Does buying more silk = getting more SOS?

Sendako · Post by **Sendako** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:36 am

Well, according to the in game guide on sro, it says that getting better/rare items is all based on luck, and the the mob etc. you are grinding at/with.

So does buying silk increase your "luck" of getting an sos? It seems almost as though all my friends who have silk items get alot more seal drops than I do... and I have gotten none.

_Medea_ · Post by **_Medea_** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:37 am

No!!!!!!!!!!!1

nevadie · Post by **nevadie** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:37 am

no buying silk doesent help with getting SOS

Hesseth · Post by **Hesseth** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:39 am

_Medea_ wrote:No!!!!!!!!!!!1

+1

Sendako · Post by **Sendako** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:47 am

Then what constititutes the "luck" of getting a rare drop? How is it that my friends that purchase silk always happen to be in the right place at the exact time , for an sos? When I hardly even get tablets/elixirs?
How is it that my luck hasnt changed all the time I've been on sro? Would my luck change if I started playing on a new character? new account? new computer? or would it change the moment I start buying silk?

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:50 am

The "luck" on sro is all based on 2 things "1" and "0", your char is a mix of 1 and 0, your items are a mix of 1 and 0. Your mobs and skillz are all mixes of 1 and 0.

In order to get a SoX drop, The SoX drop 1 and 0 has to correspond with your chars 1 and 0 and the mob that "drops" it's 1 and 0. So yes its all luck

PB_and_J · Post by **PB_and_J** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:22 am

Key-J wrote:The "luck" on sro is all based on 2 things "1" and "0", your char is a mix of 1 and 0, your items are a mix of 1 and 0. Your mobs and skillz are all mixes of 1 and 0.

In order to get a SoX drop, The SoX drop 1 and 0 has to correspond with your chars 1 and 0 and the mob that "drops" it's 1 and 0. So yes its all luck

Have you got any real evidence of that...unless you are talking of binary...

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:24 am

Lol yes, Binary... I thought that was obvious. My bad

Manowar · Post by **Manowar** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:53 am

Its luck. I've never bought silk and i managed to find 8 sos + 1 som drops.

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:59 am

Manowar. Welcome to SRF, Glad to see one of the more helpfull people off of SRO.net forums join our communtiy

, Unlike SRO.net forums. SRF is well monitored and all of the forum is acitve. People respect our SRF Rules and post things in the appropriate sections. Hope you enjoy it here, feel free to become part of the SRF community. If you have any questions im sure our users will be more than happy to answer them. Just post in the appropriate section after a quick search :wink:

Key-J

Manowar · Post by **Manowar** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:09 am

Thanks for the welcome KeyJ. Im sure ill enjoy being on this forum.

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:13 am

Your Welcome dude

MrJoey · Post by **MrJoey** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:19 am

I've spent ~$1000 on the game... Haven't found a single sos. If that doesn't answer your question, nothing will.

Sc(+)pE16 · Post by **Sc(+)pE16** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:27 am

Im with Mr.Joey on that one. Well, kinda. I got sick of playing my old char so i made a new char for laughs and went out to kill a mangyang.... BOOM lvl 1 sostar ring drop. worth around 400 gold. Basically NOTHING!!! . But yea i have never gotten any other SOS besides that crappy thing.

deathtoall · Post by **deathtoall** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:29 am

Man, Dont feel bad about not getting any drops. I would have rather not had any, than what happened in the past 2 weeks.
Right at the intersection outside of hotan at the small bunwangs. I crit a small bunwang, bam one hit kill. While I celebrated..lol, ya Im a dork, I didnt have my monkey out, a high lvl npc thief kills me. I know my fault for not paying attention. But there laying on the ground. My SOS Moon Glavie. this past week, also grinding on bunwangs, had a giant b all to myself, and here comes some high lvl idiot who kses me and bam... SOS Spear. So ya, Id rather of not even seen/had those drops.lol :banghead:

sloth24 · Post by **sloth24** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:40 am

haha... me? i had a lvl 40 character that never had any sos drop. I restarted a new character due to noob distribution of stat point... and im now at lvl44

sos drops so far:

sos lvl20 tasset --- bandit archer
sos lvl16 sword --- giant white tiger
sos blade lvl24 --- demon horse
sos crown lvl35 --- earth ghost

som drop:

som chest armor lvl47 --- mujigi <--- my ticket for an sos 7th degree weapon

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:55 am

Demarthl once speculated that each character, piece of gear, etc had a hidden "luck" stat. that's why some people drop SoX's like candy and some items never EVER go to +3, etc. i used to poo-poo the idea, but the more i think about it, the more i feel it may be plausible.

Drew_Benton · Post by **Drew_Benton** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:56 am

Buy enough silk and they'll give you a sosun

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=20399

HuyFong · Post by **HuyFong** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:12 am

MrJoey wrote:I've spent ~$1000 on the game... Haven't found a single sos. If that doesn't answer your question, nothing will.

+9

Tallrik · Post by **Tallrik** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:38 am

Sendako wrote:Then what constititutes the "luck" of getting a rare drop? How is it that my friends that purchase silk always happen to be in the right place at the exact time , for an sos?

i nearly max'd my silk charge and i never find sos +_+

Tallrik · Post by **Tallrik** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:39 am

By the way did anyone notice on the "Future releases" thread that the image of the Pang Lottery has like 5 SOS/SOM/SOSUN items ?

If one Pang costs as much as 1-day gold ticket (it does on kSRO) and there is 8th degree sos in there +_+

Im gonna save up for 500k silk.

Braxton · Post by **Braxton** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:41 am

Nope buying silk does not help..I buy silk but I get my fair share of drops. Last one was a lvl 42 sos bow during the event off of a bungwang. My best friend doesnt buy silk and she got a lvl 64sos bow from a Penon Fighter 2 nights ago

....one of the best drops you can get. So NOOOOOOOO+87687

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:16 am

<---- has bought lots and LOTS of silk, and has only had 2 SoX drops that matter (8th degree) ;)

Lemon · Post by **Lemon** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:41 am

my best sos was a 52 bow because that was as high as i got to on lemon.

a botter in cave found 3 sos drops in a day during the compensation event.

Tallrik · Post by **Tallrik** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:11 am

Braxton wrote:Nope buying silk does not help..I buy silk but I get my fair share of drops. Last one was a lvl 42 sos bow during the event off of a bungwang. My best friend doesnt buy silk and she got a lvl 64sos bow from a Penon Fighter 2 nights ago ....one of the best drops you can get. So NOOOOOOOO+87687

A Penon Fighter that dropped lvl64 SOS bow?

i doubt it :s

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:15 am

Tallrik wrote:
Braxton wrote:Nope buying silk does not help..I buy silk but I get my fair share of drops. Last one was a lvl 42 sos bow during the event off of a bungwang. My best friend doesnt buy silk and she got a lvl 64sos bow from a Penon Fighter 2 nights ago :D ....one of the best drops you can get. So NOOOOOOOO+87687

A Penon Fighter that dropped lvl64 SOS bow?

i doubt it :s

a friend of mine got a 64 SoS legs from a yeti lvl 59. SoX items can drop in a HUGE range of lvls. i know of several 5X who have gotten 64+ SoX items.

Braxton · Post by **Braxton** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:47 am

ok, problem solved

Chaby · Post by **Chaby** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:48 am

I had more sos drops when I was playing without ticket/monkey.

Braxton · Post by **Braxton** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:52 am

oh and I sold that shitty bow for 140mil..got a screen shot of the gold in the bank to if you wanna say im lying about that.

Its good to have friends that trust you to sell something like that not to mention give you half of what you sold it for.

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:54 am

Braxton wrote:I knew someone would step up and flame instead of saying gratz...oh well this is how this game is I guess. While this doesnt show the drop it shows the person that got the drop giving it to me..take it for what its worth. I wonder why I dont post more often, people like you that always seem to piss on everyones parade.

...? flames? i see no flames. skepticism, perhaps, but that's logical, seeing as how most people don't know that SoS can drop from mobs much higher/lower than the item. relax :)