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I understand that our EGO bonus for weapons in terms of number of slots on a gun resets at 2000 so that guns only have one slot (which is odd and counter-intuitive that a player gets penalized for having higher EGO rating at 2000).
Is the chance to get a nano-effect on a weapon also affected by EGO rating and does it also reset at 2000? The percentage of weapons I'm getting with nano-effects seems to have dropped off quite a bit and I'm at EGO rating 2531.
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Originally Posted by Deunan
I have noticed a decrease as well. I am at EGO level 2276.
TNTW faction purple SAW was nano-less for my back-up 'toon until 3 days ago, when I hit E-1250. Same applies to the Soleptor scavenger purple Pulsar with flame.
The same back-up 'toon is getting no nano drops or rewards since the patch, (Commonly added to the inv before the patch), but nano weapons appear to be normally available at vendors and the 3 guys hiding from the BATFE.
What about your main character? Did that character get a decrease in frequency for weapon drops with nano-effects after EGO rating 2000 pre-patch and did it eventually increase again as your EGO rating increased past 3000ish?
My nano drop rate has been about the same since the patch. I'm in the mid-3700s EGO range
It's a 50% chance that you'll get a nano on a gun. Random is random... I'm at about the same rate as before. The vendor items cycle thru nano effects according to EGO. By 5k the nano will return. It's still a stupid mechanic though...
So is it a 50% base chance that increases with EGO rating and, if so, does the EGO rating bonus reset at 2000 like mod slots do?Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteF8ng
Well, I guess we'll have a couple more questions for the next live stream.
I'm actually not asking if it's changed since the patch. I'm trying to find out how it worked (and may still be working) pre-patch, i.e. has EGO rating always affected the drop rate and if so does its effect reset at 2000 like the EGO rating effect on the number of slots found on weapons does? It's more of a general mechanics on drop rate question regarding the role that EGO rating may have since (for me) the apparent change in drop rate for me coincides with the time I broke 2000 EGO rating.
I only noticed it after the patch because I already had plenty of Epics before with decent rolls and nano effects by EGO rating 2000 so didn't keep any kind of track of their drop rate after that until the patch because it no longer concerned me. It concerns me now though. :p
If EGO rating effect does exist and has always reset at 2000 then it is what it is. If it's not then I need to pay closer attention to my drop rate in the long term. (I have much too small of a sampling to make any assessments about that now with only about 100 drops from lockboxes since the patch.)
don't know if it's related but, on my ego4087 char , the faction vendor at topnotch has no nano on 10 out of 18 weapons but has white rolls on epics except shotguns.
on my ego900 and 450, all weapons have nano(except detonators of course) but no white rolls on anything.
it seems that the vendor only sell many nanos to lower ego toons, so it's seems better to have multiple toons if you like nanos vs white rolls.