I just did Lazarus for the billionth time and now with my new high watermarks, I was expecting something cool. Instead, I received things all below my watermark. The only reason I’m not 100% is because I wasn’t actively tracking my gear but chests drop 500-515 so the boss drops are bracketed in those drops.
So 502 musket, 508 fire, 501 musket, then 595 spear, 588 axe, then 501 bow. So that spear and axe are from the boss.
Go to gear and I see 506 legs, 590 gloves, 510 gloves, so gloves from the boss.
The issue is that my spear watermark is 597 and my axe and glove are 595 so you just didn’t give me upgrades even though you’ve stated this:
Level 60+ named enemies are even more likely to drop HWM-increasing items, and Expedition Bosses will always drop an item that increases your HWM.
They need to clarify, definitely. But I do believe it mostly works as intended. According to testing the community has done, the watermark can only be increased to 591. After that, you have a chance to randomly get items from 591 to 600. if you get a drop of 593, for example, that does not increase your watermark. In other words, a player that just got to 591 watermark has the same chance to get a 600gs items as a player that’s had 591gs for much longer. So the boss drops are fine I think.
Having said that, expedition chests are indeed bugged and have been since the launch. They don’t drop items according to your watermark