Drop rates for 100+item LootDrops
 

Not wanting to threadjack provocating's post, it got me wondering. Suppose I make a lootdrop that contains more than 100 items. Say it's all the items that start with Cosgrove.

In the phpeditor, if I balance the loot list, many get set to 0.0% chance to drop. If I didn't balance them, the overallchance was somewhere in the 465% range. Is that the same as just setting a higher multiplier, since we've exceeded 100% chance to drop? Or does it just fubar the drop?

Just wondering.

You can't have more than 100 items in the lootdrop_entries table and expect it to work correctly. The chance column is a tinyint, not a float so it can't have decimals. The most you can have is 100 items, at 1% each. I am not sure what the actual in-game behavior would be, but I can guarantee that not all the items would drop.

Many thanks Cavedude, good to know! This of course isn't an issue, as it's very easy to just make additional lootdrops should I exceed the 100 item limit.

Another solution to this...couldn't you also create an exact duplicate spawn of the mob and assign him another table with an additional 100 items?

I am not sure why you would want to duplicate the mob, just adding another lootdrop would suffice.

Ultimately I found a resolution to my problem on the Defiant drops, and it is definitely working.

Crazy thing though, I have not been on live in probably 5+ years. I logged on last week, went to a favorite stomping grounds in Dreadlands. Anyone remember the Ridge areas ? Wow that brought memories of 30 people on the ridge at Karnor's Castle in the Dreadlands. Of course it was deserted on live but I was there just killing mobs and a Defiant dropped off a trash mob....insane.