I’ve hit close to the 60 Hour mark. Still, 95% of the drops have all been potions and greens, and they are extremely rear drops.
I’m still going… every day… unable to play the game due to this wall.
Yes, I could ignore this set and play the game, but again, I WANT the armor. It just doesn’t seem like its drop rate is meant to be this difficult.
Im pushing 60 hours, and it kills me to know that I have a possibility of other weight classes dropping, like Light or Mid. I need Heavy.
I am an adult with other responsibilities; I do not want to feel like I’m being taken advantage of in a game. I love the game, but this is uncalled for.
Even IF the enemies dropped any items other than potions, that would be great. I have a very low chance of some potions and a green every hour… it’s not right.
It’s broken, and the design is flawed.
Hi, please try to use a diferent weapon/armor set for a couple tries.
I really spend alot of time with the corrupt rage one, and it dropped on first try when changed gearset.
This is not going to be what you want to hear, and I guarantee someone will argue. To get those 6 pieces from the mines, get some luck food, and grab a full luck set, with pearls, bags etcetera. Put together a group that can do a circuit, and kill quickly.
I did nearly 200 hours with zero drop rate on harbinger before I broke out my luck set, and defiled rabbit feet. I had all 6 drops in the next 8 hours afterward. Good luck better you than me I am never going back to the mines again.
Hello again.
As I suggest you, I changed to lifestaff and the item that I went to get dropped on first try.
I’ve done a video compiling all the kills that I’ve recorded, as well the one with Focus+Lifestaff
Yo, honestly I removed all my luck gear put on a focus set and I got four pieces of the harbinger set within 2 hours. Unfortunately they were the two dexterity and two intelligence pieces, but the drop rate dramatically increased after I switched off from the luck set. Just in general drops, there was a significant increase. I strongly believe that there is a flawed design in this area for these drops. It doesn’t make sense to get higher tier items with significantly less luck.
From my understanding, luck does not increase the drop rate but increases the item quality. From this basic knowledge things do not mathematically make sense.
Today I swapped out to a no luck gear set that focused on focus and the drop rate and rarity significantly increased on drops. I hardly saw any more potions and the majority of the drops were green, blue or purple and some mats. I got four pieces of the set today within 2 hours after switching to my focus gear. Something is broken in this area. I did have a full luck set up which after I got the four pieces I put back on and the drops reverted back to the majority being potions. It just doesn’t make sense. I’ll be back tomorrow. Trying to get the heavy set.
the game has a hidden loot roll that rewards players that play supporting roles so others can ooga booga leftclick.
the game rewards healers for compensating for bad design and making content with bad mechanics playable.
play healer.
also, it tries to trick people that have an inclination to be a dps dummy (healers) to be a damage sponge for the big pve mobs.
No argument there, if you do a fast search I say as much in another thread trying to get them to look into that very same thing. The only thing that worked for me was the above. I tried multiple different builds before going full luck. When I went full luck it was like someone turned on a faucet.
Another thing that I’ve researched yesterday is that those sets are currently dropping as no-named, so luck will only decrease the chance of getting it b/c you will have more drop of named ones
I did notice that! They look like a regular purple which in turn would be lower quality than a named item.
I was coming to that same conclusion that luck might be a negative when farming the set. I opened a ticket with Amazon support and they said it is working as intended. I don’t think they are completely aware of what is going on since the named item is literally not represented as a named item. Just like Diamond heart in that area. Same case, a named item not represented as one.
I immediately recognized the design of pushing players to be healers. The majority of the gear that drops has Focus on it. I also noticed the game has a strange design where it will push gear to you opposite of the role you’re playing.
I can see the benefits and the cons of that design.
Except that is the complete opposite of my, and a few others whom I have spoken with experiences.
It just seems there isn’t a clear view on how luck works and affects things. That being said, I tried luck and it didn’t work.
No luck worked.
I got nothing in 200 hours when not using full luck. After full luck and defiled rabbit I got them without issue.
I read your original post. I’m simply stating everyone has different outcomes. There is no clear right answer.
I know what you are saying. I am just reiterating my personal experience, so someone else doesn’t waste 200 hours, without trying full luck as an option.
I still say it’s broken, and should be looked at nothing should be that inconsistent. It’s probably going to remain as is, hell all the alligators still do not count as alligators for town boards. Faction gear is still from before when they raised gear score, and added expertise system instead of the old watermark.
At the current rate if they stick with the game for 8 more years it will still not be ready for release. 
Haha I don’t feel like it’s that far off. It’s interesting following there development and seeing all the issues they have had a long the way.
At times it seems like they are a small Indy company…
There is zero chance that any of the developers actually farmed for the gear set for the chest and gloves.
They would identify the laps in proper design for farming in that area in general. Not only is the items hard to get but any drops is rare to come across.
Additionally I agree, if anyone runs into this post and you’re trying for hours days weeks for these two items don’t limit yourself to one set of get.
Wear high luck, some luck, no luck, light armor w/ focus… etc …
Tested again with Archmage Vocus, Highwayman’s Boots were not dropping. Was with DEX/STR.
Saw multiple healers dropping it. Were I’ve already dropped everything beside hammer and the boot.
Changed to Focus/Int (200 FOC/100 INT)
Dropped after 4 tries