Tiger fang drop rate - nerfed?

[Pounce]

Everyone's favorite farming method - tiger fangs. Anyone else notice a sharp decline in the drop rate for these since the last mini-patch on Monday? Ditto for tiger hides.

Pre-patch, I was getting a fang or hide practically every other kill with Treasure Hunter 1.

Post-patch, I can go through a dozen tigers without a single drop.

The first day after the patch I noticed this, I thought to myself "I must be having an off day". But since then, I've had off days four days in a row where I've received little to no drops. Something's fishy.

Yesterday, a LS member who has Treasure Hunter 2 reported going through many tigers without a single drop too.

[Roldarin]

What's the difference between your level and the tiger's level? I seem to have an easier time lately with drops from monsters closer to my level than much lower than my level. And this is with TH2

[Carbon]

I'm 62, and have been for quite some time now, so I don't think the level gap is the issue.

Just last week (when I was still 62), the fangs were rolling in. Starting this week after Monday's patch, the fangs have stopped rolling in.

[Mikasa]

i have also noticed this guys.

you are not alone.

[EtRNaL168]

yup yup! I noticed it too~

[Uroboros]

With THF subbed, myself and everyone I play with has noticed a sharp decline in drops. I sometimes farmed tigers in Batallia or the glacier for the hell of it, and mainly farmed rare drops in Pashhow (blood, silk, cuttings, headbands, etc). Have some friends who farmed Walking Trees in Jugner. And so on. And like I said, we've all noticed a very big drop. Pashhow used to be consistently good for 15-20k an hour for me, after the patch in 3 hours I made MAYBE 6k.

On the flipside of this coin, friends of mine with THF main and TH2 said they've noticed no difference. Also, I've noticed no difference in non-rare drops, like Beehive Chips for instance.

Farming isn't my main source of income, just kind of a boredom thing, but I definitely think something was tinkered with.

[Lone Dragon]

Looks like they've completely nerfed the Thief sub,
subbed TH1 is worth even less now.

[Zafron]

I guess killing the tp return on multihit ws wasn't enough of a farming nerf for SE.

[exile2k3]

....stop farming tigers then.

I farm in CrawlersNest, the things i kill drop 100%

[Ed-E]

Ok, ive noticed this too. I used to hunt Goobeus in Pashow, and get a stack of tree cuttings easily. I was a 40 ranger/20 ninja and they couldnt hit me. As soon as the patch came out, they started to hit me harder, and they didnt drop the cuttings as much. Took me a very long time to get a full stack.

[Mikasa]

another one of SE's time sinks so they can take more of our money....

[Thark601]

Originally posted by Uroboros


On the flipside of this coin, friends of mine with THF main and TH2 said they've noticed no difference. Also, I've noticed no difference in non-rare drops, like Beehive Chips for instance.

be lucky if your more than 10% with any drop without thf sub... seriously don't farm without thf sub...

and on a side note you guys are full of shit drop rates ain't nerfed, actually i was getting very good drops tonight

[brush]

i dont think soo ..

Im THF lvl 52 and i have no notice of drops with TH2 ^^ maybe the patch makes batter the main THF ^_^

[Uroboros]

From Thark

be lucky if your more than 10% with any drop without thf sub... seriously don't farm without thf sub...

Feel free to scroll up and read the first three words in my first post. Thanks.

[Gman]

I find drop rates in general (before the patch and after) are random at best. One day I could go out and kill Giant bees in Sarutabaruta and get a beehive chip off almost every one. I could get a stack in 20 minutes. Other days I can kill 20-30 bees and get 0-1 drops.

I can't speak for Tiger fangs because I havent actually farmed them, but from killing Tigers in beta, I did find the drop rate was much better in Batallia than Jugner (fangs almost never dropped from Jugner Tigers)

If TH1 subbed, and drop rates in general were fooled with, it should have been the other way around if anything. One thing is for sure though. People are going to raise their prices if it's going to be taking twice as long to get the product. No more seeing stacks of silk for 9-10k if it takes twice as long to farm.