Rarity search, is not rare.

[Serenity6]

First time using the Rarity search, and my scout comes back with 200 coal...


BB, simple thread here for you

Explain how, and what makes you think coal is Rare.

This is all.
The Notorious
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[RonEmpire]

LOL. This was already the big complaint on the test server. they didn't bother to do anything about it.

Suggestions have been made to make these new searches as "bonus" searches (augmented) to the regular searches.
Similar to how geos have hidden stash or chance to find extra mined stuff.

http://forum.tsotesting.com/threads/...ethings-to-FIX

I don't know why they asked for Feedback on the test server, when they totally ignored everything related to the Explorer Science system.

[Serenity6]

makes us feel special when we think we have a opinion in the development of our game.. i guess.

the geologists skill tree was such a fail that i have only put 1 book into one scout to complete a basic quest. but at my point in the game as well as at least a 1/3 of the players on zeus do not need help with copper, marble, or iron. (give us granite mines and we'll talk)

the explorer i did skill tree (only one scout) up and decided that i wouldnt do any others after seing him bring back coal from a rare search after spending days and mass amount of resources to make those books and his skills are maxed as far as they can be.

so at this point, all my books will be saved for my island and or general. hopefully they dont destroy those like they did the geologist.

[Wimpy]

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so at this point, all my books will be saved for my island and or general. hopefully they dont destroy those like they did the geologist.[/QUOTE]

This is the way I feel also.

[Serenity6]

just recieved my second rare search loot... 200 coal again
so i spent 15-17 days creating 21 books and a ton of resources to collect 400 coal. thanks bb

glad to know you guys dont play the game enough to know what is Rare.

sending out for a third time, dont strike out.

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[LordMidas]

LOL, I read on a German forum someone saying he got a fish platter and then a solar flare on his first 2 artifact searches ! I will wait until the percentages for the various skills are clarified (I still have not been a able to find a single person who knows how the "Luck Detour" works exactly).

I must just add that although one can find the Rainbow Snow buff, on that forum they said that 80% of the buffs they find are not worth the search time, so if one only has a 20% good finds its probably better to make the explorer do other searches which over time produce better overall returns.

[RonEmpire]

Right now you spent all your books to get "rare search" option and that is an isolated search mode. The books you spent to get up to that: None of the other skills really benefit the rare search other than "reduce time for all searches". To me this is such a waste of points. Sure he's now a 'multi-tasking' explorer but if you spent all your books for rare search, the other explorers could be doing the other search type. You're going to want to use rare search to make him useful right?
This becomes a buyer's remorse. You wish you hadn't wasted books into his rare search if you're going to make him do other searches instead.


As I have suggested. There are a 2 things they could have done to make it worth that end tier search mode worth it. It should have been 'augmented' with the regular treasure searches so that you can still do your regular searches and hope to get the rare item as a bonus second loot. If he brings back coal, at least you got something good from the normal search you sent him out on. Having him waste his time and bringing back coal, and spending all those books, its a real let down.

Secondly, I suggested that they adjust the loot table to have at least 1 bean or 1 guild coin in addition to the garbage. (better than nothing)
So if he brought back coal, then maybe 1bean with some coal. Loot table basically should be a range of beans, like 1bean, 5 beans, 10beans, 25 beans, 50 beans, 100 beans. This way the description of the search fits the results. You got 1 rare bit out of the search even if its not a lot.

It's very demoralizing when you spend a ton of books and did a search and got coal. Especially when the books are expensive and time consuming to make (assuming that you had speced out the geo specialists already)

[Serenity6]

i agree with ron here. i can easily reset my explorer and get my books back but is it work the 1k gems? it very well may be at this point comparing 1000 gems to 15 days of waiting game time for books. however i feel that BB will do us right (eventually) and make the % better odds as they have before in the past with adventures. however, depending on this third return in about 6 hrs i may be sitting with lordmidas and wait for the % to change.

[Serenity6]

just letting anyone that may be following this thread know that i found on my third time 50 beans.

pretty good find given the fact that is half the basic reward for Valiant tailor.
now i want to see a % chart.
however, coal should not be part of the rare search, and like ron said at the very least, add 1 bean or guild coin with the coal.

[ProfSherman]

I found each talent in the top tier lackluster for the explorer, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to level 3 scouts up. Quicker, cheaper adventure searches, with more map frags (17 each on long adv searches), plus a 30% chance of having two prizes (this includes things like 1 map frag and 1 adv, or 2 sets of map frags)? Sign me up. As I attempt to get my last 5 levels of this game in, having all these adventures will be quite helpful.