Where is everyone getting their purple and orange gear from?

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Originally Posted by Magrock

I'm almost EGO rating 2000, and I have not seen a single purple drop.

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How in the hell is that even possible? I had two purple drops by the time I was EGO 100. I'm currently EGO 246 and I have 5 purples in my inventory right now. I've sold about 3 or 4 purple shields and 1 purple grenade to vendors since I started as well.

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Originally Posted by Krieghoff

How in the hell is that even possible? I had two purple drops by the time I was EGO 100. I'm currently EGO 246 and I have 5 purples in my inventory right now. I've sold about 3 or 4 purple shields and 1 purple grenade to vendors since I started as well.

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you just got trolled son

Tier 4 lockbox

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Originally Posted by Merlinus

you just got trolled son

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heh. Even I knew it to be a troll

Woohoo! Just got my first orange out of a t3 lockbox, and it's an assault rifle that I can actually use. I was feeling ****ty as I had just saved for a t4 and got two greens and two blues, pants. Spent a load of salvage to get keys for a t3 to console myself and bam, orange assault rifle with the assassin synergy, perfect for my play style!

There is hope, just keep on trucking :)

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Originally Posted by dirtyklingon

i tend to get 1-3 purple drops from mobs a night over about 1-3 hours of casual play doing mixed content mostly avoiding arkfalls(ie story and side missions mainly)

from t3 and 4 lockboxes i get a fairly high rate of orange items, but they're not weapon types i even wremotely want. alot of orange infectors and BMGs. i buy fewer adn fewer lockboxes lately because i have the worst luck getting weapon types i want at all from them. i'll get enough keys for a t3 every 1-2 nights depending on getting random keys.

most of the purples i get are pistols or shields, and sometimes grenades. i've also gotten orange grenadde drops but they were both flash nades.

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I would totally buy that orange flash nade.

have bought a total amount of 2 lockboxes tier 3 and gotten 1 orange detonator :P i guess im just lucky hehe

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Originally Posted by Saminator

I would totally buy that orange flash nade.

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sorry i salvaged or vendored it ages ago now.


i did sit on it for quite a while though.

I've had about 10-12 orange weapons so far (4-6 I've actually bothered to use).

My experience:
Tier 3 boxes are your best choice. They have higher chances of orange/purple gear than tier 2's. And compared to paying 64 codes for a tier 4, the 24 are nothing.

Tier 3 all the way!

I get tons of purples from lock boxes, vendor specials, and grenades/shields from arkfalls. I've gotten 3 oranges from T4 lockboxes so far two bolt snipers and a combat shottie.