Adamantoise Drop Rate Question

[jaqen]

I burned 5 KS99 runs today with my shell and got 5 pops for the NQ adamantoise in Valley of Sorrows. We had TH9 on the mob each kill but didn't see one pop item for the HQ turtle. I was wondering if anyone else has done this since the update and what their drop rates were. I was very surprised (and highly annoyed) that we didn't see any HQ turtle pops.

[Byrthnoth]

Obligatory "Random Question Thread" Re-direct.

Secondly, here's a thread on the official forums (largely posted in by members of BG) that addresses your question: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...triggers/page2

tl;dr: ~10%

[grevenilvec75]

I burned 5 KS99 runs today with my shell and got 5 pops for the NQ adamantoise in Valley of Sorrows. We had TH9 on the mob each kill but didn't see one pop item for the HQ turtle. I was wondering if anyone else has done this since the update and what their drop rates were. I was very surprised (and highly annoyed) that we didn't see any HQ turtle pops.

Drop rate is horrible, around 10% with TH. Save your seals.

[TacoTaru]

What exactly does one save Kindred Seals these days for other than KS99?

[vagus]

People still play monk?

[Anso]

People still play monk?

http://umasswebjourn.files.wordpress.../sarcasm01.jpg

[tsola]

I would save them for the June update, in which they'll probably adjust the drop rates.

[Draylo]

Or when the level cap increase comes and we get Rainbow belt.

[NynJa]

What exactly does one save Kindred Seals these days for other than KS99?

The same reason that people were saving their KS for the past 3 years (or whatever)

[Yeyoking]

Obligatory "Random Question Thread" Re-direct.

Secondly, here's a thread on the official forums (largely posted in by members of BG) that addresses your question: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...triggers/page2

tl;dr: ~10%

Lol....yo that thread is hilarious. Nynja getting his ass trolled by some guys that probably don't play FFXI any more LOL......yo stay free.

[Fievel]

STAY FREE YO

[Ticktick]

not even relevant to this gaming genre...

[Mojo]

I'm aware that the question is directed towards Aspi, but it seems likely that the drop rate for Aspi/KB pop items is the same. I'm 1/21 on Savory Shank (from Behemoth.) All drops with TH8+. I'm reluctant to collaborate with anybody due to reporting bias (people tend to only report extraordinarily good or bad drop rates.) If some respectable BG posters will contribute their data (on Savory Shank only) from beginning to end and have at least 20 samples (per poster, don't report other people's drop rates) then I'll add it to mine.

It's not possible to give a precise drop rate at this point, but it's almost certainly less than 1/4 and probably less than 1/5.

Here's a graph of the probability density.

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9069/savory.gif

[jaqen]

apologies for posting in the wrong forum, and thanks for the info.

[nitsuj]

Random Question Thread has been discovered. Topic was answered as well.