quests .... then .....

About 3-4 weeks ago ... nothing, nada, zip, zero
Not ransacked, as far as I can tell, still see plenty of level 28 gear dropping in the chests
I have run all 4 quests round robin at least 15 each (probably more) and have seen nothing for weeks, for me
Don't think I've seen anything for anyone else in my parties either.

level 28 toon, with +2 gem running ....
I have run EE, EH & EN several times each

I thinks somethings is brokens ...

Anyone see anything drop in the end chests on a capped toon, recently ??????

I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but I have. I typically use the same toon to farm the Orchard (since the loot is BtA). I have pulled an Epic Emerald Gaze, Epic Boots of the Innocent and Epic Minos since Monday. Bad luck happens, and I've definitely been in that "what the heck is going on" world. But I can confirm on Sarlona, at least. I've had normal drop rates.

[HAL]

So... the first few weeks eOrchard was out got a few items from the quests .... then .....

About 3-4 weeks ago ... nothing, nada, zip, zero
Not ransacked, as far as I can tell, still see plenty of level 28 gear dropping in the chests
I have run all 4 quests round robin at least 15 each (probably more) and have seen nothing for weeks, for me
Don't think I've seen anything for anyone else in my parties either.

level 28 toon, with +2 gem running ....
I have run EE, EH & EN several times each

I thinks somethings is brokens ...

Anyone see anything drop in the end chests on a capped toon, recently ??????

So when you say you got "nothing, nada, zip, zero", you don't actually mean that because you "still see plenty of level 28 gear dropping in the chests" so you when you ask "Anyone see anything drop in the end chests on a capped toon, recently ??????" you really mean anything named, right?

[bartosy]

ITS only THE mythic items That are non existant.

[janave]

Pretty typical. It's well known in DDO if you don't get what you want in the first 2 weeks after new content comes out, good luck :)

This,
If you were not here, or TRing at the time, prepare for a good grind.

I gave up on the fleshmaker belt after, few months later it dropped when i logged on an alt to sort out banked loot, i wanted to run something with him before logging out, hit lfm, and there it was.

Since then i got 2nds of almost any loot from orchard, tho none mythic variant. About 50% i ran EEs.

I understand the rates on the mythic gaze, but the rest is so *meh*...

[Dragavon]

This is what random means.

Somewhere someone out there has looted the belt from Fleshmakers 5 times in a row. Others can do the quest 100 times and never see the belt for anyone in their group.

[janave]

This is what random means.

Somewhere someone out there has looted the belt from Fleshmakers 5 times in a row. Others can do the quest 100 times and never see the belt for anyone in their group.

At least you dont address it to *luck* which i appreciate, so yes random that is pre-set by developers and random that can be adjusted to be more favorable in the future. If they care at all.

[Nestroy]

Just to add my 2ct. Using Jewels of Fortunes is risky. Since they do alter the loot tables (by making the random lootgen higher in level) they somewhat seem to fiddle with the chances to gain rare named loot - to the negative! We meanwhile in guild do recommend not to use them. Named and rare loot drop seems to be much higher without them in use. This is interesting enough since some chests are said to only drop tomes and the like when they are artificially hightened in chest level. Whatever the reason is for named loot drops vanishing (pure randomness, chest gets set to generic random chest instead of having a chance to drop certain named loot) - use them at your own risk.

[janave]

Just to add my 2ct. Using Jewels of Fortunes is risky. Since they do alter the loot tables (by making the random lootgen higher in level) they somewhat seem to fiddle with the chances to gain rare named loot - to the negative! We meanwhile in guild do recommend not to use them. Named and rare loot drop seems to be much higher without them in use. This is interesting enough since some chests are said to only drop tomes and the like when they are artificially hightened in chest level. Whatever the reason is for named loot drops vanishing (pure randomness, chest gets set to generic random chest instead of having a chance to drop certain named loot) - use them at your own risk.

Actually this is my experience too, purely anecdotal tho, since i do pull nameds while having loot boost, just seems way lower to when i do not have any on.

[bartharok]

At least you dont address it to *luck* which i appreciate, so yes random that is pre-set by developers and random that can be adjusted to be more favorable in the future. If they care at all.

It eould mean that person X would get the one he wants, but person Y might get 20. So its not always advisable, even though it might be very useful for person X.

[janave]

It eould mean that person X would get the one he wants, but person Y might get 20. So its not always advisable, even though it might be very useful for person X.

I wouldnt mind a forgiveness button for regular quests too, maybe an @40th completion: pick 1 item. Or a flagging system where you would not reloot the already looted items in maybe 2months if its BtA or Btc, technically increasing your chance at that specific item you are looking for by eliminating the competing items on the roll(-range).

But again, i am not a person who quits when he gets his loot, so...

[bartharok]

I wouldnt mind a forgiveness button for regular quests too, maybe an @40th completion: pick 1 item. Or a flagging system where you would not reloot the already looted items in maybe 2months if its BtA or Btc, technically increasing your chance at that specific item you are looking for by eliminating the competing items on the roll(-range).

But again, i am not a person who quits when he gets his loot, so...

Item ransack would be a nice idea, yes. But some would complain abotu that as well.

[Nefatron]

its just the way it is man...

I've had 2-3 lives of pulling nothing at all..
One life Ill pull a SoS Pale lavender and a slew of other named items..
it's just how that dice rolls.


I think of the loot like the daily dice. I roll alot of 1-10 or 15 what ever it is.. very rare i break that 50-100 mark