First of all, I want to say thank you to everybody for getting the board back up and running. Good to be back here.
I've got a lot to say about my experience with legendary items dropping in
Epic difficulty as per AE:R. Firstly, this was my first legendary item that dropped.
Secondly, this was my second legendary item to drop, thirdly, this was my third legendary item to drop...I have like 5 or 6 of these now.
I gave up doing Manticore runs after awhile because Neith's Will was dropping so much, I already knew it would drop before it even dropped. I'm currently at the very end of Act 2, and I'll continue to post about what legendary items drop in whatever act I find them.
The first Neith's Will dropped in Act 1 from a hero in the Monster Encampment. The good thing about this thing dropping all of the time is that I keep getting one with better rolls. Even though my toon is a Poison/Bleed toon, this item boosted my damage by almost 1000 DPS.
Now after thinking about all of this for awhile, the first thing that came to mind was that this issue happened/happens in Grim Dawn sometimes, but the issue was addressed in that game. I believe they implemented a system where the longer you play in a game session, the less likely you are to find the same item over and over again.
I don't know if TQ:AE:R has a similar system, but it looks like to me that it really needs one. It would appear to me that maybe certain legendary items are 'tied' to certain Acts, or have a have a higher drop rate over other legendary items.
Another thing I've thought about is this:
With the addition of thrown weapons, this has really inflated the drop pool to the degree, that other weapon/armor types are totally being missed upon. In the old days of the game, I remember at least completing some blue sets. But these days, I seem to find just TONS of thrown weapons more than anything else. I know that RNG is a factor in all of this, but something is obviously off here.
What are your thoughts?
PS - Will post the other 2 legendary items I've found. I've found 2 Laden's Maw (thrown weapons) already. I think the game is telling me something?
I found The Eye of Flame amulet doing a Manticore run. It came out of a primitive chest that was locked. I was more excited about finding this legendary amulet than anything else. Too bad I don't have a fire based toon past level 8.