Can anyone with a reliable source tell me if high level actually affects drop rate from bosses in dungeons according to the EVO 2 patch? e.g. Does a lvl 28, 29, 30, 31, etc have different drop rates in SM (Senestal Manor a lvl 26 dungeon)? No speculations please, preferably someone that played KTera that has info from developers would be preferred.
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I can confirm that there is a penalty and it's pretty drastic. I am pretty sure someone did a post with the #'s but I'm to lazy to look it up.
I know in K-Tera & NA Beta if someone is 5 or more levels above you it really cut into XP & drop rates. And it can get to the point that you get about 1 XP per kill if they are really higher then you.
Having tested myself, I can tell you also that gold drops are also drastically reduced for higher level characters. To the point that being about 5 level above a given mobs yields about 10 times less gold.
In other words, do not expect anything from content lower than your level.
The only problem with this is really that you can finish dungeon content before you even got your rewards.
Which is why I think all games should run point systems. Do dungeon 20 times, get 1 item, or whatever else ridiculous rules you want to add, just as long as items are guaranteed over time.
I solo'd SB at level 32 and 33 with my warrior, after having skipped it at level, and both times I got 2 greens from Rocky, and 2 blues from the Vulcan. A fair number of hides, runes and white/green items dropped along the way. But yeah, money drops were reduced to almost nothing.
I also healed a group of at-level guildies on my level 31 priest, and I'm *pretty sure* some blues dropped from Vulcan.
Up to 2 lvls over ------------- No Penalty
3 lvls over --------------------- 5% drop chance reduction
4 lvls over --------------------- 25% drop chance reduction
5 lvls over --------------------- 37.5% drop chance reduction
6 lvls over --------------------- 43.5% drop chance reduction
7 lvls over --------------------- 46% drop chance reduction
8 lvls over --------------------- 47.5% drop chance reduction
9-29 lvls over ----------------- 49.5% drop chance reduction
30+ lvls over ------------------ 50% drop chance reduction
