To start if this aint the right area to post this I see no other place outside of bug reports and I have yet to find a similar topic.
So to begin/clarify when I mean abysmal I am not lumping all rares into one basket here, just certain rares I have been farming as of late some are base rares some are Rare elite and I have noticed quite a large amount of them struggle to drop there “common” blue item when killed and in some instance like the Necrolord abomination factory green items which also seem to be rare depending on which mob holds them. Along with some other areas in the game Zereth mortis being another hard area in some regards I dont understand how blizzard messed up the percentages so poorly then ignored it. Oh well the grind will continue for me atleast. I hope most of you are less unlucky than me. Oh i forgot to add Yes I am killing these on the appropriate class/armor type even changing my loot spec to try trigger drops but for now I will just push forward. If anyone else is having any issues like this would like to converse more.
Shadowlands was very much a collector’s slogfest – I’m not sure which specific items you’re talking about, but there were definitely a few bad ones for me. The items for Necrolord achievement that grants the costume in the upper right hand area…Collector Kash I think is one of the rares that drops them…bonesaw maybe? Just pulling this info out of previously dumped braincells, lol. That one was terrible. I’m still missing a few items from Bastion treasures. There was a LOT. Four unique zones with unique covenants and armor styles made for a VERY collection heavy expansion.
I would of made an entire list but I dont have atleast 5+ hours of alt tabbing and typing it up bulk of the items that I see not dropping and are of Rare quality come from Rare elite and normal rares all around the main zones. I don’t see these same issues in Korthia,The Maw,Zereth Mortis. Only in the base zones. and as stated doing these rares in right loot spec and right class to no availe. I sent blizzard a bug that maybe level 70s have even lower or no chance to obtain these but I cant prove that. I also stumbled across one world quest so far that awards 0 credit regardless of what you do. Also been bug reported. I do have sub 70 characters that I will be testing the 70’s cant get loot from certain mob theory see what happens. as far as that bugged quest goes I could do it on a level 50 so that is 100% a bug for level 70’s. Sorry for a long rambled response but I hope that clears up some issues. Oh and I main warrior and have been finishing off my Avowed reputation and I have countless kills on all the Inquisitor mobs there which do have well according to my All the things addon appearance that I am missing for the spec/class Im on yet they only drop this blue item that always drops from all 3 variants. This ainitally was what triggered my Post about this. I just need more people who have had this issue or are willing to test to see if its just me because its just worrying at the moment.
So… I’m about 80+ attempts on Vivanna (rare in Ardenwield) for the Drust Mask of Dominance and I’m not even getting green equipment. I got the mail equivalent from the dungeon, but I really wanted the one everyone could use. Every time, its greys, except the first when it dropped the quest item. I’ve done it on 2 characters and with several different covenants. Nothing. Wowhead showed an 80% drop on it, which must be from prior to DF unless the mob is just bugged…
There are a few others I’ve had to farm MAYBE 20 times max and it hasn’t been too bad. Haven’t honestly had THAT bad of a problem with others, but this one its like they’ve turned off loot for :P. Either I’m doing something wrong here or the drop rate is “abysmal” as OP states.
I have been setting up a geared character that is level 60. I am only waiting on Blizzard to allow up to level 60 characters Lock XP, BTW please send themsuggestions a plenty for that so we can have it earlier.If or when that happens I will also do a lot oftesting on these rares to see if they have the better odds. I won’t test this otherwise seeing as you will only have limited amount of attempts before levelling past 60 and currently 3 60’s I have are about that area I will check next week when 10.1.5 comes out but I highly doubt we can lock xp if people don’t push for it and I have seen quite a lot of people in favor. I know level 70’s have it hard on some rares and there items then again It could be something blizzard did and not realize. So i will continue to post bug/suggestions in game and do responses on here in hope that something is either explained pr clarified on this topic, or they fix what if anything that is wrong. Sidenote. BFA Nzoth Assaults which I have mentioned have abysma rates even when it was current for the Cosmetic drops that any of the rares could potentially offer and a few rares which to this day won’t drop there toy or in the case of Gaze/Will of N’zoth rares there seperate toy components. As far as any other expansion goes I see no issues outside of blizzard ( and I don’t want to see anything about getting good etc about this subject) not adding the option to the NPC who starts the Spine of Deathwing encounter, that NPC not having said option to just bypass to the last fight and dip out on loot is Insane in my eyes.I and many others want the Daggers completed or the mounts/transmog from last boss and not having to struggle literally for nothing yet over the years we have gotten raid skips for other stuff that is mediocre by comparison,. So if you could encourage them with that too I and other would appreciate it. Sorry for the extra ramble I cant quite control it once the tangent starts lol.