Today we are dealing with the question of which drop has pleased you the most in an MMO. Was it a powerful weapon? An elegant outfit? A particularly stylish hat?
A central theme in almost every well-known MMO is loot. No matter if it’s about new weapons in Destiny, new armor sets in World of Warcraft, or that one color crystal in SWTOR, loot is essentially indispensable in today’s game systems.
But not always is the sole purpose of improving the character; often it’s also just about visual upgrades that make the character look a bit more epic than before. Particularly MMORPGs often offer a variety of different designs to keep players searching for exactly the clothing they ultimately want. Systems like transmogrification ensure that you can also apply this clothing to your current gear to show off.
But loot can also be important in other ways: Often you associate an item with a specific raid night, a particularly exciting fight, or simply the people you played it with? Or how challenging the hunt for the loot was? How much bad luck you had to endure before you finally defeated it and could take the trophy home.
We ask considering all these aspects: What was the best drop you’ve ever received in a game?
Cortyn says: I can’t decide on just one item for my favorite drop. I’ve thought about it for a long time. Was it my first epic item? Completing the T2 mage set? No, for me, two items stand out personally. Both are from World of Warcraft.
With my mage, I received the item “Neltharion’s Tear” after our first Nefarian kill (that was a months-long effort). I didn’t know about this item until that point, but I was thrilled. Not only because of its stats (which were outstanding at that time), but also because it was an item that referenced Deathwing and had a golden “flavor text” that spanned multiple lines – an absolute rarity in the WoW of that time.
The second item would probably be “Mark of the Dragon Lord”, also from the Blizzard game. I associate it with a lot in roleplay, as it could wonderfully be used as a summoned protective spell that dutifully circles around its owner – almost a predecessor to the shadow orbs, and with a drop rate of 1% from a boss at the very end of an instance, a considerable effort.
But now it’s your turn: Which item drop has particularly stuck in your memory? What made it unique and why is it important to you? Let us know in the comments!
