I was just wondering if item rarity potentially increases the chance of Elder/Shaper items, since they always drop rare.
The "real" question is if every dropped shaper/elder items automatically becomes rare or if a dropped rare item has a chance to upgrade to shaper/elder.
Anyone tested this or is there some information from GGG about this topic?
Posted Jan 11, 2018, 4:13 PM UTC
pure speculation incoming: i don't think so. i'd guess that shaper/elder items are created as just that and not as a rare item itself. a dropped white base item will not become shaper/elder just because your rarity made it rare (converting it basically). additional item quantity should affect the drop rate though since you are simply creating more items
Well giving it some thought it would make sense that they just add a base chance of an elder/shaped item dropping rather than linking it with the rarity roll.
Just thought item rarity gem potentially has some use for farming bases in shaper's realm/guardian maps, but I guess in the end there is no way for us to find out. Due to the low drop chance getting a large enough sample size would be unfeasable anyway.
No. But quantity does. See Baeclast pod cast.
I think it would roll from rare base, so more likely yes
Unless GGG has said something there's no way for us to know. Anything anyone says is pure speculation. If the game rolls to see if a rare drops and then after that rolls to see if it should be shaped then yes rarity would help. If the game rolls to see if an item should be shaped first before a rarity roll then it no rarity would not help.