AOE kills affecting drop rate

[Methos1226]

I've been killing sheep in highlands to make wool for a little while, grab about 30 of them and spining scythe kill them all. i get a few sheep skins. i'm subbing thf so just TH1 for now. I'm heading over to dunes or mountains to get lizard skins today but i was hoping for some info before i do. a guy in my LS said a while back a fix was put in that lowers the drop rate on mobs killed by AOE, that are not actively engaged. I've seen this when doing lizards before, i'll get skins maybe 1/4 while building TP, then get maybe 1/10 on the train i kill. I just thought it was the crappy drop rate.

can anyone else confirm this is the case? if it is, no more spining scythe

[nondachi]

There is a ws that has AOE! :sweat: I feel such like a nooby...

(lvl30war/9mnk)...

[Jinxie]

I'm not sure if AoE attacks affect drop rates or not. Sometimes it just feels so random. One day I can't get crap to drop and the next day I can't keep my inventory empty. Prime example......I was farming for Yagudo Beads in Giddeus to get my Norg Fame up. The first day I started I was getting at least 5/10 to drop with AoE. The next day, doing the same thing, I was only getting like 1 to 2/10 with using AoE. Plus it didn't seem to matter if I used AoE Nukes or AoE WS.

[Methos1226]

that's pretty much how i felt, but this guy was adamant about this supposed fix. i'm just trying to get someone else to confirm or deny this. i farmed lizards yesterday without using AOE, and the drop rate sucked. I didn't train any because there were 4 other farmers there so i stuck to 1 kill at a time.

[Thoronas]

I've never heard of aoe's affecting drop rates however I do know that if you are farming enemies far below your lvl the drop rate is nerfed. Maybe your ls mate was confused about that.

[shinjaku]

AOE Yes Its True

AOE does affect drops, been doing it as a test i get 1 drop per 10 kills by aoe. So if u train u can still use ws jus dont aoe period. U even get more drops with out using ws. Thats my opinion, plus if u dont have thf job (as main or subjob) get 4leaf it helps alot for drops.