irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, March 09, 2015, 04:28 (3546 days ago) @ scarab

Rate because you killed at higher rate. Fast respawn plus fast kills. Number of drops is proportional to numbers killed.

How much higher? On Venus I can do that little loop in the Cinders where the Fallen are on the ground and up the slope to the caves that eventually lead to the House of Winter Ketch. The quick respawns there give me a very nearly unending number of enemies without standing in one single spot. Yeah, Thrall might be a bit easier to kill but you're talking one bullet vs two per enemy at best. A difference of a few enemies per hour isn't significant... I'd think that things like Strikes and missions would likewise provide roughly the same number of enemies per hour as well. Especially the newer Hive ones where they throw 40+ Thrall at you within a minute or two...

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Bungie GDC panel rundown - electricpirate, 2015-03-07, 03:23
- They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. - scarab, 2015-03-07, 06:50
  - They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. - someotherguy, 2015-03-08, 09:46
    - in those days you weren't guaranteed drops end strikes - scarab, 2015-03-08, 21:51
- Also: - uberfoop, 2015-03-07, 07:10
  - Also: - electricpirate, 2015-03-09, 01:23
  - 6 Years in the Making - Blackt1g3r, 2015-03-09, 16:06
- Bungie GDC panel rundown - EffortlessFury, 2015-03-07, 12:23
  - Maybe they mean... - Blackt1g3r, 2015-03-07, 12:25
    - That's what I was thinking - Dagoonite, 2015-03-07, 13:03
      - It dropped purples and they were pretty rare in those days - scarab, 2015-03-07, 13:44
        
        Maybe it meant actual purples. - Funkmon, 2015-03-08, 20:32
        
        yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up - scarab, 2015-03-08, 20:54
        
        yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up - ZackDark, 2015-03-08, 21:21
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - scarab, 2015-03-08, 21:47
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - Robot Chickens, 2015-03-08, 22:39
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - slycrel, 2015-03-09, 02:19
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 02:31
        
        irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:16
        
        irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 04:28
        
        Dude - Robot Chickens, 2015-03-09, 14:31
    - It was a patrol spawn point - scarab, 2015-03-07, 13:36
      - It was a patrol spawn point - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-07, 13:45
        
        It was efficient: tons of blues, a fair number of purples - scarab, 2015-03-07, 14:02
        
        It was a patrol spawn point - scarab, 2015-03-07, 14:18
        
        It was a patrol spawn point - Claude Errera, 2015-03-07, 21:13
        
        do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies - scarab, 2015-03-08, 04:54
        
        It always seemed to me that all enemies had equal drop rates - Kahzgul, 2015-03-08, 09:11
        
        "Random drops can kiss my ass, and I avoid reliance on them" - yakaman, 2015-03-09, 14:40
        
        +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-09, 14:42
        
        Compared to what, though? - CyberKN, 2015-03-09, 14:56
        
        Compared to what, though? - Kahzgul, 2015-03-09, 19:54
        
        But Gjallarhorn! - dogcow, 2015-03-09, 20:09
        
        false dichotomy - scarab, 2015-03-10, 04:53
        
        Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:25
        
        Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-09, 15:44
        
        so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:53
        
        Exclusion Zone Mission farming - ZackDark, 2015-03-09, 17:31
        
        so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:32
        
        Enjoying Destiny - Kermit, 2015-03-09, 16:21
        
        Enjoying Destiny - Up North 65, 2015-03-09, 21:01
        
        do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies - Claude Errera, 2015-03-08, 16:57
        
        do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 02:45
        
        Cut It Out. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 03:08
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 03:56
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 04:16
        
        Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 12:41
        
        What effort? - someotherguy, 2015-03-09, 14:08
        
        What effort? - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 14:26
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 14:17
        
        Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:41
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Dagoonite, 2015-03-09, 04:28
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 04:55
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Kermit, 2015-03-09, 09:55
        
        Take. A. Joke. - someotherguy, 2015-03-09, 14:16
        
        Take. A. Joke. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-09, 16:14
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 16:51
        
        Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:43
        
        That's not a joke. That's important information. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-09, 17:47
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 17:51
        
        Keep in mind... - Kahzgul, 2015-03-09, 00:31
  - Other currency - electricpirate, 2015-03-09, 00:43
    - the other currencies were weekly capped, cave was not - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:25
      - so it's a false dichotomy to say cave vs others - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:28
  - Bungie GDC panel rundown - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 05:12
- One full GDC panel - Xenos, 2015-03-08, 01:51
  - One full GDC panel - Kermit, 2015-03-08, 13:25
    - One full GDC panel - Xenos, 2015-03-08, 17:21
- Months later: Still arguing about the frackin lootcave. - Revenant1988, 2015-03-09, 11:07
  - Bungie brought it up again and claimed low level enemies - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:40

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