Why Rare Mobs In World Of Warcraft Classic Are A Lie (mostly)



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An examinaton of World of Warcraft Classic’s rare mob system, mainly of the precious few that actually drop rare blue BoEs – and an attempt at explaining the reason behind it. Join me, as I answer an MMO-related question you (probably) haven’t asked!

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38 thoughts on “Why Rare Mobs In World Of Warcraft Classic Are A Lie (mostly)”

  1. Way back in Vanilla I had an alt permanently parked in the Hinterlands, and his only job was to farm Mithrethis every single time I could catch a spawn. I ended up getting four Chan’s Imperial Robes. Kept one, gave one to a friend, and sold two more. At the time, it was probably the best looking dress in the game (better than any of the alt colors imo)

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  2. The issue with rares is that if they drop anything of value they become camped. Ideally, they should have given zone-specific buffs and/or extra experience. Something for people who encounter rares in the wild to get a little dopamine.

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  3. There is two types of "Rare mob" in Classic. There's Rares, then Elite Rares. The Elite Rares are the ones that drop blues. Most people aren't able to tell the difference because they don't use the default blizzard UI and frames but a Rare mob will have a silver dragon frame, and an Elite Rare will also have a silver dragon frame BUT wings on the dragon.

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  4. Back in vanilla before wrath or even BC the first 1000 th mob kill would give you a blue item – this could be timed with a specific mob but usually happened in early 20s and every 50th killed mob would give you a green item, sometimes you got 2 sometimes nothing , but Blizzz seems to have changed droprate to just random or after a hour grind

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  5. In vanilla some greens are actually just as strong as blues for their level. Typically items that have 3 stats rolled on them like Demon Band or The 2(&1) Ring. Necklaces and rings “Of Eluding”… Even max roll high level greens are as good as blues. I paid 20g for a 20 Stam 20 agi green chest on my Druid.

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