I dunno if it has to do with RNJesus luck of whatnot, you are guaranteed 1 legendary though the MSQ.
On my Barb, 4 total legendary, 1 which was the necklace from the MSQ. The other 2 were drops while my 2H Axe was a gamble lego. Yes, end dungeon bosses can drop legendary quality items same with MSQ bosses. And you can also gamble for a legendary. One of the four legendries on my barb was a 2H Axe. It’s pretty sweet. Got it on my 3rd roll.
On my Sorc, only three (3) legendary items, 2 drops and the MSQ necklace (along with a legendary boss drop which I was pretty lucky). So, they do drop. I think the drop rate is pretty good just going through the MSQ and adventuring through dungeons for the Open Beta and Sever Slam. You can’t really knock the game for not dropping legendries like in D3. They RAIN down upon you, it’s that common. So, to have somewhat like a mid D2 drop rate of legendries for the Server Slam wasn’t that bad. Some of the rare items are pretty good as well, and if you imprint them, it’s like having a low tier legendary. However, it’s pretty rare in D2 to even get 2 to 3 legendary drops from Level 1 through 20. Consider yourself lucky to get 5+ just grinding Level 20 for hours.
Overall, I think the legendary drop rate for the Server Slam was decent. I felt even more powerful and progression with my char just from upgrading my rare gear. Had a few level 21 and 22 drops on my Sorc, really nice Rares as well. Can’t wait for the release.
Agree trash drop rate. 4 useless legendarysin the whole beta.
1 - 2 legs per hour, and the obols should be like the beta.
Waste 500 obols for white and blue items suc k.
I just ran a new character to see if I had the same drop rate as before. I skipped all the campaign and just went dungeon to dungeon. I got 1 legendary after about 1.75 hrs of play at level 18. I think players build and clear speeds has the most to do with drop rates. I made an arc lightning and chain lightning sorc for the first time and she just melts everything. You can just teleport across dead space to the next dungeon. Do some events along the way etc. I had one dungeon glitch and it wanted me to pop 1 more skeleton blob or something, but there was no more, so I was robbed of one boss after a lot of work too. Get gud is my final conclusion.
My drop rate for legendaries wasn’t bad. Considering that I played only a few hours between yesterday and today, my barb found 4 legendaries by the end of the beta.
Initially I was concerned that the drop rate would be like that for uniques in D2R, but this drop rate didn’t feel bad at all. The obols vendor was a bit disappointing though, I spent about 500 obols and didn’t get a single legendary, but maybe that’s ok, I still got several rares.
He happens to be right and you are wrong. You can’t compare D4 to D2, because D2 had static monster levels. Monsters didn’t scale with you. When they do, as in Diablo 4, you need to scale faster than they do, and that means you need quality loot occasionally. Unfortunately, it was WAY too occasionally. Goblins dropped nothing, silent chests, nothing.
If the Open beta drop rate was 1, and this time it was .33, maybe the drop rate needs to be .50 or something, so legendaries aren’t quite so impossible to snag. The game is built around having them, and that just was not the case.
Apparently the word “legendary” doesn’t mean anything anymore. These kids seem to just want a shiny new 5 seconds of dopamine every 10 minutes instead of, ya know, having to work for their gear.
Oh well, hopefully all the kids whining keep to their (empty) threats and don’t buy the game.
Just add Muyu to the ignore list, is my advice. His posts in D2R were pretty poor as well, as I recall.
But yes, you could reasonably compare D4 Uniques to D2 Uniques. Legendaries in D4 are not uniques. They are more like enhanced rares. And the game is designed around having them.
If I recall right, D3 in the beginning had an abysmal drop rate due to the auction house gimmick, then they turned it up to 11 after getting rid of it and everything puked legendaries. I’m okay having something in between, but I don’t know if I’ve played the betas long enough to see if that’s what we got.
When I played Diablo 3 before the major update, I can’t even remember how many hours I had and never got a legendary. Then obviously the new patch boosted it but it was so many hours.
Hy , also das spiel ist gut an sich. Aber was haben sie sich als Team gedacht nur 4Tränke zu machen so wird vieles unschaffbar und Ashura ich mein den Boss der dann aller 3 Stunden auftauchen sollte war bei mir ganicht erst da und lägendäre Gegenstände tauchten erst garnicht auf, für Anfänger oder leichter Gamemodus ist das nicht tragbar. Es wird schon schwierig mit 10 oder 20 Gesundheitstränken und übrigens wo bleibr ein spielbares Tutorial für neue Spieler und anfänger
I got only 4 drops total for playing 15 hours in each day. Also I crafted lvl 20 gear at the end ending up having 6 Legendary imprints and I already felt stronger. Was almost able to take down level 30 boss at Kor Dragan.
Its the instant gratification generation don’t worry when they hit a dry spell in loot they will likely quit so it won’t matter in the long run. Most of them don’t even know they can imprint aspects from the dungeons they beat and make legendaries. The copium from these people is epic right now. They think this is bad i would love to see them play diablo 2.
If this is the real drop rate, I will not purchase/play this game. Many of us don’t have 7 hours in a day to farm one measly legendary. To those of you who do —and like it that way — enjoy your masochistic gameplay. It’s just not for me. PS: Thanks for the heads up because now I know to avoid it like the plague … and like DI.
bad take? nahhh, lol…it’s just a fact. scarcity is good in games. And who said legendary items should drop as infrequently as uniques in D2 (they aren’t even that rare, kill a boss)? you’re literally arguing against a position he didn’t take. And 7h is very unlucky. Blizzard isn’t going to increase the drop rates because some people have a dry spell.
Think your confused you can rip the effect once and only once … codex come from dingeons and are weaker versions of these effects . When you rip the ability and put it in another you cannot rip the effect from that new item again … people seem to be hella confused … legendaries are meant to drop alot because a good portion of them are cheeks and you will need a solid source of these one time use abilities to keep your builds functioning on the way up through levels .
