weapons/gears crafted or dropped by enemies

I'd like to see more actual drops, but I think drops should be more about their appearance than their stats. Currently, the problem for the most part with drops is the insane drop rates such as with the Traveler's Pack, Soulborne Axe, Doom Ripper, the Frogzard helm, and the rumored Drooster drop that hasn't been proven true yet. Then there are seasonal drops, but there really is a lack of common, non-seasonal drops. One thing I really enjoyed about Alpha when AQ3D was still in development were easy drops, but it seems like the AQ3D team wants to heavily focus on crafting now. I disagree with the AQ3D team for the most part, and think that there should be a balance between the two.

 

I prefer craft stuff.
Despite having to collect some items for the craft.
Stuff from the craft is visible when will make it, so we can choose which we will make.

I dont really like the stuff special from the drop (monster or chest), because it's like looking for an uncertain thing and it's tiring than looking for items to craft.

I just occasionally try to find the drop item, that too if I'm just wanting it.

 

both can be grindy, i think people get more thrills from monster drops but for main sets they need definite progress that crafting gives

 

Well crafting does seem to have certain advantages. You can preview an item in the craft shop, but you can also have an item be left in the craft menu without taking up your inventory. For me though, I think the game has way too many craft items and lacks a certain balance between craft items and drops, but even regular shop items.

Usually depends on the requirements. There are a few drops that are quite easy to get, but a lot of them are the same RNG nonsense.

 

I think finding a balance between the two would be good, like in this release where there weren't any crafts most of the good gear were drops.

 

I would like AE to balance dropped and crafted items evenly, but they went with "crafted items are generally better" approach. I can see why they went with it, but i kinda miss those moments that i can get an upgrade just from killing monsters/bosses until that upgrade drops. Maybe items that drop from raids could be just like crafted items in terms of stats without actual crafting.

 

I prefer droppable items than crafted but not on chest or dungeons I want it on an open world.

 

I like seeing droppable items on normal monsters (not bosses). For instance, the skeletons in Doomwood used to drop Ashen Plate Armor. I remember how fun that was, especially when players sold the drops for gold.

 

sure why not, as long as drops % arent ridiculous.

 

crafts for events

 

For now ill choose Crafting,more simple than the RNG system.

 

Either way is fine, a rare drop from events cn be quite intresting. A rare drop that only appears once a year, itll be fun to hunt that.

 

I prefer crafts item than rare drop items, because I am so unlucky to get rare drop items

 

Craft items is more ok than rares because its make me sleepy to hunt rares

 

You don't have to farm them all day so get some sleep so you won't be tired the next day.

 

Not sleepy xD we called that boring xD

 

Unless the items are seasonal, then that's where you feel imposed to farming all day until you finally get the drop. Problem is that maps tend to die some time after the initial release, so it's best to get started as soon as possible to make sure you don't fall behind and possibly miss some grand opportunity, and that's generally true for non-seasonal areas as well. Try going to Dreadfool's Labyrinth now and there aren't as many chest hunters as there used to be; you would theoretically be spending longer in the map if the number of kills it takes to get the drop was fixed rather than completely random.

 

Old returning seasonal dungeon attend to get deserted pretty quick. Frostlorn shouldn't get deserted as quick though because there is character progression to be made with those epics! Fixed drop rates? We don't even know all the drop rates of items in the first place because no one bothers to do testing for that and even if we did, we would still need confirmation from developers because apparently player made drop rate tests are not viable enough. I can see why and I am not surprised, There are not that many people willing to farm mobs for thousands of times to count every time you get something or not.

 

Drops are more boring xD but it is good to have many rares drops cuz this is what make the players be on longer .