Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

Not sure if intended or not -

Serpent Hills, yuan-ti temple chest only gave 45 gold and a fire agate at this location - https://imgur.com/a/CaqRPiJ

Character is level 29.

Other chests seem to give at least some kind of magical item, even if it's overwhelmingly armours that are impossible to carry.

Boss chests:

The left yuan-ti queen boss chest gave me 40 gold and a mundane scimitar.

Right side gave me an amulet with +1 nat and 5% fire immunity and a +1 breastplate.

Chests are operating as they always have right now, so you just got unlucky on that one. Chests have always had a chance for a 'low roll' both on items and gold. We will let you know when the loot changes are re-implemented. thanks!

Okay... so I am a little frustrated. I believe risk = rewards. I understand risk manifests in a variety of ways, but I find myself using way too many resources for very little in return. Case in point.

29th level character – Solo
VOD: 3rd Level
Fought Crypt Keeper

He breached the following wards…
• Least Spell Mantle
• IMA
• Energy Immunity
• Shield
• Stone skin

He dispelled the following wards…
• Greater Resistance
• Greater Heroism
• Displacement
• True Seeing
• Haste
• Flame Weapon

Killed the Crypt Keeper for 151 XP
Crypt Keeper dropped – Improved Tanglefoot Bag
Chest in Room – Copper Ring, Small Shield, Warmace, 36 gold pieces.

Relative Costs for these wards…~7,000 gold pieces (Not including Wand costs because I couldn't begin to calculate them...)

• Least Spell Mantle – Wand
• IMA – Wand
• Energy Immunity – Potion = 6,000 gold pieces
• Shield - Broach
• Stone Skin – Wand
• Greater Resistance - Wand
• Greater Heroism - Potion = 760 gold pieces
• Displacement - Wand
• True Seeing - Wand
• Haste - Wand

Please understand that a +3 item in a loot drop isn't worth a quarter of the resources expended on this adventure. In fact, depending on the item a +4 isn't either. I do not expect to get rich, but then again the inverse is also true.

Thank you for the effort... and please read this post as it was meant... to be constructive.

Cheers!

MrSmith wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:39 pmRelative Costs for these wards…~7,000 gold pieces (Not including Wand costs because I couldn't begin to calculate them...)

I remember there's a thread somewhere, Karond's guide or somesuch, that specifies the cost of a single charge from a wand...

LazyTrain wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:12 am Honestly this thread could probably just be locked until staff finalizes and puts the new system in place. At this point I think it might just be adding to confusion since everything is, as far as I'm aware, as it has always been right now. So it's just people getting bad luck and coming here now.

It depends. Some of these issues - particularly cost versus reward of epic content - existed all along, and the new system had not done anything to rectify them (in fact, it only made them worse, by making it impossible to work around them). In that context, posts like MrSmith's could be seen as additional information to be used in ensuring that the new system is viewed as an upgrade rather than a punitive measure.

LazyTrain wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:12 am Honestly this thread could probably just be locked until staff finalizes and puts the new system in place. At this point I think it might just be adding to confusion since everything is, as far as I'm aware, as it has always been right now. So it's just people getting bad luck and coming here now.

Good call. Locking the thread until changes go live!