… do I have to say anything?
Ok so lemme paint the picture…
Sparky salmon heard that he could get a legendary item/weapon from a boss. The chance to get one part of the bosses gear is 1/100. Sparky wants the legendary scythe however this boss has 5 different drops, accessory, helmet, chest, legs and scythe. But sparky is determined so he heads off and begins the grind.
After 100 kills the boss has dropped nothing… So he decides to try again. He kills the boss another 100 times, and he gets nothing. Sparky is beginning to question if there is a drop. So he kills the boss another 100 times and gets leggings. Now he knows there is a drop, however he sees how long it will take him to get the weapon he wants.
He begins to wonder, why should I spend time and effort in a game that doesn’t reward my time or effort for that matter. So he begins to slowly fade away from arcane odyssey.
My proposal: have a pity system, say if the boss drop chance is 1/50 make it so that every 60 kills they have a guaranteed drop.
This would also apply for fishing and chest opening. This will not take away the element of luck and someone could still gain a drop on their 5th kill and be extremely lucky, however it makes sure that people who spend time on the game get the reward they deserve.
Reason to add: Would encourage people to do the activity instead of painfully grinding with no results for hours even though the chance is supposedly low.
Thank you for listening to my suggestion and have a great day!!!
Here is a table that @Level thank you for taking the time and effort to make this accurate table.
|Pity Timer|Chance to Hit Pity Timer of Boss Drops|Increase in Overall Droprate|
| — | — | — |
|1x rate|35%|1.53x|
|1.2x rate (like in OP)|28%|1.39x|
|2x rate|12%|1.13x|
|3x rate|4%|1.04x|
|4x rate|1.4%|1.01x|
|5x rate|0.51%|1.005x|
|Pity Timer|Chance to Hit Pity Timer of Sunken Drops|Increase in Overall Droprate|
| — | — | — |
|1x rate|37%|1.58x|
|1.2x rate (like in OP)|30%|1.39x|
|2x rate|13.5%|1.15x|
|3x rate|5%|1.05x|
|4x rate|1.8%|1.018x|
|5x rate|0.67%|1.006x|