Kings Forest: Random Encounters

[Mr.Spark]

Have there been any changes to the encounter spawn rate?

Either there must be some trick or I have the worst luck...

I've made about 5 1-hour runs from Eveningstar up 'or down' to the Underdark

Each of those runs ended up giving me 1 encounter per run...maybe an occasional 2 IF I was lucky (most of them were repeats yielding 0 commendations; usually the PDK Collar one)

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Is this normal?

Is there some trick you can do to force more spawns?

Is there some path I can take to yield the highest chances at a spawn in the least amount of time?

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Are the rare encounters Lottery Spawns? (each kill results in a % of an rare spawning?)

...if my above results are common then the spawn rate needs a good +30% to whatever it currently is...

[Lyria]

It seems pretty random. Might also be based on group size.

Last night a small group (4 of us) were running around doing king's forest, and ran into about 9 encounters (3 of them right near the eveningstar gate). Another run we only found 3. Then another run netted 5.

Solo, I usually end up finding 2-5 per run. I wander all over the map, doing a 'loop' near eveningstar to check near the Impossible Demands quest area and then heading down past the first shrine area, then down to the swampy area near Lost Thread, then back to the ruined buildings near where Veraxia (I just call it "Vera" since I can never remember the full name) spawns, then up to the town where the purified water/Unquiet Graves quest is, and then loop over to the drow area. A full run takes about 45-60m, usually.

Sometimes I find a lot, other times I find very few.

[jejeba86]

I'm pretty sure it gets more often with a big party.

While I'm here, could anyone clarify me if the poisoned purple dragon knight from the turning undead encounter has fixed spots for showing? And if so, which ones?
I tried next to the family saving quest and the temple one many times with no luck. Something like 20 times.

[donfilibuster]

On group is still random but things can get crazy like three nearby coins at once or an inmediate repeat of one you just did, coin on a spot you just passed, etc.
Coins show up more often but mind the party needs be covering more ground, say, dun walk in a huddle
Speed also depends on how long it takes for everyone to gather up, specially for the tough fights.