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Make Dark Lord Items Only Drop During the Quest

PirateIzzyPirateIzzy
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edited October 2017 in Suggestions, Feedback, and Requests
So I think most of us know about the Dark Lord Totem event, and how the event items always drop, even when the quest isn't in progress. This is completely unnecessary, and just makes people dread events like these more than enjoy them due to the looting lag.

Therefore, I think it would only make sense to have the Use item versions of each Dark Lord accessory only drop during the "Dark Lords of Darkness" quest.

Of course, since the Nexon staff doesn't actually look at this subforum, this will just fall on deaf ears.
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  • AKradianAKradian
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    edited October 2017
    ETC, not Use, items.
  • PirateIzzyPirateIzzy
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    edited October 2017
    AKradian wrote: »
    ETC, not Use, items.

    The one that drops from monsters is a Use item that, when picked up, runs a script that gives you an Etc item version of the same item. It works similar to the Purple Senior stuff that dropped in Monster Park Extreme.

    Though that raises another question: why does there even need to be a Use item version? Nexon could just make the Etc item drop directly from the monster? It would reduce the lag due to the sound from picking up the Use item en masse.
  • AKradianAKradian
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    edited October 2017
    PirateIzzy wrote: »
    AKradian wrote: »
    ETC, not Use, items.

    The one that drops from monsters is a Use item that, when picked up, runs a script that gives you an Etc item version of the same item. It works similar to the Purple Senior stuff that dropped in Monster Park Extreme.

    Though that raises another question: why does there even need to be a Use item version? Nexon could just make the Etc item drop directly from the monster? It would reduce the lag due to the sound from picking up the Use item en masse.

    Because if you pick it up after you've completed the respective Lord's quest, it can give you an exp bonus instead of the ETC item.
    Also, if they made them ETC items then either we'd be getting huge stacks of them, or we'd be spammed with "this item is not available for the pickup".
    Then again, if your suggestion goes through and these items only drop when we need them, like any normal quest items, then that wouldn't be a problem.
  • PirateIzzyPirateIzzy
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    edited October 2017
    AKradian wrote: »

    Because if you pick it up after you've completed the respective Lord's quest, it can give you an exp bonus instead of the ETC item.
    Also, if they made them ETC items then either we'd be getting huge stacks of them, or we'd be spammed with "this item is not available for the pickup".
    Then again, if your suggestion goes through and these items only drop when we need them, like any normal quest items, then that wouldn't be a problem.

    Well, the EXP boost is for a very short time (like a minute's worth of drops) but I agree; I don't think anyone would be shedding tears over the loss of the minimal EXP given from the drops.