This is why you can't find MM majors and minors....

[Mayday]

Been posting about this since late November or December. Few paid any attention until now. I know what has and has not been available in this game...when the destruction arkfalls took a long absense I made several topics about it. Not a theory. This is a fact.

Every time you see a destruction arkfall during this event, that should be an MM minor. Every time you see a matron or detached hellion major, that should be an MM major. Read this line again if any more clarification is needed.

Unless Trion again replaces these arkfalls as they have in the past, we will never have a solid event like before. Last year's MM was a train-wreck because of poor drops and disconnects. This year's event has caused me to play Defiance less than I ever have during an event. Despite this, Defiance has become probably my favourite game ever over the past few years. I LOVE this game. Please fix this Trion.

[nick145]

Been posting about this since late November or December. Few paid any attention until now. I know what has and has not been available in this game...when the destruction arkfalls took a long absense I made several topics about it. Not a theory. This is a fact.

Every time you see a destruction arkfall during this event, that should be an MM minor. Every time you see a matron or detached hellion major, that should be an MM major. Read this line again if any more clarification is needed.

Unless Trion again replaces these arkfalls as they have in the past, we will never have a solid event like before. Last year's MM was a train-wreck because of poor drops and disconnects. This year's event has caused me to play Defiance less than I ever have during an event. Despite this, Defiance has become probably my favourite game ever over the past few years. I LOVE this game. Please fix this Trion.

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maybe i wasnt too clear. let me try and clarify. yes the frequency of the destruction arkfalls and the burrower hellbug majors were very low. you may have not witnessed a single one. that however doesnt mean they didnt occur in another phase that you werent in. if a single person could monitor all 3 phases on all 3 platforms 24/7 and had evidence to back up their claim that they werent spawning then that would be a fact.

the fact of the matter is you can not monitor all 9 shards at once constantly. therefore no matter how unlikely they may have spawned when you didnt see them. therefore what you said is not a statement of fact but a theory developed by only having about 11% of the available data. that being said your theory is very sound. pm a dev about it. i will personally message destro with a link to this thread.

i know for a fact i did a burrower on one of my baby toons two months or so ago. i also have done a destruction arkfall 6 weeks ago. so while your theory is not iron clad it is within acceptable parameters of accuracy.

this lesson in logic was brought to you by the reading rainbow.

(can someone pm me how to apply a gif so i can put that shooting star gif that says the more you know right here?)

[DEPHIC]

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the fact of the matter is you can not monitor all 9 shards at once constantly. therefore no matter how unlikely they may have spawned when you didnt see them. therefore what you said is not a statement of fact but a theory developed by only having about 11% of the available data.

(can someone pm me how to apply a gif so i can put that shooting star gif that says the more you know right here?)

Not true on monitoring all shards. On PC we can and we do. That's why we are so vocal on the spawn-rates. When 7+ shards are completely empty something is wrong.

[nick145]

Not true on monitoring all shards. On PC we can and we do. That's why we are so vocal on the spawn-rates. When 7+ shards are completely empty something is wrong.

yes this can be done on pc you can monitor 3 out of 9 shards... so instead of 11% youre at 33% still not enough for it to be fact. please think a bit about what youre saying. i respect both of you but it feels like you guys are not thinking before you reply.

[DEPHIC]

yes this can be done on pc you can monitor 3 out of 9 shards... so instead of 11% youre at 33% still not enough for it to be fact. please think a bit about what youre saying. i respect both of you but it feels like you guys are not thinking before you reply.

Where did you get 3 out of 9 shards from? Read what I wrote. We can monitor ALL the shards.

[nick145]

Where did you get 3 out of 9 shards from? Read what I wrote. We can monitor ALL the shards.

read what i wrote or use your head. 3 shards for each platform making 9 in total. on pc you can monitor the 3 pc shards by having 3 of your characters online at once correct? this is how you guys run co ops by yourself to farm arkforge if i am not mistaken. so are you telling me you have your pc running with 3 widows 3 xbox 360s and 3 ps3s showing the map on 3 characters each being in a different shard at once? i thought not. im not even counting the eu shards btw. sorry guys but a majority of players are on na.

this bit of logic has been brought to you buy the GTS (no not google that ****) foundation.

and if you think this is a pc only issue which it seems that is what you are implying you are wrong. hence why mayday wasnt corrected on the threads location.

[nick145]

look i dont want to argue. im not saying the op is wrong about the cause of the spawn rate problems. im saying theyre wrong about it being a fact and not a theory. i even actually think it is a very good theory and that it is the most likely cause i have heard about so far.

[DEPHIC]

read what i wrote or use your head. 3 shards for each platform making 9 in total. on pc you can monitor the 3 pc shards by having 3 of your characters online at once correct? this is how you guys run co ops by yourself to farm arkforge if i am not mistaken. so are you telling me you have your pc running with 3 widows 3 xbox 360s and 3 ps3s showing the map on 3 characters each being in a different shard at once? i thought not. im not even counting the eu shards btw. sorry guys but a majority of players are on na.

this bit of logic has been brought to you buy the GTS (no not google that ****) foundation.

and if you think this is a pc only issue which it seems that is what you are implying you are wrong. hence why mayday wasnt corrected on the threads location.

I think we are misunderstanding each other. You wrote 9 shards but were thinking 3 per platform? On PC NA with a little bit of work we can have people sitting on each available shard to view it. There are 7+ shards available. I believe it increases the shards per population, but without a devs input I don't know for sure. So with full view of all the shards we can determine if and what is dropping.

[nick145]

I think we are misunderstanding each other. You wrote 9 shards but were thinking 3 per platform? On PC NA with a little bit of work we can have people sitting on each available shard to view it. There are 7+ shards available. I believe it increases the shards per population, but without a devs input I don't know for sure. So with full view of all the shards we can determine if and what is dropping.

there are 3 shards per server on console. i was told the same held true for pc, but that is second hand information so it could be wrong. so i want to refer you back to my op in this thread. second hand reports are essentially worthless when building a theory. you need first hand information. even if you could have a character on each shard on pc thats 6 shards including na and eu correct? either way thats still just one platform and only aprox. 33% of the available data which is what changes this from fact to theory. something can not be fact unless all its bases are covered.

[Smokey Black]

there are 3 shards per server on console. i was told the same held true for pc, but that is second hand information so it could be wrong. so i want to refer you back to my op in this thread. second hand reports are essentially worthless when building a theory. you need first hand information. even if you could have a character on each shard on pc thats 6 shards including na and eu correct? either way thats still just one platform and only aprox. 33% of the available data which is what changes this from fact to theory. something can not be fact unless all its bases are covered.

Wow lol. So much wrong with this post I don't have the heart to pick it apart.