Gold items drop - is it dependent on something or it's just luck?

Question

I was wondering about dropping gold items - is it just luck or no? 

Actually I have 19,270 boss points which gives me 180% of eq loot bonus. If I have fully unlocked boss in bosstiary I have 205% eq loot bonus. My golds drops from bosses are extremely weak - 1 gold item in 2/3 months - ridiculous..

We are all know that boss bonus gives players another chance to loot gold item so in my case I have chance to loot 1 gold item (without boss bonus) + 3 gold items from another draw - 100% + 100% + 5% (if boss bonus is activated).

I compared gold items loot with my friend and this is results:
FRIEND: 4k boss points | Gold items from bosses 2/3 per 2/3 weeks | Profit ~ 50-200kk
ME: 19k boss points | Gold items from bosses 1/2 per 2/3 months | Profit ~ 1-50kk

Does characters have "special treatment" in game or is it just luck? 
Maybe some character are "assigned" as gold diggers and some as losers. 

Let me know what you think about this. 

~ Bartlomieej

Answer 1

I have 22.3k boss points on my main character, and I have the same feeling as you: it seems like the extra chances of dropping something rare don't make the slightest difference.

But it's about luck, especially since it wouldn't make any sense for certain characters to receive special treatment. And I think that, with some bosses, certain vocations have an extra advantage in dropping something rare, either by dealing and/or receiving more damage. For example, I killed more than 150 King Zelos with my MS and ED, and only dropped 1 rare item. EKs and RPs, on the other hand, were usually the ones who frequently dropped something rare. CipSoft never gave many details on how the participation system works, so this is just a perception I've had over the years. I had a party to kill bosses for a few years, and it was noticeable that some players always dropped more items.

Comments

That's so sad Raven :( #connectinginpain

I heard the one theory that every character got his own assigned bosses. I did every boss but i dont count rotten blood, graveborn and SW bosses. Every boss gave nothing..

I have hope that Cipsoft change im future and x% of Boss points will increase chance of loot, not on additional loot.

Peace!