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    Beastmen's Seal / Kindred's Seal drop pattern

    Hey, I know this isn't some game-breaking theory, but it's something i've noticed and have been curious about. And i've never seen this talked about anywhere... but I believe that the game puts a 5-min timer on players/groups who get beastmen seals or kindred seal drops.

    My roommate and I have been duo'ing beastmaster pets from lv15-66 and we soon noticed that we never had 2 seals in the treasurebox at once, and that we'd always seem to get another seal once one went to someone. So we came up with a theory that maybe 2 seals can't be in the lootpool at the same time, so we started lotting them to get them out of the pool faster so more could drop.

    This didn't really work since, we'd lot them immeadiately, but none ever seemed to drop for a bit. We assumed this was bad luck or whatever and didn't think much of it until we noticed we'd almost always get another seal shortly after 5min of one dropping.

    So maybe the game tags players with a 5minute (loot pool auto-distribute length) so that players can't get tons of seals in a short time.

    So anyways, I just wanted to see if this theory could be proven wrong I guess from people who farm seals or maybe solo bsts... or anyone. And I hope this isn't too zam

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    I did notce in merit party that crystals would push out other crystals into inventory and leave KS sitting there, wasn't until another KS dropped that it forced the KS to distribute, but was certainly under 5 minutes between drops.

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    I discussed this theory with an LS member who insisted you couldnt have 2 KS in the pool at the same time, he was wrong entirely. The reason crystals drop is non ex stuff always drops before ex stuff.

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    Seen 2 KS, BS, or mix in pool more then once.

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    Quote Originally Posted by defiant
    Seen 2 KS, BS, or mix in pool more then once.
    in non-alliance pt? the SS treasure pool is for an alliance.. maybe that allow extra seal?

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    maybe its different for alliances, not sure. i also noticed the past few days when i was leveling lv1 jobs that with all of the mass ep-em chaining you do, you don't pull up as many seals as you'd think... or at least not in close succession

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    You can have multiple seals in a single party treasure pool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pergo
    maybe its different for alliances, not sure. i also noticed the past few days when i was leveling lv1 jobs that with all of the mass ep-em chaining you do, you don't pull up as many seals as you'd think... or at least not in close succession
    I had 2 seals in my merit pt's pool at the same time.

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    I've seen them often in assault party that only has 3 people with no alliance.

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    Case closed I guess, IBTL.

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