Hi I’ve played a lot this season with various mates, golden resonance seems an “ok” drop rate but obsidian in all instances with friends both sides has been horrendous. One time 2 solid days of echoes yielded none for either of us, we didn’t miss the drop because it finally happened near the end of day 2. I’ve seen various people complaining about golden and a lot more obsidian.
I assume at the moment it’s probably just crammed in there with an RNG sticker on it? Maybe you could set them to more consistant golden per XXXX monsters killed, Obsidian XXXX monsters killed. Its a good system, I like it to stop those POE type currency/item sellers but it also needs to be more friendly to us who actually have friends. There is a party option for a reason and it’s not just so some dude can run me thru uber abberoth, lol.
Because it’s RNG I am sure someone will pipe up here and say “the drop rates fine” but it’s not, you’re full of it and probably don’t really have a friend so get out of this post lmao.
Some items should be a consistent value to make the user experience feel fair and fun and not just “bro hope we get obsidian this week”
Thank you for your time 
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There have been plenty of threads about this since launch and I don’t think anyone ever said that.
There were also a few ideas on how to balance it or even “unlock” friend sharing mode after some time or some other condition that would prevent RMT.
Not like RMT in LE is about items anyway, it’s mostly about trading gold, so it’s not like that would change it much.
I don’t think it should be XXXX monsters killed, because that incentivizes using meta builds, where a vengeance pally will be able to get more resonances than a zoo minion necro.
Nor should it be XP.
Best solution to me is simply time. After x time playing together, you get a guaranteed resonance.
Even if RMTers were selling items, no one is going to pay for an item and have to play with a bot for 6h+ to get it.
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Time is ok - if you’re running speed echoes and each one takes you 2-5 mins, 6 hours is still a lot of echoes though! Maybe 4?
Regarding what idiots say - without word of a lie people in global “Obsidian drops heaps for me and my mate, we got one after like 20 mins” then another guy I know who tried to help some new playing with golden, they did 8+ hours and didnt see a golden drop, insane!
Def needs consistancy or theres almost no point and just make the game single player lol
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it’s mainly a single player game unfortunately
Just curious are u using resonance everytime u gift and item to ur friend?
I ask cuz iv seen alot of players lately think u need to use them in order to gift an item. Which isnt true
Only time u need to use them is 2 cases. One ur in a party and an item drops and ur friend isnt in the same zone when it dropped. 2nd case when an item drops and ur friend is either not online or isnt partied up with
Imo yes the drop rates of these is fine. Wife and i play this game all the time together the point of the resonance is to be able to gift an item when said friend isnt online when that item drops or not partied up and or in the same zone.
Still need to be partied up to gift tho no resonance or resonance
Also are u aware in order for resonance to even start dropping u need to first play X time with that player in a party first. So this person u speak of that tried helping a player out most likely didnt hit the X time played with that person for them to begin even dropping. As for obsidian i wouldnt say they drop in heaps they do drop often enough already
The Problem with the obsidian resonance is that it is unbelievable rare. In Season 2 I played with my buddy entirely through the campaign and the entire endgame and we NEVER dropped an obsidian resonance. This cant be intended.
Should be more common and let players have that experience to give a friend a good items you found for them.
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Hi bro, I live in Aus and my friends live in different timezones so I don’t get to just gift them items willy nilly all the time unfortunately. Sometimes we know what the other needs for a build and then sure enough as soon as one of us is offline the item drops and thus we need obsidian. Where this might be fine for someone you live with and play 24/7 together for the rest of the general public who play with friends in other countries they’ve met online it is not, sadly.
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