confused over replica drops

[Divie]

Ok so after weeks involving over 100 champs many of which were done solo or with one other person and getting nothing, I take my red for a quick spin in despise, kill one or two blues and possibly a rat and a slime, then sit hidden on the island to pounce once scrolls have been awarded. To my surprise i see the message about a special item dropping in my pack and see I have the fang of ractus (oh joy :/ )

I head to the bank and drop of my spoils and return to do much the same thing, fight a blue or two, kill no more than 3 or 4 spawn creatures and bam.. swamp tile item. After comparing notes with some other people it seems they have found the same trend, the more you work a spawn the less likely you are to receive these items over people who don't touch the boss and do minimal damage to spawn.

Has anyone else experienced similar results?

[Bardie]

ive solo'd a few and never a drop, also worked around 100 complete spawns and nothin either...but i haven't tried the "hardly kill anything" route yet :)

[J0KING]

I have already showed up to a spawn when it was at the boss and jumped in and gotten something... but it occurs few and far between.

[Yalp]

I am on my way toward 110 spawns, zilch for me. I am taking the do little work route!

[Kellgory]

I've gotten them both ways (only 2 so far). Got a tile by working the spawn and hitting the champ. Got a statue by raiding on last level, killed a blue, maybe 2 or 3 silver serpents and then hit the champ. Both were on blue chars, and I haven't gotten anything on a red char that raids.

[Lord Gareth]

So moral of the story jump in at last second on Illish spawns.

Okay check!

[Green Meanie]

ive lost track of how many spawns ive done but im sure its over 100. I only play reds so that being said ive done both entire spawns and kill a few blues maybe some spawn. and have got nothign either way.

PS i love that if you do the spawn regardless if you hit the champ you have a shot at something if you are on the same subserver when the spawn ends. Balances out some of the advantage raiders have. ive had guildies work a spawn get to level 4 lose it on a raid and hide in dungen to get powerscrolls and a few replicas

[Lord Gareth]

I didnt know it worked like that shoot I would have used sacrifice to res

[wrekognize]

I didnt know it worked like that shoot I would have used sacrifice to res

You don't even have to self res. If you are a ghost when the champ dies and you get the drop, the item will be in your backpack when you res.

[Nystul]

You don't even have to self res. If you are a ghost when the champ dies and you get the drop, the item will be in your backpack when you res.

Until the next patch :P

[Saris]

mosty run by my self or with one other did a few fel spawns nothing, did 100s of ish spawns and died much for paragons, nothing, did sleeping dragon 10 times nothing, think im gonna go to doom lol.


oh i forgot i have gotten a .4 item id SOT is this skill ever gonning to be used for anything again? it looks kinda bad to have a skill that has had no apparent function since pub 16.

[Lord Gareth]

Pub 16 oh my lord. That was one of the bigger publishes right? Was that when people were all upset? pub 16?