WoW players often use calculations for “Killing Points” to determine the legendary drop rate – but that is incorrect, says Blizzard.
The legendary items are among the most powerful equipment that a character can currently acquire in World of Warcraft. Because they are relatively rare and the chance increases with the number of activities completed, some players have tried to create a formula that should relatively accurately predict when the next item approximately drops.
Blizzard has now said: That’s nonsense. These “Killing Points” counters are sometimes based on outdated or simply incorrect data.
The drop rates were increased in 7.1 and 7.1.5
In the official forum, Community Manager Ornyx has now explained several points regarding legendaries and their drop rates. According to him, the drop rates for the first and second legendary per character were increased in patches 7.1 and 7.1.5. Fresh characters at level 110 often already have a legendary item in one of their emissary chests on the first day.
However, the basic chance of getting a legendary item has also been continuously increased.
Ornyx does not specify any concrete numbers, but presumably, most hotfixes from the past week each provided a small boost to the drop rates.
The first two legendaries are guaranteed, starting from the third, each has the same small drop chance
“We believe it is very important to clarify this: Currently, you need the same amount of luck/effort to obtain the third legendary as you do to obtain the eighth. We have seen some players and tools trying to determine the drop rates of legendary items based on outdated data, but this data is extremely outdated. In short: your chance of receiving the next legendary item is probably much better than you think.”
The continuously increased chance also corresponds to a goal of Blizzard, as they intend to:
“One of our long-term goals is to allow you to swap legendary items for specific situations when the situation requires it (…)”
How many legendary items have you acquired with your characters? Have you noticed the increased drop chance on “fresh” alt characters?
