So, my first level 1 nightmare dungeon, I got tons of legendaries and two sacred uniques. Since that run, I have done many others and barely get anything of value . Sometimes my only legendary is at the end for completing it. On top of that, the unique I did not use right away disappeared from my bank. Is there some thing I missed? Seems weird.
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I think that they change smthing with the update or when i got lvl 80. Before i had like 1-3 legendary drops per NM run, and now i have like 1 drop per 3-5 NM runs… and im clearing all dungeon.
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So… tier 1… NM dungeon… and you’re confused… because it isnt raining legendaries on every dungeon? Did I read that right? RNG is a fickle mistress for sure.
They are supposed to be doing more things to drops later on… More ancestral in the later dungeons. more sacred in the early dungeons.
As for that unique. no clue. maybe you smashed or sold on accident, alot do it.
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If you got two uniques in one run, you’re extraordinarily lucky. I’m running far higher dungeons and rarely see them. Perhaps 1 out of every ten dungeons, anecdotally.
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Nope ya didn’t read that right . What he said was that before the patch he was getting the legendary drops, but after the patch he noticed a change in their frequency. We can do without the sarcasm.
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Thats the beauty of RNG my friend. Sometimes you get a bunch of good stuff, other times you barely get anything good at all. Happens to me all the time. It also doesn’t help that many of the legendary items are not very good so when those drop, it’s still crap.
Really. where in his statement does he mention anything about a patch? HMMM? oh right, no where.
Drops are CONSISTENTLY much, much, much worse across EVERY dungeon, NM dungeon, helltide or just in complete general, since the last patch. It’s night and day difference for me. It isn’t RNG. RNG can be fickle, but something odd is happening, at least to some players such as myself. It is making the game not even worthwhile playing - we play a game like D4 because it’s a loot game. When you have bugger all loot consistently dropping, then it clearly isn’t worth it. I’m not talking a single dungeon of bad RNG luck. This is consistent over 3 NM dungeons, 10 odd normal dungeons, 4 helltides and just general play running quests.
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When i play a day (sorry for rhyming) nm-dungeons/helltides i usually get lots of legendaries and 2 pcs uniques (bows and amulets i cant use for my twisted blades build).
After the patch i dont find the two uniques a day but i can read through an inventory full of yellow items as usual w/o facing 1 single 3/4 bis item with my prefered stats. I also started to look at the towns vendors. Im lvl 100 since a week and my items are good but i havent found any item with 3 max rolled stats that makes sense for my build.
ARRR ENNN GEEEE!!! Why’ve you ever forgotten me (triple questionmarks etc…) 
Well. they increased drops in NM dungeons, but this guy… is on a tier 1 dungeon… which is on world tier 3 mobs below level 50 because t5 is 58. and is expecting alot of drops from it. If you expect it to rain that early… yeah, not going to happen.
They are looking into adjusting drop rates more, check the video out over here.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/so-devs-are-listening-more-and-more/70175
Fascinating that you folks read so much into my expectations from a purely logistical question.
My question was pertaining to whether or not there was some sort of patch or bug or whatever that would have explained the much higher than normal volume of drops I received, as well as the disappearance of my second unique from my bank a few days later.
Don’t really care about drop rates since, yes, I am still in my 50s and am fully aware that I will be replacing the gear I have many many more times.
Y’all are crazy bitter.
I’m calling baloney, sorry. RNG is broken - if I do get an ancestral rare, it’s always a bloody pants, boots or chest. Getting beyond frustrating. XP has improved, but drops, even in NM dungeons, is SFA. Perhaps Blizzard buffed high tiered NM dungeons and not low tier? I’m doing tier 21 on T4. I can’t go higher, don’t do the damage. I don’t know how some players are doing miillions of damage. sarcasm Must be some real imbalance in this game.
You call it whatever. I know ive gotten more leggo’s and ancestrals from the NM dungeons. Ancestral keys. tier 30 currently.
Oh? you dont?
Well Gladly will help you.
Post your stats and your build. current gear. (prolly have to just SS it all and upload)
https://d4builds.gg/build-planner/ can do this for your skill tree and paragon. But for stats and such I’d say a screen shot is faster. gear as well.
Or ofc another faster way. is a youtube video. ^.^"
Not a bad idea. I’ll try and do a video today some time.
I’m definitely getting bugger all from NM dungeons. The grind in D4 is NOT fun, not even remotely close. D3 is now pretty polished, and is a much, much, much more enjoyable game to play. Blizzard just seemingly wanted to make D4 an absolute nightmare for players.
At this point of time, the only redeeming feature of the game is the graphics. I stand by my original review score of 2.5/10. I guess it really isnt my cuppa tea. I knew I should have not bought the game and stayed away from it. I wish I had listened to my inner voice. It is rarely, very rarely, wrong.
I agree with this. But honestly if you ask people there is plenty that will help with your builds and such, to try and give improvements for you.
It still took them a long time to get d3 right. (i was there day 1… the horror!) And now… I just think they didnt put alot of things into their calculations. they are adjusting stuff still. they are further looking into modifying loot drops all over the world not just NM dungeons, they are looking to implement more mob density.
The difference with D3 and D4. is you actually have to have some sort of plan currently. you dont just get a gear set (actual sets) that give you a bunch of buffs and damage to X skill. so you can slobberknock people. (may get that way when they actually introduce sets here)
as was I!
True, but even with a hodge podge build in D3, I was able to do end game grind up to a certain level and not get my a$$ smacked by the game every time I look out the adventuring window. I maintain that D4 is broken and it is currently my least favourite game in the entire franchise. We’re all individuals, and we all have different likes and hates. D4 is not tickling my fancies. If it tickles other peoples fancies, great - at least for them. It’s just not doing it for me. I’m really trying to like the game, but it’s hard when it constantly annoys the hell out of you, frustrates you utterly, and it becomes a hate. When you don’t feel motivated to even play the damn game. A game should be fun, and D4 is NOT fun for me. D3 was fun. D2R was fun (less so than D3 imho). The original Diablo was a helluva lot of fun, easily the best game in the entire franchise. Daylight 2nd.
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I’ve been seeing much more legendary and unique drops since the patch. RNG works both ways.
So a few key notes for you, the lower level you are the smaller the loot pool which means more legendary and unique drops. Then you hit 50 and open scared, so your loot pool got bigger, then at 60 you get ancestral and more uniques making the loot pool even bigger, which sadly means less legendary and unique drops as the game has more rares to throw at you, same thing again at 70, then at 85 you start to get a chance at the ultra rare uniques… so sadly the game is about loot, however the higher you get the more there is which in return means less of what you want. Hope that helps and makes since.
That I got a twin. >…>
Tbh… this is coming from the perspective of a Hardcore player throughout d2 and d3.
D4 isnt “broken” per say, a bigger learning curve? sure. But as you said. with d3 you threw a hodgepodge set together. Here it isnt just gear. You really need to synergize skills with passives. to pump damage up more. You cant just “Brute force” it.
Especially with the paragon boards. you can double and even triple your damage just by doing the right paragons and right glyphs. currently working on conjuration paragon glyph/board 2 more levels of glyph and it activates its second ability. (because it expands radius) jumping from 12% to 24% increased damage and the conjurations lasting 20% longer. which conjurations is where 85% of my damage comes from.
Lvl 77 running T4 Nightmares around Tier 27 - 29. Use to see alot more legendary drops period. Now its all rare yellows except for the legendary you get at the end for completion. Every once and a while i might get one legendary to drop from a random elite. Makes it difficult when trying to find certain aspects with good rolls.
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