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Originally Posted by nilbog
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The staff certainly moved to near 100% drop
I know this for a fact because I was both a wizard and only played in classic era. ( launch - end of Velious, AAs were my out lol ) Previously before the Epic update in Velious - there was only 2 Gnarled Staff on the server. Wizard epic did not get completed on Bristlebane for a long ass time due to this and also the fact there was only 1 CT Skin on the server.
After this update - epics flourished and I remember actually going for mine due to this change. In my guild, if you were on your 'last piece' for your epic - you basically got it handed to you. So I worked hard camping Phinny for a couple weeks getting a Blue Crystal Staff knowing when I obtained it ( already having Gabstik and broken golem) I could simply inform the guild when VS was up and the Gnarled Staff would be defaulted to me. There was not a worry in the world he wouldnt have the staff after the epic revamp - it dropped every time and was a pleasure to see. I stayed up all night waiting for him to spawn after learning some clues for previous death - not once did the thought of not having my epic after this extremely long camp ever crossed my mind. It was always "soon as VS spawns, I can finish my wiz epic and go to bed"
I do not remember one time walking away from VS and not getting a new wizard epic - in fact he turned into solely an epic mob for a wizard that was ready - my guild didnt bother with it unless we had a specific wizard we were finishing the epic for.
Get Phinny staff, get the Golem in Fear - kill VS loot gnarled was the path.
Def not 30% drop rate.