Rare drop chance difference Gazica and Mantis Hive Ship

[ridoi]

I am not sure where I should post it, but I think it would be OK to post it here


I have killed so many many mantis at Gazica and get about no rares as repair droid, defender, collector etc

but at Hive if i kill maybe rocket turret rare drops after 50-60 rocket turret, is it harder to get rare at Gazica or Mantis Hive?

If anyone knows the answer say it.

 

[Whatever]

I am not sure where I should post it, but I think it would be OK to post it here


I have killed so many many mantis at Gazica and get about no rares as repair droid, defender, collector etc

but at Hive if i kill maybe rocket turret rare drops after 50-60 rocket turret, is it harder to get rare at Gazica or Mantis Hive?

If anyone knows the answer say it.

those 3 you named are big nuisance dunno I'd say for RD go to r66 harvs where 2 menders land. the more u kill the bigger the chance but it's true that RD dont drop often. defender? i got 7 of them and those are just kills along the way cause saboteurs spawn slowly (think 2:45min is their time) - it has all came down to using boosters i'd say. if u want gold u better spit out some euros
for me it worked a bit with RD if i took the white mission - i may be mistaken i.e. the drop could've been the same (luck again) but it's worth a shot. either that or use boosters if u want goldies ^^

 

[ridoi]

I am not sure where I should post it, but I think it would be OK to post it here


I have killed so many many mantis at Gazica and get about no rares as repair droid, defender, collector etc

but at Hive if i kill maybe rocket turret rare drops after 50-60 rocket turret, is it harder to get rare at Gazica or Mantis Hive?

If anyone knows the answer say it.

those 3 you named are big nuisance dunno I'd say for RD go to r66 harvs where 2 menders land. the more u kill the bigger the chance but it's true that RD dont drop often. defender? i got 7 of them and those are just kills along the way cause saboteurs spawn slowly (think 2:45min is their time) - it has all came down to using boosters i'd say. if u want gold u better spit out some euros
for me it worked a bit with RD if i took the white mission - i may be mistaken i.e. the drop could've been the same (luck again) but it's worth a shot. either that or use boosters if u want goldies ^^

I have tested it with booster and with out ö.ö and all ranks at gazica, and r 67

 

[pbhuh]

I agree, hive is like a paradise if you look at the bp drop,

on gazica it took me 3H to get the zp power blaster only to get it stolen too and no aim scrambler dropped, the pulsar blaster 10 parts took me on hive 1H + a lot of repair droids, sniper blasters and aim scramblers droppped too...

 

[DivineWind]

It seems the rare drops on Gazica are unbalanced as far as Mantis types are concerned. Certainly lower rank mantis (excepting harvesters, inters, menders and sabs) drop few rares (with the occasional scrambler or speed acc).
Higher level stun turrets give good drop on stun charge, likewise marauders for taunt, deto's for charge and droids for droid. Lower level droids hardly drop ( I have yet to see one; but you are pretty guaranteed if someone else is killing them and you are at the higher ranks)
Custodians - very rarely (and not ever in my case)
Resurrectors - as above
Snipers and Signors - occasionally
Rocketeers - the poorest of the poor. Clearly these are unbalanced if you need to take Meth Awakening in order to get gold from rocketeers. There have been drops from higher level rocketeers but very very rarely, and as for the lower ranks it is a complete waste of time.

All in all it seems that the Hive drops more than Gazica. In other systems the more drops per planet could be determined by the amount of activity on that planet (more mantis killed = more chance of drop) but given the amount of activity seen on both Gazica and the Hive there is clearly an imbalance.

I imagine this is a deliberate move by SS to stop players from getting rares too quickly, but given the numbers needed and the cost it is proving to be more of a frustration than a restriction.