Anirox.7489 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 There seems to be a problem with drop rate of items for this collection. Bandit Chantey - "Hint: Can be found on bandits throughout Tyria." Since I started doing this collection I killed over 200 bandits and the item didn't drop. Notes of Music Theory - "Hint: Can be found on members of the Inquest throughout Tyria." First I tried to drop it in Metrica Province, but killing over 100 Inquest didn't do anything. Now I'm after killing another few hundred Inquest in Sandswept Isles and still no drop. I starting to think that it's easier to find a needle in a haystack or to win a lottery than to drop any of those items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil.1580 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Yeah, the drop rate is bugged. For example, I play for several years and killed hundreds of thousands of mobs and opened even more bags and chests but got only 1 precursor. I mean come on!!! ANET should give free items every once in a while, it's 2019 - instant gratification is a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zealex.9410 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 playing for years and getting one or 2 precs seems fine to me idk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etria.3642 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I get precursors more often than items needed for decos. Which other than the wood chunks has been zero. Precursors: three Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstealer.5978 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Try getting hold of a Giant Mushroom Spore from Sawgill Mushrooms.... used to make some fairly mundane guild hall decos. I have never ever seen one drop . ANET have some very unsatisfactory ideas around item scarcity for sure. On the flip side, I managed to get lucky with Uzolans, got mine reasonably timely, of course you still have the silly season requirements to actually scribe the thing.. gift of music, gift of magic - hopefully its not some tiny tot deco like many of the others are when I finally decide to scribe one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Those are actually easy. It's the drop from HoT minigames that is a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etria.3642 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 It isn't tiny. Is it worth the effort though? Someone else in my guild made it...and then I stopped working on it, very thankful it wasn't me. It's neat but the price is too high imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illconceived Was Na.9781 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 The OP is just unlucky. Try the following * Change to a different character. * For bandits, try Lake Doric * For inquest, try Rata Arcanum in Draconis Mons I'm 99% certain that none of this matters in the least. It's entirely for the placebo effect that comes with changing how you go about "farming" things that have RNG, when you're the outlier that isn't getting the drops quickly. It's like moving to a "hot table" in a casino: you won't earn more (or less); it's just more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HnRkLnXqZ.1870 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Been there, done that. The decoration is awesome and worth it, but most of my guild-members never even noticed it. For the Inquest and the Bandit item, I was mostly doing the lowlevel zones. Some really crawl with enemies, and thanks to our outmaxed characters, they die in a single hit. Good spots for bandits are: - Beggars Burrow in Queensdale (really fast respawn rate) - Jannaj's Bandits Good spots for Inquest are: - Inquest Outer Complex in Metrica Province - Inner Inquest Complex accessible via Transfer Gate (Private) - again, really short respawn rates in there - The Funhouse during the event-chain - Invariant Base in Brisban Wildlands (got mine there ^^) About the droprate in general. Those quest-items have a rarity, in this case rare. So it might help to push your magic find with a few buffs and food. Also, some collections trigger only with a certain character. Should not be the case here, but I would try the hunt with your Scribe character. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoboy.4162 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I'm still having a lot of trouble getting the Adventurous Melody to drop from Adventures. Are there any tricks to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brycar.2651 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Maybe try vet villains ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 > @"videoboy.4162" said: > I'm still having a lot of trouble getting the Adventurous Melody to drop from Adventures. Are there any tricks to this? Besides becoming awesome at all the adventures? Personally I just did the two in TD and sometimes Tendril Torchers. There are several other easy ones especially after some of the changes but I couldn't be bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoboy.4162 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > @"videoboy.4162" said: > > I'm still having a lot of trouble getting the Adventurous Melody to drop from Adventures. Are there any tricks to this? > > Besides becoming awesome at all the adventures? > > Personally I just did the two in TD and sometimes Tendril Torchers. There are several other easy ones especially after some of the changes but I couldn't be bothered. I do the Scrap Challenge one a lot, because I can get gold in that. been working on this for a few months, but no dice. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtOfMouts.7468 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 > @"videoboy.4162" said: > > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > > @"videoboy.4162" said: > > > I'm still having a lot of trouble getting the Adventurous Melody to drop from Adventures. Are there any tricks to this? > > > > Besides becoming awesome at all the adventures? > > > > Personally I just did the two in TD and sometimes Tendril Torchers. There are several other easy ones especially after some of the changes but I couldn't be bothered. > > I do the Scrap Challenge one a lot, because I can get gold in that. been working on this for a few months, but no dice. lol Doing an adventure daily for about 8 months. Still no drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Nik.2518 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 > @"videoboy.4162" said: > I'm still having a lot of trouble getting the Adventurous Melody to drop from Adventures. Are there any tricks to this? I dropped mine from some random daily adventure. I am almost 100% positive that it was a bronze chest since I am very bad at adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoboy.4162 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 > @"videoboy.4162" said: > > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > > @"videoboy.4162" said: > > > I'm still having a lot of trouble getting the Adventurous Melody to drop from Adventures. Are there any tricks to this? > > > > Besides becoming awesome at all the adventures? > > > > Personally I just did the two in TD and sometimes Tendril Torchers. There are several other easy ones especially after some of the changes but I couldn't be bothered. > > I do the Scrap Challenge one a lot, because I can get gold in that. been working on this for a few months, but no dice. lol lol I went to TD and did the one you said. It dropped. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtOfMouts.7468 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Omg lucky ! I lost faith on this achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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