[karumii]

I'm just curious to see if it is just me that has really, really, REALLY bad luck.

so i just claimed VE again...and again no drop....which puts my total at an amazing 0/55....

I just want to know if anyone else has horrible luck on NM drops lol...

i really don't wanna be the only one with luck this bad >.>

Btw i've done the whole thf thing hell i've even gone as thf...it just plain doesn't matter lol....

[Zareth]

I've never had something like that myself, but a lot of people have these problems.

Everyone seems to have their own drop rate for stuff, I know someone who has gone 4/9 on rabbit charm. I know a rather unlucky fellow though whose 0/60 or so on leaping boots. And 0/200 on archer's ring.

[blackassasin]

0/too many to count on any NM. 0/31 Mee degi 0/35 Quu domi 0/21 argus 0/39 epin 0/12 LL and so on..... I haven't gotten a single drop, ever.

[Ture]

I don't know why, but it always seems paladins never get NM drops.

[Ryotto]

Level THF and call it a day. =) THF/RNG or RNG/THF really helps claiming NMs. =)

1/3 on Stray Mary
0/3 on Hoo Mjuu the Torrent
3/8 on Leaping Lizzy
1/3 on Valkurm Emperor
2/2 on Golden Bat
1/1 on Sozu Rogberry
0/2 on Centurio X-I
1/1 on Swamfisk
0/1 on Jaggidy-Eared Jack
0/1 on Orctrap
0/1 on Mysticmaker Profblix (got claim, died and deleveled, re-claimed with a friend by my side...no drop, stingy whore.)
0/3 on Intulo
1/1 on Serra
1/4 on Spiny Spipi
1/1 on Maltha
0/3 on Bomb King
0/2 on Doppelganger Gog

That's it I think o.o;

Edit: Get yourself a Thief's Knife and bring another Thief who doesn't need the items to help you. =)

[Dinarii]

I have some very good records on some NMs and some im not so proud of.

VE: ~40/65 (some done before RA/EX patch about 80% of them post patch for friends)
LL:3/11
Mee:1/12
Mysticmaker:3/5
Ose:1/2
Pallas:3/12
Alky:0/6
Amikiri:0/2
Stray mary:3/7
Torrent:5/~15


and for my Wall of shame:
Odqan:0/62


not all of my NMs of course but some of the most camped/recent camps etc etc

i can get VE seemingly every time i go out, but i can camp odqan for days and shyt for luck ; ;

75rng and thf btw

[Satimasu]

I will never understand why a rare/ex drop like the hairpin is not even at least a 50% drop. It's just absurd.

[NinjaGorge]

I will never understand why a rare/ex drop like the hairpin is not even at least a 50% drop. It's just absurd.

Simply to make it so that the non exclusive version of the item never gets "useless".

If Rare/ex empress pin is 50% or 100%, then Emperor hairpin will go down significantly in price.



That all translates to "Everyone has an emperor hairpin" which equals "Everyone gets what they want sooner" which also equals "Players will quit the game sooner, since they've done everything they want" which equals "SE losses money and SE doesn't want that".


Ok maybe the last 3 statements in quotes isn't true or at least isn't always true, the point is that SE wants the item to be "rare" still.

Adding the emperor hairpin to a BCNM and adding an empress hairpin to valkurm emperor just means that players have more methods to get an item.

[Lostboy]

1/23 kreutz...
1/18 LL *rare/ex verson*got all 18claims in a fuckn row too...took all night...and the next morning*
1/14 VE *rare/ex version*
0/6 argus...
2/267 chyme...
1/18 Ose...
0/3 bubu
1/12 cent XII-I
0/8 Ocean sahagin...
and goin to bed im getting depressed not guna go into my bad luck nemore...

[framerate]

Satimasu :
I will never understand why a rare/ex drop like the hairpin is not even at least a 50% drop. It's just absurd.

Because many of the original items in FFXI are way overpowered for their level. Empress Hairpin + Bounding Boots (and their original counterparts) have rather absurb stats for their levels, and I'm sure SE realizes this. But since they were already put into the game, they have to stay in the game. The only thing they can do is make the drop rate annoyingly low.

P.S. dedication FTW. I believe I was 1/14 on LL and 1/21 on VE, but of course I'm making these numbers up roughly, as I'm sure you guys are. No one has a tally sheet of every NM they've ever camped ^^.

[Satimasu]

I guess I could accept that answer. Just seems they should bump up the drop rate just a tad. But I guess the longer it takes to get, the better you feel when you actually get it. I haven't even kept tabs on my drops. Mostly cause the only thing I think I ever got to drop was Crypt Ghost.

[Ayyaya]

Leaping Lizzy: 0/47
Valkrum Emperor: 0/31
Argus 0/6
Mee Deggi: 0/alot
Domi: 1/20
Enkelados: 1/30
Pallas: 0/2
Alke: 0/1
Stray mary: 0/8

[serik]

Leaping Lizzy 1/3
Valkurm Emperor 1/5
Mee Deggi 1/14
Quu Domi 0/13
Hoo Mjuu 0/24

[Tohmane]

Leaping Lizzy: 0/4
Valkurm Emperor: 1/4
Hoo Mjuu the Torrent: 0/6
Mee Deggi the Punisher: 0/32
Quu Domi the Gallant 1/22
Ogygos: 3/15
Enkelados: 1/8
Pallas 0/1
Alkyoneus: 0/1
Ose: 2/4
Jaggedy-eared Jack: 0/1

[xurion]

0/6 on swift belt ...

[Carlosd]

1/3 Valkurm Emperor
1/35 Quu Domi the Gallant
2/37 Mee Deggi the Punisher
3/4 Mysticmaker Profblix
0/6 Megalobugard
0/1 Pallas prepatch
0/1 Poisonhand (Jujitsu Gi)

[Tohmane]

Swift Belt: 1/1 <.<

[blackassasin]

I hate you all......

[Ryohko]

1/1 Argus
1/1 LL(post patch, prepatch 0/5)
1/1 Ose
0/15 Hoo Mjuu
0/7 Mee Deggi
a grand record of lotting a 5 on my Relic........followed by a lvl 65 drk(with lvl 20 drg....) lotting 998 and getting em.

but anyways, now i will have multiple servers out to kill me over my Argus record Q,Q


edit: 1/1 Wyvernpoacher Drachlox, i have one VERY happy RNG friend ^^

[Nadrojj]

All as Rng/Thf

Leaping Lizzy: 3/7
Valkurm Emperor: 2/5
Spiny Spipi: 37/58 <----- I camped her for a very very long time when the silk prices were excellent.
Jaggedy Earred Jack: 1/68 <----- First kill first drop, sold like an idiot and haven't had luck since.
Mee Diggi: 1/3
Quu Domi: 1/5
Stray Mary: 2/12


I have had pretty good luck I'd say