Did Treasure Hunting Drops get lost in the file transfer?

So.... we have a playerbase of SOME LEVEL. Maybe not a large one... but regardless.... even super rare finds should at first implementation be seen by the loot system as having SOME level of demand.... so far.... no UL discoveries via treasure hunting.... and no BP's discovered which utilize the treasures to craft UL items.....

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't tell me we're all burning PEDs looking for something that's not yet there.

Menace

 

2 bp component that use treasure so far as well as the boots bp from the TT uses treasure. Takes a while for the bp's to get out always though

 

you've been around long enough to know that either MA is postponing the drops or something is wrong. when 0 are currently in-game we should have seen 3-5 drops within the first 8 hrs taking into consideration crafting and treasure hunting activity ATM. OR... the items are so high end that they'll be about as common as looting an UL mining amp or BP for an UL (and normally (L)) SIB item).

Menace

 

Agree with you Menace, and Cyrus posted a couple of hours ago about the BP issue as they shouldn't be this rare some of them should be common. So something definitely got screwed up back here in Sweden

 

So we should all STOP until next week's patch then.... Nice of Ark staff to put out a formal notice to the thousand or so avatars spending apprx. (spending = losing) 1k PED/day ATM trying to loot something that's not there.

* Though I must add that I don't see a problem with my return %. Seems the same as mining ores/en-matters on any other planet. Though some people will "play the big hand" in order to increase their dynamic chances of looting the big UL item.....

Menace

 

Yeah... and Cyrene's dropping UL armor.... then again.. they are a month old planet so maybe they have an edge over Ark? I mean.... I don't THINK it's Ark's fault as I've seen the SAME problem over and over again in the past with other planet's "new shit" after an update.... "Sand King", "Hussk", NI BP's and thier material drops, ETC!

But still.... this is a HUGE step for Ark.... the fact that it appears as though something is botched is an atrocity.....

Menace

 

Annoying, yes. Atrocity, no. It's just the first day of the VU... and those with XP can't even play today anyway. Those who pump loads of peds into BP-hunting on the first day of a VU know the risks. (or they ought to by now!)

 

Maybe new players.... this "new item's introduced but missing for the first few days" is a very new scenario. There was a LONG TIME where everything new dropped in the first 48 hrs. (Remember SGA?.... required a "mini patch" just to implement new SGA items). That system was annoying as well but that's the way it was for several years. It's almost like MA has put in place a "Neverdie Item Drop Scandal contingency plan" which involves putting the brakes on before the dynamics are even put into drive. OR.. maybe it's a "Give us XXXX thousand US and THEN we'll give you the items you're looking for" type of deal.....

Menace

 

Can't say I didn't expect this... :shrug:

 

mybe the problem is in the depth range for the items, well dont know about the bps but i crafted a few boots and didnt get anything but might have something to do with the skill also

 

Well if the same things happen over and over again.......

Menace

 

One year after the launch day still the same problem. meh
Lots of new items promised and yet none show up despite ridiculously large efforts from the participiants.
Then the huge *we want itamz* crowd leaves the planet disappointed. Suddenly the items drop like there was no tomorrow for those who reside on the planet anyway. This must be so demotivational for the PP I can't even imagine it. o,0

 

Well now that the switch has been flipped to the "On" position I'm sure people will come back. I just don't understand why new material has to wait 24-48 hrs before the game see's it actually happen.

Menace

 

Since this happens a lot on all the planets, I think everyone can conclude that this is an MA issue, which isn't that surprising.

 

As i understand items in treasure hunting are super rare, first you need to hit SOOTO and then get it from that find which could be angel, scales, hansidian... ul mining amp (i wish lol).....

Just trying to say might take a while to drop something if i understood correctly, SOOTO finds are seldom, just keep mining i guess .

 

TBH.... I quite enjoy the fact that day-trader non-permanent citizens can come and dump thousands of PED on our rock without reward.

I far prefer the idea that more regular citizens can get the drops instead.
Call me old-school but I like the idea of rewarding patience and loyalty over short-term gold-diggers.