Diddle
Citizen
Platform
- iOS
I do not know how you select which toons get the jackpot drops from those that never get the drops, but I think it is unfair to reward some and punish others. I am an armor spec and use a lot of primal, my alt is a weapon spec and uses more primal then I do but I get jackpot drops and he has never had one..
As happens with other things, RGN is fickle. I have gotten jackpot finds of the motes but I can count on one hand how many times in all the zones.
It's kind of like how others get amazing drops from Zingara... I do not
I also got nothing in the event zones in the box drops... but it's random. All I can say is keep trying for those who have not gotten any.
It's kind of like how others get amazing drops from Zingara... I do not
I also got nothing in the event zones in the box drops... but it's random. All I can say is keep trying for those who have not gotten any.
Diddle
Citizen
Platform
- iOS
As happens with other things, RGN is fickle. I have gotten jackpot finds of the motes but I can count on one hand how many times in all the zones.
It's kind of like how others get amazing drops from Zingara... I do not
I also got nothing in the event zones in the box drops... but it's random. All I can say is keep trying for those who have not gotten any.
Diddle
Citizen
Platform
- iOS
My alt was in the blight zones for over a year getting to level 95 and then collecting mythic recipes, he ran the blight motes instead of Diddle , he never got a blight mote drop of over 10. Diddle finally went back to collecting motes to get the jackpots. As far as your zings, sounds like you need more mf
Antavious
Warrior
Characters
Antavious, suoivatna
Platform
- iOS
I had extremely high MF. I'd always seem get a couple drops of blue and not for my class.
Yes, I did have both, but rarely used luck potions. In fact using luck potions seemed to work in reverse for my toon.
Antavious
Warrior
Characters
Antavious, suoivatna
Platform
- iOS
The only way to observe an increase directly is to do many, many runs of entire zones over and over so people generally get misinformation when it comes to this (or simply refuse to believe that there is just one stat that effects blight mote-plosion rate) but my previous statement is true. The rest is up to rng.
marmoset
Reader
Platform
- PC
Dids.. these suggest to me that your alt is on Lesser Mind Shield rune rather than the Superior Mind Shield rune. And also, because Superior Mind Shield rune is level 95 only and your alt is probably not equipped with that prior reaching level 95.
From my observation, Lesser Mind Shield jackpot caps at 10 motes whereas the Superior Mind Shield is where you get the jackpot of 30 and above.
Massakari
Shaman
Characters
Massakari
Platform
- Android
dustbunny
Squirrel
Platform
- iOS
- PC
Massakari
Shaman
Characters
Massakari
Platform
- Android
Cosmickitty
Bog Frog
Platform
- iOS
one of the ez drops helps increase chances for mote piñatas. I forgot the name but the one that looks like a bowl full of purple goo.
Antavious
Warrior
Characters
Antavious, suoivatna
Platform
- iOS
It’s called dream dust and it’s basically just a short duration luck potion, buff is the same just only lasts 15min great for one lap of one zone.
Jalandra
Jack Of All Trades
Characters
Zorlanda, Lenada, Jalandra, Zorlan, Yuju, Queen of Darkness
Platform
- iOS
- PC
- Steam
I did a lot of daily runs of blight zones to test this with multiple characters having different mf values over several weeks. My findings are that with magic find above 20k then you will tend to get a bountiful mote about 1 in every 3. Below 20k the chance reduces significantly. At 13.7k magic find the chance is 1 in 15 or worse.
It was also argued that it is affected by your overall prosperity. There is a small difference in prosperity of 3% to 5% across my characters due to the different magic find so it looks unlikely that this affects it unless there is a sharp step up at about 18% prosperity.
On a side note, one thing that was noticed is the effect of magic find on the daily gullet pearl from blight cats. At around 23k magic find it was nearly always found in the first 5 drops. At 13.7k magic find it nearly always took between 25 and 35 kills to find it.
It was also argued that it is affected by your overall prosperity. There is a small difference in prosperity of 3% to 5% across my characters due to the different magic find so it looks unlikely that this affects it unless there is a sharp step up at about 18% prosperity.
On a side note, one thing that was noticed is the effect of magic find on the daily gullet pearl from blight cats. At around 23k magic find it was nearly always found in the first 5 drops. At 13.7k magic find it nearly always took between 25 and 35 kills to find it.
Antavious
Warrior
Characters
Antavious, suoivatna
Platform
- iOS
By any chance do you get some of your magic find from a luck potion?
The overall prosperity stat is like attk,def rating it’s just an overall thing kinda useless. What is important is the break down of stats that make it and in this case the one that reads lucky loot chance
of which you can only get from two sources the mythic helm rune
and a luck potion (this is where the confusion lies as both of these also boost magic find) but bonus loot chance clearly says it makes mobs drop more loot. 5% or 1 in 20 for just the helm rune (only wile in blight so you got to be there just to view it) and 7% for the pot added to the 5 for 12% or 1 in 8 (remember these are averages and subject to rng so you can get better or worse like crazy good 1 in 3 occasionally). As for magic find it only upgrades gear rarity
if you want to prove this just simply grind motes with 20k magic find that isn’t sourced from the superior/mythic helm rune or a luck potion and you will never get a mote-ploision. This also affects the normal mob drops in blight such as the cats.
Jalandra
Jack Of All Trades
Characters
Zorlanda, Lenada, Jalandra, Zorlan, Yuju, Queen of Darkness
Platform
- iOS
- PC
- Steam
Cosmickitty
Bog Frog
Platform
- iOS
Unless devs need to update descriptions, mf has nothing to do with mote drops. If a large change to mf happened it wouldve been in patch notes somewhere.
would be really nice if an Otter would confirm though, I’ve seen mf questioned frequently, an official otter post would be nice to link to
would be really nice if an Otter would confirm though, I’ve seen mf questioned frequently, an official otter post would be nice to link to
Massakari
Shaman
Characters
Massakari
Platform
- Android
I just noticed this post, and I personally didn't want to further add to folks' confusion about what exactly helps get a "mote-plosion" as you call it, & that's why I didn't post this yet but yes , I agree 100% the "Lucky Loot" has got to be the stat that increases those odds.
I've recently went a step further on this theory and used the AoE group Villager Crafting Crystal (exact name currently evades me) and although some may see this as a waste, I have been blessed in regards to the amount that have dropped from the Red Darrig Chests.
With this buff, you'll get a value of 22% "Lucky Loot" which is almost double the percentage with just Luck Elixir and Greater Mind Shielding Rune. It only lasts 20 minutes and I was able to find 4 and I managed to get 2/4! That 50% is incredible even though this low of a number of mote finds obviously isnt near enough to get a realistic percentage. 22% is still a bit over 1/5 which i'll take that!
Massakari
Shaman
Characters
Massakari
Platform
- Android
I'd test this out further, but It'd be way more beneficial to have a few friends that would be willing to join as a group and sweep a whole zone for motes. That way we'd undoubtedly find more within the buff timer, and you'd get a better idea of how many "mote-plosions" you'd actually get.
The problem I see with that is the range of the Crystal. The reason Crafting parties are usually held in Marigold is because all the crafting stations are in range of the Crystal. It does not cover an entire zone. So you would need to find several motes close together to test it.