Is it me-or r Tome of Secrets dropping like crazy

Posted by Member baccarat0809 on 8/21/12 08:14 PM #1
Posts: 376
Every goblin so far has dropped 3 of them. Droppin ALL over act 2 ..... and speaking of Act 2 - breezing through it with the dogs and garg. Before 1.04 I'd die pretty often - now - no problem so far.
Posted by Member ecocd on 8/22/12 04:28 AM #2
Posts: 1059
Their drop rate seems to scale by Act. My guess is you're just killing more monsters in a shorter period possibly in a later Act than your normal runs. Or they increased the drop rate, but I don't think that happened.
Posted by Member bokep on 8/22/12 07:59 AM #3
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I've been getting a lot more of them than before as well...

Also more legendaries are popping out. Was running with 3 friends yesterday and 2 legendaries dropped in an hour.
Posted by Member Santient on 8/22/12 08:21 AM #4
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It's all about the RNG. I've been having problems with the ToS. Sometimes i get a lot per hour, sometimes they're rarer than legendaries.
As for legendaries, farmed for weeks, no drop. Last weekend got 2 in 1-2 hours (one of them was Stormshield).
Posted by Member Wanderer on 9/5/12 07:35 PM #5
Posts: 2
I've been getting a ton as well
Posted by Member baccarat0809 on 9/6/12 07:40 AM #6
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Followup - been spending more time in A2 and A3 lately and not as many as right after 1.04 was put in and nowhere near as many as in A1.
Posted by Member gnawol on 9/6/12 09:52 AM #7
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From personal experience, I would say Tomes drop far more often in Act1 than any other act. I've farmed a ton of A2/A3 and see very minimal in comparison to act1. If you are after tomes, stick to act1 imo
Posted by Member ecocd on 9/6/12 11:38 AM #8
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I suspect this has to do with Treasure Class. Remember in Diablo 2 how the spirit creatures couldn't drop weapons and armor?

I think the same thing happens with gems in Diablo 3. The monsters everyone is/was farming on Act 1 - presumably Hold/Butcher runs - had a higher chance to drop Tomes. My guess is the skeletons, zombies and/or cultists drop Tomes more often than the average demon. Vault Runs in Act 2 a full of skeletons so I'd guess the skeleton treasure class has a large Tome drop probability.
Posted by Member hillsgeo on 9/7/12 01:11 PM #9
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I don't even pick them up anymore. At ~400g per tomb, it's hardly even worth the time to target and click them before you get moving again. I have had treasure goblins drop like 5 at once though, which is tempting..
Posted by Member tigs on 9/7/12 01:27 PM #10
Posts: 5
In Act1 they are dropping at a very fast rate for me, not to much effort to pick them up with the other loot, even if they are only worth ~400g atm I use them and it keeps me from buying them in the AH.
Posted by Member ahmedss79 on 9/8/12 11:55 AM #11
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I find from 10 to 15 per run in act 1
Posted by Member Metta on 9/8/12 03:27 PM #12
Posts: 411
Tomes are at like 200 gold... Unless you're REALLY having trouble farming, it's not really worth it to pick them up. The seconds it takes to click on them adds up; you also have to "wait" for the drop instead of preemptively moving forward. I will stop for 1000+ gold piles, but that's far faster to get and that's already 5 tomes.
Posted by Member huskies13 on 9/8/12 06:24 PM #13
Posts: 16
tomes do seem to be popping up a lot more often if you ask me, i stick to act 3 though. i dont really pick them up anymore since i dont craft and i have like 400
Posted by Member lowear on 9/8/12 10:21 PM #14
Posts: 2
Yeh they used to be like 1800 now they only like 300 its really getting on my nerves
Posted by Member zerokewl on 9/9/12 06:20 AM #15
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Does that mean now is the time to stock up?
Posted by Member iMeethos on 9/9/12 05:27 PM #16
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I really wish Tomes costed as much as they did back then. I have almost 3k back in my storage. Drop rates still feel the same as they did back during release, though.
Posted by Member FujitaSan on 9/13/12 10:49 AM #17
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It is dropping like hell. Prices going down on those as welll... At least that is my impression...
Posted by Member raseru on 9/15/12 01:50 PM #18
Posts: 3
I think it has to do with the fact that 1.0.4 increased chances of dropping blues by 4x. This probably somehow affected the tomes drop ratio as well.
Posted by Member Shaemis on 9/15/12 02:14 PM #19
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Posted by zerokewl at 09/09/2012 06:20 AM

Does that mean now is the time to stock up?


I'd say no, since the price plummeting is directly associated with the substantial increase in drop rate. This drop rate isn't changing, so the price has evened out now, and likely won't be going up anytime in the future.

This means you can choose to pick 'em up if you're crafting, otherwise treat them as stacks of 100-200 gold, which I usually leave laying there. It's likely not worth the time or effort to go out of your way for extra clicks if you're focusing on efficiency of runs. If you really need some tomes, buy some! If the price should, for any reason, increase again, then sure... pick them up.
Posted by Member zuleria on 9/15/12 03:20 PM #20
Posts: 3
I personally stopped picking them up, don't find it worth the 400~gold
Posted by Member Xhibbi on 9/15/12 03:26 PM #21
Posts: 2
Bought out insanely many tomes in hope of the prices to increase but how wrong I was.
Posted by Member igig on 9/15/12 03:29 PM #22
Posts: 2
Yes, drops too much, they're like useless now cause of that.
Posted by Member RoboGreg on 9/15/12 03:36 PM #23
Posts: 2
Almost a chore to pick them all up
Posted by Member Enfrozt on 9/15/12 03:51 PM #24
Posts: 2
I have been getting so many I stop picking them up. The don't cost much and I have like 200 if I need to make gems.
Posted by Member FoxZero on 9/15/12 03:59 PM #25
Posts: 2
Its not even worth collecting them anymore. Even crafting gems has stopped being worth it.

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