Me and my son played together from lvl 1 - 80, and got 4 each, four of the Golden Resonance and none of the Obsidian Resonance. We are doing the level 90 Monoliths now.
So from 1-80, almost completed the full campaing & all normal Monoliths, and 4 total (each).
Is this normal, and is this working at intended? Because if so, that’s a VERY low drop rate.
I’d assume that is the intended rate. It should be noted, though, that if stuff drops while you’re both on the map, you can freely gift them around without the need for resonances. Resonances are only for gifting to people that weren’t in the same zone when the item dropped.
I know and thats how we trade, but im wanting to build it up so I can give him items that may drop when hes not playing, or vice versa.
Yea they don’t drop very fast. I don’t mind it too much. We get them at all, and it helps subvert RMT while allowing us to give some stuff to friends.
Thank god the drop is low.
It’s meant to be like that, that you basicly only use them for items he specifically could use, not just a “yo, I farmed last night, here’s 30 items that might be a minor upgrade to you!”
I agree, Obsidian Resonance drop rate is trash. A group of friends and I have played together since the 1.0 launch. And not one has dropped. Golden is okay. But we have racked up at least 40-50 hours each. That should be at least one Obsidian for at least one of us… I don’t want it to drop every 2 hours like it seems with Golden. But 40+ hours… that should be at least 1.
my wife and i havent even gotten a golden one and we have played together about 15 hrs now. currently in ending the storms timeline.
it seems they are picked up like shards are. you say your group is getting these golden once every 2+hrs or so. we just arent even getting that.
something doesnt feel right with the drops on either one. it almost feel like a bug to us when it comes to the golden once. the obsidain i can see that being very low
It needs to be relatively low because otherwise it would be exploitable I guess.
i agree.
but why would other groups seem to find golden once easier than say my wife and I
heres a reply to this post i made
Me and a friend played ~8 hours one day and got none. We played ~5h the next day and got none. We played ~3h the next day and got none. Seems perfectly fine to me ^^.
there’s some middle ground between “trade 30 items a day” and “play for 40 hours together and be unable to trade a single exalt/legendary”.
The drop rate is supposed to be low and the resonances are intended for really GG items.
That said, if trading with a buddy/relative/etc is part of your intended gameplay, perhaps MG would be the better choice.
I find that totally ridiculous.
My friends and I play Legacy and have done for ages. We have multiple (read 20) Alts each. We have saved up a huge amount of items for each others’ Alts and have been waiting for the Resonance to be added to transfer them. I have a stash tab for each of them to keep track.
It is absolutely not unreasonable to want to give dozens of items to friends after 1.0 dropped.
Please explain. Even if they dropped after every 2 hours of play together, do you actually think RMT people (2 strangers) will play together for 2 hours just to make a single trade? That’s rather paranoid.
The Merchant Guild design is already being bad-mouthed all over the place in both blogs, youtube and game chat, with almost everyone just going for CoF instead as it is just better in every way (apparently - I’ve not messed with factions yet so no idea). Resonance was the one positive thing in the trading design for me, but these drop rates just kill it dead.
Very very disappointed. The trading palaver in this game is just ludicrous and I predict it will drive a lot of players away in the long run.
playing on ssf should be able not to trade single item, this item should have drop rate like mirror in poe
My husband and I have been playing together since release. We have about 50 hours together. We do not get a golden every 2 hours. We have both gotten only 1 obsidian resonance. I understand not wanting the drop rate to be easily obtainable but it shouldnt be this hard. It should not be taking days for me to trade an exalted item to someone that I’ve been playing with this much. I really hope they drop more details about how they actually work/drop aside from just play with your friend.
This is the same issue my wife and i have. We have played together about as much as u guys have.
Niether of us have gotten either one. Thr drop rate is too low. At this point imo they might as well not even be in the game.
It shouldnt take days for even a golden one to drop. Im not saying they need to drop like candy they shouldn’t
I apologize if this seems like a hot take, but they either need to stay as rare as they are, removed, or if increased still limited in a significant way as to use. The $$$ farmers absolutely will pry and poke and prod for any means to extract RMT from any game that offers trade. Think hours of play is a problem for them? think again.
My understanding you dont need the orbs to trade if your both on same map and dropped when you where in same party? I got no friends, so cant comment. But i can see why you are frustrated. Probably an anti botting mechanic
Obsidian resonance drop rates are hot garbage.
I have exactly 6, 5, and 3 golden resonances (having used 1 golden) making a total of 15 acquired since launch in approx. 40 hours of being grouped. In that time only 1 obsidian dropped and that obsidian was immediately used.
Hard grinding for 6~7 hours straight yesterday at 250~450 corruption breaking for only 10-15min every couple hours a new friend and me both dropped 3 golden resonance for each other and 0 obsidian.
I had to AFK for 5 minutes and missed a couple of echoes so of course during that time they dropped a desirable +4 Falconry skill helm on a Falconry base.
Maybe in a week forcing ourselves to group together more frequently being glued at the hip they can eventually gift that one item to me. That’s so awesome! And it totally kills the mood particularly when we are running different content or difficulty solo where grouping becomes inconvenient. And no way to convert golden into obsidian.