Very recently I built a luck suit for myself. At first I thought I was getting results, now I am not sure. Some long-time players swear luck "does nothing"... what say you?
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Luck or no luck?
- Thread starter Phantasmagorian
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My experience with 2470 luck suit is it in the overall pay out it is worthwhile. I do get around 18%-20% better loot in the long run than a identical character running 300-400 luck. Of course I also believe some characters are just luckier than others. Some of my characters just consistently get junk and rarely a drop and others will hit fairly regularly luck or not. What see the most with high luck is less negative properties and high intensities. Don't think anyone can give a concrete answer.
The only thing that i can attest to, is that luck does indeed increase the amount of Saltpeter you get from mining. Loot, i couldn't tell you for sure.
Makes the difference between 1000 per hour and 3500 per hour
IMO luck does indeed effect loot, either in the amount of garbage you get or the quality... rarely quality ....... more often than not you just get more garbage...
It does work... just not as some people think it should... or should I say most people.
It does work... just not as some people think it should... or should I say most people.
Even the Devs couldnt answer this one as to them its just a formula. IMO, it works on some things and others it does not. Saltpeter is excellent example. It will affect this but will do nothing when mining ore.
A character's total Luck is used when loot is spawned on creature corpses. It gives a chance of there being a greater amount of loot, a chance of a greater number of properties on said loot, and a chance that those properties will be of greater intensity. It should be noted, however, that this is only a chance of more and better loot, and that Luck has no direct affect on what specific items will spawn and what specific properties will spawn on those items.
Luck has the following effects based on Publish 86:
From: Luck - UOGuide, the Ultima Online Encyclopedia
I have 2200 on my luck suit (without statue rub), so that means I have almost 80% chance of "better" loot.. according to the calculator on uoGuide.
Luck has the following effects based on Publish 86:
- Loot obtained from monsters, SoS Chests, Treasure Chests, Dredging Hooks, and as Quest Rewards will be influenced by the luck of the individual getting the loot.
- Loot obtained from Dungeon Chests and Khaldun Puzzle Chests will have loot influenced with a random luck value between 0 and 240.
- Loot generated in Felucca has a 1000 point luck bonus applied to it, as well as bonuses to budgets used in item property generation.
From: Luck - UOGuide, the Ultima Online Encyclopedia
I have 2200 on my luck suit (without statue rub), so that means I have almost 80% chance of "better" loot.. according to the calculator on uoGuide.
That is a good point, it should show in your status bar
Then again, it also doesn't tell you in game that luck is pulled only when the mob dies, so you can just insta switch to luck suit on EC for the last blow.
And when you gain perfection, the additional luck also does not show in your status.
And when you gain perfection, the additional luck also does not show in your status.
I think it depends on many factors, although i have never seen it posted i can say that accounts that are several years older than mine(keep quitting) will get better loot(consistently) with zero luck than i will with 2000. Further i have noticed that skill types(in different dungeons)seem to affect drops as well, and who knows what else, i doubt the devs actually know anymore.
I remember reading a few years back and no I am not going to go searching for it......... but one of the Devs said luck does not influence Fished up chest but does influence T map chest. I can say I tend to to pull more legendaries out of a lvl 6 chest with my luck suit, the statue and the fel bonus than I do without it. SOS chest nothing to indicate max luck effects them one way or the other.
Since I just started killing dread pirates instead of turning them in....... When I dual client two tamers one with Zero luck and one with very high luck the luck tamer gets all of the legendary loot, a lot of heavy weighted clean majors and very few lessers. The Zero luck gets usually several lessers and average weighted majors with more negative properties like the 50 stones, 125 str, and antique. Also I am starting to believe acct age has better inate luck the luck tamer is I believe 227 months while the zero luck is 116 months. And newer account tamer at 11 months even with a 2470 luck suite gets crap for loot like clockwork.
Not sure about that most of my accounts are > 10 years old...