These are just my opinions.
I have lots of opinions.
Some of them, on occasion, people have agreed with.
I do not trust those people.
NA/pc.
2013: Mid E-5XXX main, but I played 26+ 'toons from E400 to E5500. (Dormant)
2050: Lvl 499X main
There's a huge gap between what trick says they do and what they actually do. You can spend the majority of the time killing an elite viscera by yourself, someone rolls up and gets the kill shot, they'll get like 2k points, you'll get like 100-300.
☠ Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? ☠
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Beta Tester -/- NA PC Player -/- CORE Leader -/- Ego Level 5,xxx - Clan Level 3,100 - Winterborn - Now playing ESO & Firefall
I've had the same experience: sometimes, while two or more people are working down the health of a Viscera, I can 'steal' the score with a well-placed headshot, and sometimes I'm also cheated out of my prize when some other player comes waltzing up and deals the killing blow (and I get a measly +154 WTF? Assist).
☠ Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? ☠
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Beta Tester -/- NA PC Player -/- CORE Leader -/- Ego Level 5,xxx - Clan Level 3,100 - Winterborn - Now playing ESO & Firefall
I've never seen anything but a purple item for over 20k, anyone else not get one? It could be an EGO thing also (@5k)
Chuck Bronson
(PVP - Mephos)
It could be an EGO thing, as you said, because my character is at 2870, and she rarely sees purples from siege Tier 4 boxes. Not even when she lands in the top reward bracket.
It's not that. I was about the same ego as you when the volge sieges started and I'm in the 'always pulling purples' crowd. I expect you're supposed to get a purple reward (or better) for getting the Tier 4 box, but there's a bug somewhere. Or perhaps it's tied to the # of stages completed (maybe finishing less than 7 or 8 stages lowers the purple chances). But knowing this game, I suspect it's a bug.