Smart drops - Revision history

Flux at 05:44, 27 May 2014

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Elly at 05:33, 6 November 2013

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Elly: corrected an error

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Elly at 00:44, 6 November 2013

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Elly at 05:26, 3 November 2013

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Elly at 17:34, 2 November 2013

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Elly: Created page with "''Smart drops'' where a dropped item is guaranteed to roll the appropriate mainstat for the class that finds it. Category:Items Category:Reference"

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Created page with "''Smart drops'' where a dropped item is guaranteed to roll the appropriate mainstat for the class that finds it. Category:Items Category:Reference"

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''Smart drops'' where a dropped item is guaranteed to roll the appropriate [[mainstat]] for the class that finds it.

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-Smart Drops are part of the [[Smart Loot]] system introduced to Diablo 3 in [[Patch 2.0.1]]. This system was refined through further patches and is active in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls today.
+Smart Drops are part of the [[Loot 2.0]] system introduced to Diablo 3 in [[Patch 2.0.1]]. This system was refined through further patches and is active in Diablo 3 and [[Reaper of Souls]] today.
-* See the Smart Loot article for full details on this core game system.
+While technically "smart drops" only refers to items that drop, it is often used as shorthand for all item finds to which Smart Loot applies, including items obtained via crafting, gambling, from Horadric Caches, etc.
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-'''Smart drops''' are where a dropped item (which includes crafted items) has a chance to roll the appropriate item type and [[mainstat]] for the class that finds it. <ref name=randomdrops>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-diablo-3-legendaries-d3v-content-patch-loot-2-0-and-more#more-371967 Smart drop chance] - CM, Blizzard Entertainment, 02/11/13</ref>
+Smart Drops are part of the [[Smart Loot]] system introduced to Diablo 3 in [[Patch 2.0.1]]. This system was refined through further patches and is active in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls today.
-Blizzard have explained why they are random and not guaranteed to be smart drops. <ref name=randomdrops/>
+While technically "smart drops" only refers to items that drop, it is often used as shorthand for all item finds to which Smart Loot applies, including items obtained via crafting, gambling, from Horadric Caches, etc.
+[[category:basics]]
-<blue>The rationale behind making smart drops a chance rather than a guarantee is two-fold. The primary goals are:
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+[[category:reference]]
-a) give players the opportunity to find off-class drops so that they can share them with other characters on their accounts as well as friends and followers, and
+[[category:D3v2]]
+[[category:Reaper of Souls]]

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−	The ''drop'' in this context is an item that is generated for you so that can be loot from a monster or object (chest) or acquired by way of crafting with the [[Blacksmith]]. A general item would have a chance of '''smartly crafting''' as it were a class-appropriate main stat, unless the item can only be worn by a particular class. If, for an example, a Demon Hunter crafted a Mighty Belt (an item only the Barb can wear) it will not roll with a main stat of Dexterity, the main stat of the Demon Hunter or Monk.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-info-on-loot-2-0-smart-drops-and-transmog-in-ros Class specific crafting] - Blizzard Entertainment, 05/11/13</ref>	+	The ''drop'' in this context is an item that is generated for you so that can be loot from a monster or object (chest) or acquired by way of crafting with the [[Blacksmith]]. A general item would have a chance of '''smartly crafting''' as it were a class-appropriate main stat, unless the item can only be worn by a particular class. If, for an example, a Demon Hunter crafted a Mighty Belt (an item only the Barb can wear) it will not roll with a main stat of Dexterity, the main stat of the Demon Hunter or Monk but rather Strength.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-info-on-loot-2-0-smart-drops-and-transmog-in-ros Class specific crafting] - Blizzard Entertainment, 05/11/13</ref>

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−	The ''~~drops~~'' in this context is an item that is generated for you so that can be loot from a monster or object (chest) or acquired by way of crafting with the [[~~Barbarian~~]]. A general item would have a chance of '''smartly crafting''' as it were a class-appropriate main stat, unless the item can only be worn by a particular class. If, for an example, a Demon Hunter crafted a Mighty Belt (an item only the Barb can wear) it will not roll with a main stat of Dexterity, the main stat of the Demon Hunter or Monk.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-info-on-loot-2-0-smart-drops-and-transmog-in-ros Class specific crafting] - Blizzard Entertainment, 05/11/13</ref>	+	The ''drop'' in this context is an item that is generated for you so that can be loot from a monster or object (chest) or acquired by way of crafting with the [[Blacksmith]]. A general item would have a chance of '''smartly crafting''' as it were a class-appropriate main stat, unless the item can only be worn by a particular class. If, for an example, a Demon Hunter crafted a Mighty Belt (an item only the Barb can wear) it will not roll with a main stat of Dexterity, the main stat of the Demon Hunter or Monk.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-info-on-loot-2-0-smart-drops-and-transmog-in-ros Class specific crafting] - Blizzard Entertainment, 05/11/13</ref>

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−	'''Smart drops''' are where a dropped item has a chance to roll the appropriate item type and [[mainstat]] for the class that finds it. <ref name=randomdrops>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-diablo-3-legendaries-d3v-content-patch-loot-2-0-and-more#more-371967 Smart drop chance] - CM, Blizzard Entertainment, 02/11/13</ref>	+	'''Smart drops''' are where a dropped item (which includes crafted items) has a chance to roll the appropriate item type and [[mainstat]] for the class that finds it. <ref name=randomdrops>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-diablo-3-legendaries-d3v-content-patch-loot-2-0-and-more#more-371967 Smart drop chance] - CM, Blizzard Entertainment, 02/11/13</ref>


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		+	The ''drops'' in this context is an item that is generated for you so that can be loot from a monster or object (chest) or acquired by way of crafting with the [[Barbarian]]. A general item would have a chance of '''smartly crafting''' as it were a class-appropriate main stat, unless the item can only be worn by a particular class. If, for an example, a Demon Hunter crafted a Mighty Belt (an item only the Barb can wear) it will not roll with a main stat of Dexterity, the main stat of the Demon Hunter or Monk.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-info-on-loot-2-0-smart-drops-and-transmog-in-ros Class specific crafting] - Blizzard Entertainment, 05/11/13</ref>

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-''Smart drops'' are where a dropped item is guaranteed to roll the appropriate [[mainstat]] for the class that finds it.
+'''Smart drops''' are where a dropped item has a chance to roll the appropriate item type and [[mainstat]] for the class that finds it. <ref name=randomdrops>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-diablo-3-legendaries-d3v-content-patch-loot-2-0-and-more#more-371967 Smart drop chance] - CM, Blizzard Entertainment, 02/11/13</ref>
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