Ok, so recently, I was at the Barbarian Village hunting for the sceptre pieces.

Meanwhile I had took my friend along on the adventure. About five to ten minutes in he

finds a scepter piece. At first I'm like congratulations. Then 30-40 minutes later, I still

have not receive a sceptre piece. This really made me mad. P.S. I'm 10 levels higher then

him. So about now I'm really mad and about to quit when all of a sudden my luck turns

around. I find one then about 3-4 more. This made me angry that it did this to me. Sure, the

drops finnally came in but it took me 40-50 minutes longer then him and I'm almost

level 60 now. I'm just wandering...what's jagex's rarity of these drops? I mean what the crap

he had 1 sceptre in 5-10 minutes and it takes me 40+ minutes longer then him when

he was like level 49. I'm just mad about that...

Much of Runescape is based upon chance. Sometimes things will come slowly, other times quickly. Get used to it.

Also, the drops aren't dependent upon your combat level.

 

It's all just based on luck, and it just seems like you had a bad case of it. :unsure: I'm sure you'll get a good drop soon that'll make up for it. :)

Was he rocking the mith scim?

OMG i think we should ask jagex to make higher levels get sceptre peices fasterrrrrr....... not actuallly

First of all, the place is called the Stronghold of Security. If you're fighting in Barbarian Village, of course you aren't going to get any scepter drops.

 

Second of all, combat does not matter at all. It is all based on luck.

 

And lastly, if this drives you mad, good luck on finding all 4 pieces of the scepter...

Heya im F2p and so i dont know if it is different of P2p but here is the run down of how welll the parts drop.

Right skull - dropped like crazy by minotaurs (easiest tot get)

Bottom of sceptre - find a place and start wackin the bone crushers (decent but 10-15 mins easy)

Top half - safe range catablepons and it will take veeery long (hard to get)

Left skull half - Ankous ...... It drops when it feels like it.... "nuff said

 

 

Hope that helped

It took me forever to get all the pieces as well. It's not dependent upon your level, it's the fact that sceptre pieces are fairly rare drops, so they won't be lying on the ground after killing just one monster. Apparently, you're new to the concept of an RPG but in most RPG's there are rare drops from monsters that you get, I'm assuming, based on a percentage. So if you have a 2 percent chance of getting a sceptre piece, you have a one out of fifty shot at one, but even then, it might take more. That's one reason why you don't see many people walking around with sceptres, they are hard to get and you have to work diligently towards it. I probably spent an hour fighting minotaurs to get my sceptre piece, and then I killed two ankhs to get my last piece. It is not at all a problem, nor is it a really relevant complaint. It's just how the game works, and it has a purpose.

I'm not sure why the OP made his post all centered, but I couldn't stop reading it as a poem, so I decided to reply in limerick form.

 

There once was a player named Cannon

Much GeePee loot he was plannin'

With a friend in tow

He searched high and low

For the fresh hot enigmatic canon.

 

Five or ten minutes to boot

His friend says "check out this sweet loot."

But Cannon said shucks,

got screwed by bad luck

So why don't we get to the root.

 

His logic that Cannon mismanage

Your level gives you no advantage

Your luck turns around

Some loot you have found

Your friend still has no disadvantage.

 

Your pockets do not seem too bare

The items you seek are quite rare

The system does suck

But others have worse luck

This is the closest we will get to "fair."

 

You should think of cutting your loss

Just wait till you grind on a boss

Two hundred runs dry

At the Barrows, you'll sigh

Out the window, your monitor will toss.

 

Your ignorance of probability is shocking.

 

So I flip a coin 100 times. The first 99 times, the result is a tail. For the last flip, what is the chance of me getting heads?

 

No, the answer isn't "very high chance" or something like that. It's 50%. <_< Think about it. What makes the coin have this sudden "urge" to turn heads for you just because it has been tails for 99 times in a row? A coin isn't human, it doesn't get sick and tired of doing something.

I'm not sure why the OP made his post all centered, but I couldn't stop reading it as a poem, so I decided to reply in limerick form.

 

I wish I would have bloody done that. I was thinking the same exact thing, but decided this was the wrong forum for poetry.

If you were not clearly a seal, I would have fallen in love with you months ago. But a seal you are, and I actually support the Orcas, sorry.

lmao... might i say...

 

tacos ftw?

I'm not sure why the OP made his post all centered, but I couldn't stop reading it as a poem, so I decided to reply in limerick form.

 

There once was a player named Cannon

Much GeePee loot he was plannin'

With a friend in tow

He searched high and low

For the fresh hot enigmatic canon.

 

Five or ten minutes to boot

His friend says "check out this sweet loot."

But Cannon said shucks,

got screwed by bad luck

So why don't we get to the root.

 

His logic that Cannon mismanage

Your level gives you no advantage

Your luck turns around

Some loot you have found

Your friend still has no disadvantage.

 

Your pockets do not seem too bare

The items you seek are quite rare

The system does suck

But others have worse luck

This is the closest we will get to "fair."

 

You should think of cutting your loss

Just wait till you grind on a boss

Two hundred runs dry

At the Barrows, you'll sigh

Out the window, your monitor will toss.

 

 

OMG that was awesome! can I use the last bit in my siggy ?

 

and to OP: Drops anin't lvl based, its all about chance/luck. hang in there!

I'm not sure why the OP made his post all centered, but I couldn't stop reading it as a poem, so I decided to reply in limerick form.

 

I wish I would have bloody done that. I was thinking the same exact thing, but decided this was the wrong forum for poetry.

If you were not clearly a seal, I would have fallen in love with you months ago. But a seal you are, and I actually support the Orcas, sorry.

You two are becoming more alike all the time.

 

@OP: This may seem obvious, but the higher your stats. The faster you'll kill them, and the faster you will get your drops. i.e.

 

GRIND SOME MORE!

I'm not sure why the OP made his post all centered, but I couldn't stop reading it as a poem, so I decided to reply in limerick form.

 

I wish I would have bloody done that. I was thinking the same exact thing, but decided this was the wrong forum for poetry.

If you were not clearly a seal, I would have fallen in love with you months ago. But a seal you are, and I actually support the Orcas, sorry.

You two are becoming more alike all the time.

 

 

GRIND SOME MORE!

Is that a compliment or constructive criticism?

Is that a compliment or constructive criticism?

 

Both!

First of all, the place is called the Stronghold of Security. If you're fighting in Barbarian Village, of course you aren't going to get any scepter drops.

 

No need to be an [wagon], you knew what he was talking about.

 

Second of all, combat does not matter at all. It is all based on luck.

 

Actually you can kill more monsters per hour at a higher combat level so it attributes to a higher chance of getting a specific drop per hour due to monster volume kills compared to someone of a lower level.

 

And lastly, if this drives you mad, good luck on finding all 4 pieces of the scepter...

>Implying finding 4 pieces of the scepter pieces are hard to get

Lol before the game died I remember I killed Ankous for the drops. I had like 200 left skull halves but never got any of the other pieces.

Drops Are Not Determend By Level, A Level Three Has As Much Of A Chance Of Getting A Rare Drop As A Lv 138 (All Be Tge Level 3 Would Have A Hard Time Killing The Monster) Its All Random. If You Are Going For A Rare Drop, Might I Suggest A Ring Of Wealth?

Drops Are Not Determend By Level, A Level Three Has As Much Of A Chance Of Getting A Rare Drop As A Lv 138 (All Be Tge Level 3 Would Have A Hard Time Killing The Monster) Its All Random. If You Are Going For A Rare Drop, Might I Suggest A Ring Of Wealth?

If we'd be in-game I'd tell you your Caps Lock is on. Why on earth would you take the time to write like that? :blink:

 

First off if you'd quit over not getting sceptre pieces when you want them then I suggest you quit, right now, go to you mom and tell her you need some parenting because you have the spoiled-brat syndrome.

 

Secondly the verb you're looking for is wondering, not wandering, those are two totally different things. Just like 'than' and 'then' are two totally different words, which you do not seem to understand.

 

FInally, Quelmotz gave a great explanation as to how luck works. Luck doesn't care about your combat level. It doesn't care about your wants or needs, it just doesn't care about you or anyone.

 

P.S. you're really only supposed to use 'P.S.' after the end of your written text, since it means 'Post Scriptum' which indicates you won't just continue writing after the noted message.

*** A coin isn't human, it doesn't get sick and tired of doing something.

 

<BeingAnIdiotToo-on>

Mooo !

What about a CoinShare ?

I've experimented that coinshare often didn't give me loot... is that due to coins' humanbeing ?

<BeingAnIdiotToo-off>

Lol before the game died I remember I killed Ankous for the drops. I had like 200 left skull halves but never got any of the other pieces.

 

Pretty sure you have to go to different parts of the stronghold to get different pieces.. don't you?

*** A coin isn't human, it doesn't get sick and tired of doing something.

 

<BeingAnIdiotToo-on>

Mooo !

What about a CoinShare ?

I've experimented that coinshare often didn't give me loot... is that due to coins' humanbeing ?

<BeingAnIdiotToo-off>

 

<lesson1-on>

Lame jokes are often result of trying too hard.

<lesson1-off>

No need to be an [wagon], you knew what he was talking about.

Except the OP did not actually even try to show that in his post.

 

Actually you can kill more monsters per hour at a higher combat level so it attributes to a higher chance of getting a specific drop per hour due to monster volume kills compared to someone of a lower level.

Yes, but point still stands. No matter what combat level and no matter how many kills, the drop rate is exactly the same.

 

>Implying finding 4 pieces of the scepter pieces are hard to get

For the OP, yes.

 

For the whole god damn rest of us, no.

No need to be an [wagon], you knew what he was talking about.

Except the OP did not actually even try to show that in his post.

 

Sonic, it's ok. He probably isn't used to be trolled that hard.