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Kraznoff
08-18-2016, 04:33 AM
The drop rate for 3* rainbow runes/shards creates a huge bottleneck. The drop rate for 3* rainbow evolution runes in the normal game is abysmal, especially now that only one drops when you get it. In the dungeon I've been getting a lot of 3* green shards, but the drop rate for 3* rainbow shards is also really low. Obviously you need significantly more rainbow runes/shards than any other color so having the drop rate so low feels unnecessarily punishing and taking the fun out of the game.

Trystangst
08-18-2016, 05:39 AM
I'm with you on shards, but I've had no issues with rainbow runes. I get them fairly regularly in Underworld. I've been stuck on 3* green evo runes (none in multiple days) but have seen at least a dozen 3* rainbow evo runes in that time.

Kaijester
08-18-2016, 05:40 AM
Yea...farming 10th stage is a waste of time...I'm getting more 2 stars item and 5 stars shards than the 3 stars evo shards.

update: gotten a rare soul from repeated dungeon.

Lionheart
08-18-2016, 05:42 AM
I cleared all dungeon but don't drop any 3* shards, what's level dungeon you farming brother

Vaseodin
08-18-2016, 05:53 AM
I'm with you on shards, but I've had no issues with rainbow runes. I get them fairly regularly in Underworld. I've been stuck on 3* green evo runes (none in multiple days) but have seen at least a dozen 3* rainbow evo runes in that time.

Exact same situation on my end.

vgta99
08-18-2016, 06:40 AM
This dungeon is a huge joke!
It is now the only way to have 3* evo shards, but the % rate is so low (only 1 time in all my 80 sand of time).
So what gonna do now? If you don't give us to play this game in high level, I will never play this game again...

Baba-8301
08-18-2016, 07:01 AM
Yes, I was particularly impressed by 2x2* evo shards from level 10... As a couple of suggestions, how's about removing low level drops from high level battles and having odd levels drop rainbow shards and even levels drop the colour of the day?

osogaru
08-18-2016, 08:21 AM
Hi,
time rift all 10 levels finished. for me : 4 x 3* green evolution shards (1 @ level 8, 1 @ level 9, 2 @ level 10) but no rainbow evolution shard

Dutch
08-18-2016, 08:50 AM
just got 2 3* rainbows in a row in map 7, i get 100% success rate there

LegoMech
08-18-2016, 04:52 PM
I can't beat level 8, and level 7 I can only beat half the time by using my most powerful troopers, so I was farming level 6. Then I stopped and went back to Underworld Hard 2nd battle and got 2 2* rainbow evos there right away, allowing me to upgrade my Blue Allied Soldier to 4* finally. Anyway, I'm probably not going to pursue the time rift dungeons much until the type changes away from Sentinel.

Jennie-5128
08-18-2016, 05:02 PM
how's about removing low level drops from high level battles and having odd levels drop rainbow shards and even levels drop the colour of the day?
Excellent idea Baba-8301

URock
08-18-2016, 05:57 PM
They want to earn money, so the drop rates are extrem low. It's a hard way to level up the chars, but that means a longer motivation on playing the game...

Trystangst
08-18-2016, 06:09 PM
On the plus side, there's no real need for 5* characters right now. So the lack of 3* shards - while frustrating - does not impede progress.

Jennie-5128
08-18-2016, 06:21 PM
They want to earn money, so the drop rates are extrem low. It's a hard way to level up the chars, but that means a longer motivation on playing the game...
See if you could buy EVO shards I'd agree with that, but you can't...

Vaseodin
08-18-2016, 07:21 PM
See if you could buy EVO shards I'd agree with that, but you can't...

Exactly. But I do agree on reducing or eliminating the low star drops from higher levels.

Tryangst said: "On the plus side, there's no real need for 5* characters right now. So the lack of 3* shards - while frustrating - does not impede progress."

I think that depends on what characters players want to use. Some shine at 4 stars, yes. But the play style of some require characters that do need to be at 5 stars to finish with the game's current difficulty.

HeadlessHammerhead
08-18-2016, 07:48 PM
So far I've played 84 runs, and have gotten 3 x 3* Green and 1 x 3* silver. I knew this would happen. All the waiting for nothing.

Dutch
08-18-2016, 07:52 PM
So far I've played 84 runs, and have gotten 3 x 3* Green and 1 x 3* silver. I knew this would happen. All the waiting for nothing.

Where are you farming? Map 8 is given me loads of rainbow 3*

HeadlessHammerhead
08-18-2016, 08:21 PM
Where are you farming? Map 8 is given me loads of rainbow 3*

Playing the last one. But I just ran 6 runs of level 7 like someone else suggested, and got 3 x 3* silver and 2 x 3* Green. Incredible.. They really should increase the drop rates the higher you go. In level 7 i can autor un, whereas I had to actually play all 84 prior runs to ensure my carriage rider didn't die on me.

Dutch
08-18-2016, 08:23 PM
Yeah I can auto 7 with no prob but lvl 8 is tricky so just playing that as normal cause the gold is twice as much and I need me some gold

Vaseodin
08-18-2016, 08:30 PM
Thanks for the recommendations, you guys! I'm going to try level 7 from now on.

Vaseodin
08-19-2016, 07:12 AM
So I just ran stage 7 today. I definitely got better results than dealing with the annoying "no damage or skills of any kind" bug. Stage 7 has decent drop rates and can be played on auto without fear of the bug.

Trystangst
08-19-2016, 12:52 PM
7 seems to be the sweet spot unless you have a Warrior heavy team.

You'll still get the accuracy down curse, but it's unlikely to kill you on 7.

Dutch
08-19-2016, 12:54 PM
yeah the gold is the issue tho its like 60% less

Hypnos
08-19-2016, 12:56 PM
you would think that with the high requirements for SoT the drop rates for 3* evo shards would be much kinder

Trystangst
08-19-2016, 02:21 PM
yeah the gold is the issue tho its like 60% less

If you want gold or character EXP, the Rift is not the place for you :D

Dutch
08-19-2016, 02:24 PM
If you want gold or character EXP, the Rift is not the place for you :D

exp is rubbish, gold is good enough 7500-7800 per run, plus shards and rare soul chances, better than anywhere else

Trystangst
08-19-2016, 02:27 PM
exp is rubbish, gold is good enough 7500-7800 per run, plus shards and rare soul chances, better than anywhere else

Gold in VII is a little less than Underworld Madness - Shadows of Whatever. like 3k-ish. If you're easily farming IX or X, congrats. The bit about VII being the sweet spot clearly doesn't apply to you.

Dutch
08-19-2016, 02:30 PM
Gold in VII is a little less than Underworld Madness - Shadows of Whatever. like 3k-ish. If you're easily farming IX or X, congrats. The bit about VII being the sweet spot clearly doesn't apply to you.

im farming 8, i cant auto 9 or 10, i have too much to upgrade atm so i need that damn gold lol, plus getting the xp shards are a good way of obtaining some serious gold quick

dEaF TO LiGhT
08-19-2016, 11:29 PM
What I would like to know is if the devs will fix the atrocious drop rates in the hardest levels of the game. Before the updates, Underworld madness would drop good stuff, and if it dropped bad stuff, it would drop a lot of it. Now it's not uncommon for me to get one 3* orange evolution rune, or one stupid purple talisman that has a 3x equip effect that isn't eve that useful. Every once in awhile I'll get 3x 4* talisman runes of a color I need, but it's rare. The drop rates are awful. I can't find 3* rainbow runes anywhere anymore. I even played a couple of levels on Underworld Hard and felt like I got better drops more often than on Madness. Do the devs feel that the drop system is broken, or is it just us who actually play the game?