Petition for RedCave to drop 45+ items!

[Ardbeg]

The original Red Cave was primarily an exp area. Caves one and two dropped a few books the odd lowbie item and that's all. The majority of what dropped in there were players.
I think getting higher items in a lower cave, ie 45 in a 40, is what many people would like. That way you aspire to wear your better items and therefore level up to them.
Some better items dropped in the maze but not much. The devourers could drop a bene but many didn't and they weren't subs, just a slightly tougher mob.
The only boss in there was the Wonoh or whatever its called on here at the end of the maze. Couldn't tell you what it dropped apart from me and my group hunts a few times.

 

[Incredulous]

So you got GG easy mode, with best loot in game. Of course you don't want that fixed.

The evidence is right in front of everyone, red cave is deserted. It is simply not worth hunting for the vast majority of people.

You complain at having to focus and pay attention to hunt? That seems a bit backwards to me personally that is the idea of the game is it not?

Vipers dropping the new 45/47 items would have been a non issue, if RC was updated with drop rates at the same time. As it currently stands red is not worth hunting because the best gear in game is much more likely to be found in vipers which only encounters a small exp loss compared to red.

As a result of this people have abandoned red cave and are spamming vipers. What should have been done is the 45/47 items included into red cave drops alongside the introduction of vipers. Vipers drop rates were initially too high and it appears that the drop rates have been stealth nerfed lately.

Jamie seems to be insinuating that soul dev could be dropping the new items, but the frequency at which they are found and killed vs the frequency of yim subs does not stack up.

On top of the the regular yim mobs dropping the new items vs red cave not does not stack up.

Needless to say as a result of all this red is now generally empty bar a few of us who go down to kill behe/go elsewhere when pking is happening. Vipers is the be all and end all of the server at the moment. Decent exp, best items on the best rates.

Nail on the head.