Celtic Heroes

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After a period where Orbs of Frost Weaving seemed plentiful on Epona suddenly they are very scarce.

The prices offered in shouts have moved to where they are more than the price of the lowest crest and nearly at the average for the next one up. Yet I can see these people still shouting so increasing the price is not bringing out stock in banks.

I think there may have been a lot in high level character's backpacks and this reserve is now depleted. Put this together with a large lump of similar levelled characters, over 100, and this might explain it.

Do the other worlds have this problem?

Can this be adjusted temporarily by OTM ? It would seem to just be a configuration change to the drop tables ie admin not development. It would be nice to think the game administrators could respond to spikes in demand.

There are also a huge number of level 80 to 90 level players at the moment and the bottleneck will only get worse. Perhaps crests will also dry up.

I do see Lions to be almost extinct in our world. Not fun to be at a level to fight aggra and still have no Frozen Weapon. Not talking about my more humble levelled self.

Any other worlds finding crest shortages?

Again some micro management by games admins could be the answer.


I await the inevitable cries of " it took me 6 months to get that last Lion so why should newer players have it easy?". Well it took me several months too but that doesn't mean that is a good thing.

If people can't even get frozen gloves or boots (cause no orbs) there is a major problem. And seeing characters well over 140 (and NOT power levellers) still looking for Lions is another.

Please let us know what is happening on you world.
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On my world , as I suspect all others , those people willing to put time and effort into gearing up , get geared up . I don't think the shortage is in orbs but possibly a shortage in effort .

Yes, i spend hours adverting for frost orbs, but most high levels keep for thier alts, they r sold as soon as they drop to someone in grp, or they r givin to a good friend.

This is not a bad thing, its just a pain to attempt to get my frozen zodiac armor without orbs, i have all crests. Lol.



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Well on herne my clan doesnt have a shortage but the other top clan does usually what happens when u have hundreds of ppl needing upgrades at the same time. Imo orbs drop enough ppl just have to work for them.

Its not about effort but limit resources in a open source game .

Is 32 orbs for a full frozen armor per player, OTM is making the perfect storm to leave ymir guard for this long and increase the amount of players needin those orbs . Its not the same to slow grind to have ppl jump in couple of weeks to max lvl ....

I quick fix will be to remove the gem loots out the minions. And leave orbs, banes and crest only that way all minion will guarantee a orb .

Frozen armor is already easy dont make it easier if u need orbs kill placeholder and bosses in a week i can get 30 from minions and bosses. Take it step by step orbs will come no need to make all minions drop them more often.

Whenever I need orbs, I just go kill minions. 3 hours later, I have 5-8 orbs. Simple.

On my world , as I suspect all others , those people willing to put time and effort into gearing up , get geared up . I don't think the shortage is in orbs but possibly a shortage in effort .

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A fairly typical response from someone with such high characters.

What sort of effort Eliminator...moral? Did you read my post? People are getting crests but there are not enough Orbs. Some effort is happening.

And there is not a mob in OW that is not very quickly mobbed by a group all praying for orbs. Gone are the days when Far Seeing One could wander round for an hour or two while people finished other stuff.

I am suggesting a temporary adjustment (a month or two?) not an orb for each time you log on.

I am also suggesting this because the number of characters at the relevant level obviously rises and falls meaning old rates can be too high or low. Maybe orbs would need to be reduced at some point for a while.

Lastly if this game is growing (and it needs to for survival) that means there will be higher and higher numbers of players looking for a set resource, so drop rates will HAVE to be adjusted for many quests. If 50 k people suddenly left O&C for CH do you really think things could remain the same ?

Some high levels seem to forget that other player's game experience may be different to theirs perhaps due to changing player numbers or changes in the game itself.
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Frozen armor is already easy dont make it easier if u need orbs kill placeholder and bosses in a week i can get 30 from minions and bosses. Take it step by step orbs will come no need to make all minions drop them more often.

In a week only you killing minion its possible to get 32 orbs but only you killing and nobody else and minions all the time. Because a orb is like 1 in 5 chnace to get more common a gem or wood.

Whenever I need orbs, I just go kill minions. 3 hours later, I have 5-8 orbs. Simple.

Again if you are lone in a 3 hour spawn u may have 6-12 spawn of all bosses if you kill them all been minion and variation on drops u have. 1-3 orbs. Total if you kill all 12 spawns .....

I just said remove gems out table loot leave only te banes/orbs/crest and. You will have enough orbs to feed all players.

Frozen armor is already easy dont make it easier if u need orbs kill placeholder and bosses in a week i can get 30 from minions and bosses. Take it step by step orbs will come no need to make all minions drop them more often.

In a week only you killing minion its possible to get 32 orbs but only you killing and nobody else and minions all the time. Because a orb is like 1 in 5 chnace to get more common a gem or wood.

Whenever I need orbs, I just go kill minions. 3 hours later, I have 5-8 orbs. Simple.

Again if you are lone in a 3 hour spawn u may have 6-12 spawn of all bosses if you kill them all been minion and variation on drops u have. 1-3 orbs. Total if you kill all 12 spawns .....

I just said remove gems out table loot leave only te banes/orbs/crest and. You will have enough orbs to feed all players.

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Really I just wanted to know the situation on other worlds.

It seems someone only needs to suggest a change to CH for one or more established players to immediately leap up screaming "No, it worked for me so it's sacred ritual. You are all SINNERS to suggest a change !!!" .