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Don't Fear the Reaper: Use the Cowbell

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, Mar 30, 2018.

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  1. gtesser

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    I need help farming this thing. I'm an archer, but it took me 10 minutes to kill one
     
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    ^^ +1 lol
    the same for me, the reaper is very resistant to arrows unlike undead
     
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    I hate you and your entire family.
     
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    It takes me maybe a minute or two with a bow. Disabling Shot is highly recommended.

    Probably another twenty or so down tonight. So far, 1 heartwood.
     
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    Twenty one.
    Twenty-two.
     
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    But hey, over 98 maple bark and 102 pine bark. @Rhiannon
     
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    *salivates*
    I’ve had a bit of a life emergency the past couple of weeks that has taken me away from New Britannia. It might be a while before I get back. Please hold on to it and I’ll be begging for it soon enough!
     
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    I hope you're OK.
     
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    The reaper didn’t get me (see how I got this tied back into the thread topic)! Emergency surgery that corrected a condition I have apparently had for many years that could have killed me at any time. The minor issue was appendicitis that got me to the hospital. Feeling pretty grateful these days. But it’s no fun having major surgery at my age. Takes longer to heal. Looking forward to being back soon!
     
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    I'm starting to think the devs thought the game was way too fun, and introduced something to make players spend an entire week or more of playtime doing one boring thing. Even grinding XP is more fun than this.
     
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    I hope they don't remove them from the game, I don't mind the low drop rate as long as it stays. Gives me something to look forward to. Anyway, killed about 40 with a group and 0 dropped.
     
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    63 for the day. So far. I was kinda hoping I'd get one early so I could do something else in the game today.
     
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    Finally I got my cowbell from reaper #175 (Greymark Forest).
    I got ~12 Ashen Heartwood and only 1 shirt recipe.
     
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    I finally got one a few days ago, and I have to say it was not a satisfying experience. I like that things can be rare. I like that this game allows you to set long term goals that can take a long time to achieve. However, the cowbell experience was not fun like other long term goals/loot mechanisms.

    If I want to craft a house, I know I need to collect a lot of wood. That's ok. Every time I chop a tree or loot wood from an enemy, I get one step closer to my goal. The time investment is a relatively 'known' quantity and there is constant reinforcement.

    Most artifacts you don't actively seek. This is because there is no specific mob they drop from and you frankly don't ever expect to get one, so when you do, it's a nice surprise. This is largely because you are not actively trying to acquire a specific item.

    The problem with the cowbell is that it is on a specific mob and you expect it to eventually drop. Everyone's threshold for what is a reasonable time investment is different, so when it surpasses yours, you feel like you should probably give up and start to question why you are playing this game.

    People always complain about quests that are 'skin 20 rats'. This is exactly that except 1,000 times worse because you have no idea how many rats you need to skin to complete the quest.

    I would much rather there be a quest to 'kill 150 reapers' or preferably some other mechanism that removes this RNG loot mechanism. Once you know how to kill the reaper, there's no more skill involved. It just becomes a repetitive, mindless grind.
     
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    LOL. Eveyone upset over the drop rate for Cowbells.
    What if you were low level like me (and crazy).
    I spent hours last night shooting about 1,000 arrows at a Reaper.
    He barely even knew I was hitting him.
    I died (often and badly) but he never even came close to dying.

    I know it was crazy to think I could do this but if you don't shoot for the stars you will never hit them. So no Cowbell for Lesni and no shirt either. :rolleyes:
     
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    I capped it off around 90 yesterday. Not the most fun way to spend an entire Saturday.
     
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    Over 300 and counting with no bell. Hoping to get a bell soon so I can go back to mining.
     
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    Well, at least I'm not the only one with terrible luck.
     
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    I'm going to have a fire sale on ashen heartwood. And by "fire sale" I mean "light it all on fire and pray to the cabalists to raze every forest in Novia."
     
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    :) The hunt does get frustrating after a while. Hang in there
     
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