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Post by
dazerdude
I may be missing something here, but I think I've searched the forum relatively well, and I certainly checked the Compendium. It seems to me that the drop rates of items are off on WoWhead. A fantastic example of this is the Item 'Breath of Wind'. The Report given is that Gusting Vortex's drop the item 83% of the time. I have mined for this item off of Gusting Vortex's and it does not drop 83% of the time. It only drops 83% of the time that anything at all drops. Absolutely nothing drops off of them about 95% of the time. It seems that you haven't taken into account these empty drops into your drop rates, which is a problem, because it throws them off. This seems to me to be a major problem, but besides this, the site is absolutely fantastic!
Post by
Brandon
Wowhead doesn't count empty loots.
What that means is that you have an 83% chance to get a Breath of Wind 83% of the time, when the mob drops an item at all.
Post by
pelf
Another thing, somewhat similar: Since Blizzard changed it so that only people with the profession corresponding BoP recipes can see the recipe when it drops, the numbers on those recipes are also quite skewed, but in the other direction.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25728
for example.
The drop rate on this pattern is
not
0.5%. It's somewhere around 10%.
I can see why they work the way they do for both cases ... just quirks to identify.
Post by
1212_
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
dazerdude
It would seem to me that it would be good to at least have a part of the creature page that tells you what percentage of the time it drops anything at all, or inversely, drops nothing. Just thoughts to consider.
Post by
pelf
It would seem to me that it would be good to at least have a part of the creature page that tells you what percentage of the time it drops anything at all, or inversely, drops nothing. Just thoughts to consider.
That's a neat idea. Is this possible without a lot of work?
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