World of Warcraft secretly changed the loot rules. Transmog collectors are happy about this – at least to a large extent.
With the wardrobe and collections in World of Warcraft, many people have caught the collecting fever. After all, one wants to have the right transmog set for every occasion so that their character always looks the part.
This has led many players to revisit old instances to snag that one fancy robe or the stylish plate bikini.
With Patch 7.3, Blizzard changed the loot rules in the “old” dungeons – those in levels 1-60, the “Classic” areas. These now also follow the rules of “personal loot” – but with a big change: Every boss always drops wearable loot when you’re playing solo.
In plain terms, this means that every boss will always leave behind an item that can be used by the character and thus also goes into the wardrobe (except for rings and necklaces).
Old drop chances now irrelevant?
This also renders the drop probabilities for many items pointless. For example, if a cloth robe used to drop with a 7% chance, but now it is the only wearable item in the boss’s loot list, you will guaranteed get the robe.
However, there are already some players who are dissatisfied with these changes. Because anyone, for instance, looking for a cloak’s appearance that only has agility or strength will never see that cloak drop. A warrior looking for the skin of a paladin armor with intelligence will probably have to forget about it. Here, only second characters can help, with which the instances can be tackled again.
This change does not affect the random loot from trash mobs in the instances. Here, “green items” can still drop in masses as before, regardless of the armor class.
Whether this whole thing is just a bug or intentional is still not entirely certain. However, it is noticeable that this works only in the old instances and not in “The Burning Crusade” and beyond – where loot drops as usual. It seems like a confidential test run to gather reactions and data.
Cortyn says: While my collector’s heart is thrilled by the change, it significantly diminishes my ambition. I was quite proud of finally snagging the robes of reverence or other fancy items after countless instance visits. That they now occur more frequently somewhat diminishes that effort. But it remains to be seen what Blizzard will do with it in the future.
What do you think about these new loot rules? A great thing or thoughtless?
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