Is there any reason the conduit item drops can’t take the ones in your bags into account when determining the one you get? Just playing through the 9.1 campaign netted me 3 duplicates simply because I didn’t immediately return to my covenant to learn it.
It’s even worse when you take into account that the ones that drop from reward boxes are determined when you GET the box instead of when you open it so you can get duplicates for a conduit you already know.
bad/lazy coding
I particularly enjoyed the quest boxes last night doing korthia quests that gave me multiple of the same conduit from the same box.
You have to apply them at the forge before opening another box or you’ll potentially get dupes.
EDIT:
Well that’s wrong now, just turned in a Condensed Anima Sphere, opened another bag and not only did I get one duplicate of it, I got two.
So it’s broken in every way possible. 2 of the same type from one bag and duplicating ones that are already added.
All 200’s as well.
Bad Blizzard!!! very bad.
Yes, I’m aware. Why is that the case though? Having to constantly return to my covenant while I’m trying to continue the campaign just doesn’t feel great.
There could be coding added to prevent duplicates. However, I suspect that duplicates are a major part of Blizzard’s process. They keep you playing longer. Get three duplicate conduits and you’ll try again tomorrow. Get duplicate items from the Great Vault and you’ll try again next week.
Even as people grumble about duplicates, they will continue because they keep you playing more.
Then give them a sell price, or at least code in a check so that if the blasted thing is “already known” I don’t have to type in delete every single time.
I had 5 before I used it, and it’s a terrible conduit.
Sammmmeeee lol.
Just try not to care.
It’s the only way to deal with the devs not caring.
Making conduits like gear drops is a bad joke.
Yeah I said it.
Making conduits drop MORE THAN gear drops is a bad joke.
Created a bug report for this because it looks like there is a real issue
If it’s a bug, then it’s been a thing since 9.0. I distinctly remember getting conduits I just learned from opened boxes. Like I said earlier, it appears that the game determines the loot from boxes the moment you receive the box and not the moment you open it.
I definitely got the second box after turning my first one in, and it had 2 of the same type.
This issue was also present in callings caches conduit upgrades in 9.0, although it was not as noticeable as 9.1, in which we more often earn multiple chests in one round of activities.
The solution is unfortunately to return to your sanctum any time you obtain a conduit (whether upgrade or new type). If you earn a cache that may contain a conduit, open it immediately to see if it does contain a conduit, because the conduit is generated at the time the cache is generated. Otherwise, you may miss out on an upgrade or new conduit type.
Bad, lazy coding is putting 2 of the same conduit in the same box, and not taking into account whether they already have learned that one.
I ended up getting 6 condensed anima sphere conduits… :[