Solution to undropable uniques

[ghost]

Alright, so i have an idea on how to solve this issue. It ain't pretty, but it will probably work.

So the problem these items have is that two or more exist with the same base item type and qlvl.

Solution?
Make a new set of base items that is identical in terms of statistics. This means that there will be two base item maces for example. To compensate for having twice as many of effectively the same item, the drop chances should probably be halved for both the original and the copy-base item.

Downside? Some items will be much harder to find - This includes the beautiful Civerb's cudgel. Also, it sounds like a lot of work and hassle.

[DakkJaniels]

You forgot the downside of item morphing

[ghost]

Ah, i see. Then my suggestion will be very difficult to implement.

[DakkJaniels]

It's not difficult - if you don't care about causing players' existing items morphing or backwards compatibility, then it's fine, but there are better ways to do this than making new base items, as @qndel linked already.

[ghost]

It's not difficult

Well, since i care about item morphing it will be ;)

I didn't know about the other ways. I was not sure why they are still unfindable in DevX.

[DakkJaniels]

Well it's not difficult then, it's impossible lol

[AJenbo]

It's possible that setting them to never drop might allow them to not affect the existing item algoritme, but I haven't tested. You would then need some trick to swap the base item if one of the problematic unique items drop.

[qndel]

how about #2930