Have you ever seen a purple or orange drop from a mob?

I recall Sledgehammer saying there is small chance for a mob to drop an orange; however in my 1800+ levels of playing I've never seen a purple drop, let alone an orange, occassionaly I see blues. I wanted to ask around and see if anyone has seen mobs drop a purple or orange?

I am enjoying the game, I'm mostly wondering if the lack of seeing at least a purple drop is a bug, or is it just that rare?

Link to Sledghammers post: http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post608997

"Legendary items can and will drop off all enemies in the game. But, the drop percentage is fairly low."

Same here, like wtf but its okay ill keep trying

It doesn't happen. Period. Drops are tier locked by enemy type. Some enemies don't drop gear (skitterlings). Most enemies drop up to green. The most powerful enemy type of each enemy group can drop blue (shtako like blacklungs) as can the Hulker.

Everyone who claims to have gotten a orange weapon, seems to have gotten it at low ego level. correlation/causation be damned, feels like a bug with loot drops. But the numbers are all hidden, and it'll be a cold day in hell when the devs release them. 2200 ego here and never seen a purple or orange drop from a mob. I call BS.

My boy SWEARS he did an arkfall SOLO, and got a orange rocket launcher...

He is EGO 2400, with multiple oranges so I dunno why he would lie (this was in the first week of launch)


I think he did a raider arkfall and is mistaken for the advanced weapon drop...but i dunno

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Originally Posted by Era

It doesn't happen. Period. Drops are tier locked by enemy type. Some enemies don't drop gear (skitterlings). Most enemies drop up to green. The most powerful enemy type of each enemy group can drop blue (shtako like blacklungs) as can the Hulker.

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Here is the link to Sledghammers post: http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post608997

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Originally Posted by Hope499

My boy SWEARS he did an arkfall SOLO, and got a orange rocket launcher...

He is EGO 2400, with multiple oranges so I dunno why he would lie (this was in the first week of launch)


I think he did a raider arkfall and is mistaken for the advanced weapon drop...but i dunno

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I was specificaly asking about mob drops, but that's nice to know about arkfalls. I linked Sledgehammers post above, saying there is a small chance for mobs to drop an orange.

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Originally Posted by Thr0nes

Everyone who claims to have gotten a orange weapon, seems to have gotten it at low ego level.

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I can at least confirm my one orange came from a lockbox at around level 450.

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Originally Posted by maxila

I recall Sledgehammer saying there is small chance for a mob to drop an orange; however in my 1800+ levels of playing I've never seen a purple drop, let alone an orange, occassionaly I see blues. I wanted to ask around and see if anyone has seen mobs drop a purple or orange?

I am enjoying the game, I'm mostly wondering if the lack of seeing at least a purple drop is a bug, or is it just that rare?

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Playing since day 1, never seen it. For me ground drops have been white, green and blue only. Purples have been from arkfall final rewards (always shields or grenades), quest rewards (specific pre-set items), and (mostly) from checking the vendors for nice stuff. Oranges (of which I have 2) have been solely from lockboxes. (Edit: needless to say, I also get greens, blues, and purples from lockboxes.)

Not to say it's impossible, but given the total hours played by all the people who also have never gotten one, it would suggest the odds are beyond astronomical if it is possible at all. This could change, of course. Prior to last night, I don't recall ever seeing a blue item just sitting in the arkfall crystal "loot pile" -- not from a specific kill, just part of the stuff it puts there at each sub-crystal in the arkfall cycle. But there one was last night, on top of 2 green items, making for a green/blue combination glow. Then again, I seem to be getting a ton more ground loot the last couple of days for some reason (with no boosts, and no changes to loot-based perks).

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Originally Posted by Hope499

My boy SWEARS he did an arkfall SOLO, and got a orange rocket launcher...

He is EGO 2400, with multiple oranges so I dunno why he would lie (this was in the first week of launch)


I think he did a raider arkfall and is mistaken for the advanced weapon drop...but i dunno

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Doing an arkfall solo isn't unheard of. A few issues though...

1. Arkfall rewards have never been performance based (though in the case of minors your rewards do step up the longer you are at the arkfall).
2. Any early data should be taken with a grain of salt because the game is buggy as all hell.
3. Oranges from majors and minors is at the moment an unconfirmed myth
4. Pics or it didn't happen