I'm not sure when it started, but prior to Issue 21, I was noticing that some enemies were awarding tickets twice. As in "You defeated Some Guy. You earned 24 tickets. You earned 50 XP and 50 Inf. You earned 24 tickets." After the release of Issue 21.5 people started flipping out that ticket drops had been nerfed. I don't farm often, so I don't know when exactly the change happened, but after the "nerf" screaming began, I tested, and could not see any enemies dropping double tickets.
So I think that this has always been the intended rate of ticket drops, and that a bug was causing it to be artificially inflated.
@Roderick
From the Jan 10th patch notes:
Mission Architect
* Corrected an issue where Tickets in Mission Architect were being distributed unevenly between different members of the team.
The ticket rewards decreased at this time also.
The same enhancements that sell well before still sell well now. Pool A rares that are part of sets that give bonuses to defense, recharge, Karma -KB, Steadfast Res/Def, Steadfast -KB, regen tissue proc, etc. These can all be had by rolling 30-34 bronze and weeding out the garbage.
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Those all exist in the 10-14 bracket, and there's significantly less garbage. Granted, 25-29 and 30-34 include a chance at Kinetic Combats, but those never drop for me anyways, so I just roll 10-14 when I'm after -KB and Steadfast Res/Def IOs.
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Originally Posted by Miladys_Knight
Karma -KB, Steadfast Res/Def, Steadfast -KB, regen tissue proc, etc. These can all be had by rolling 30-34 bronze and weeding out the garbage.
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@Roderick
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Originally Posted by Roderick
Those all exist in the 10-14 bracket, and there's significantly less garbage. Granted, 25-29 and 30-34 include a chance at Kinetic Combats, but those never drop for me anyways, so I just roll 10-14 when I'm after -KB and Steadfast Res/Def IOs.
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I might have unusually good luck, but generally I can count on a couple of Kinetic Combats (Acc/Dam, Dam/End) and/or LOTG's (Def, Def/End) plus some decent cash from Numina Heal, etc. from 35-39 bronze rolls. I've been using my SS/Fire Brute on cave farms, clearing the front patrols to 750 tickets (takes about a minute and a half to 2 minutes per run) and then resetting and repeating until I reach my inventory cap. Flipping purples is still generating more inf for me, but it's nice to have this as a second 'source of income.'
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Gratz on the 2k posts lol
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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
I might have unusually good luck, but generally I can count on a couple of Kinetic Combats (Acc/Dam, Dam/End) and/or LOTG's (Def, Def/End) plus some decent cash from Numina Heal, etc. from 35-39 bronze rolls. I've been using my SS/Fire Brute on cave farms, clearing the front patrols to 750 tickets (takes about a minute and a half to 2 minutes per run) and then resetting and repeating until I reach my inventory cap. Flipping purples is still generating more inf for me, but it's nice to have this as a second 'source of income.'
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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
I might have unusually good luck, but generally I can count on a couple of Kinetic Combats (Acc/Dam, Dam/End) and/or LOTG's (Def, Def/End) plus some decent cash from Numina Heal, etc. from 35-39 bronze rolls.
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@Roderick
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Originally Posted by Roderick
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Originally Posted by Black_Assassin
Gratz on the 2k posts lol
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I still seem to have better luck in the 30-34 range. I usually get at least 1 Kin Combat per 3000ish tickets though I've only gotten 1 regen tissue proc ever. I can usually count on a few Reactive Armors which sell very well, some Thunder Strikes, Crushing Impacts, Red Fortunes, and the occasional Decimation Acc/Dam and other mid value stuff that may not sell for oodles but they sell for enough and they turn over quickly. Having open sell slots available is usually more of an issue for me.|
Originally Posted by Roderick
Those all exist in the 10-14 bracket, and there's significantly less garbage. Granted, 25-29 and 30-34 include a chance at Kinetic Combats, but those never drop for me anyways, so I just roll 10-14 when I'm after -KB and Steadfast Res/Def IOs.
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In the 10-14 range you either hit it or fail. There is no middle ground. Its a good pay off or its junk. When I was rolling in that level range too much of it was junk for my tastes so I went back to 30-34. I only roll 10-14 now if there is something specific I am looking for in that level range that has 0 available in the market.
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-I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
-When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson
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Decimation, Thunderstrike, Crushing Impact, and Red Fortune are all in my 'delete' pile, hah. Maybe I'm just really greedy and really lucky but if I can't make >20 million on it, I don't bother. I agree that Reactive Armor's sell great though, they're a big favorite of mine. I really love the Bronze 35-39 rolls and feel I have the best luck with them, and I hardly ever hear anyone talk about them. *shrug*
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Originally Posted by Miladys_Knight
I still seem to have better luck in the 30-34 range. I usually get at least 1 Kin Combat per 3000ish tickets though I've only gotten 1 regen tissue proc ever. I can usually count on a few Reactive Armors which sell very well, some Thunder Strikes, Crushing Impacts, Red Fortunes, and the occasional Decimation Acc/Dam and other mid value stuff that may not sell for oodles but they sell for enough and they turn over quickly. Having open sell slots available is usually more of an issue for me.
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Agreed. But for what I'm usually looking for, it's usually the best spot.|
Originally Posted by Miladys_Knight
In the 10-14 range you either hit it or fail. There is no middle ground. Its a good pay off or its junk.
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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
Decimation, Thunderstrike, Crushing Impact, and Red Fortune are all in my 'delete' pile, hah.
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@Roderick
I've come back to a game changed for Tickets in AE.
While I'm lukewarm on the whole powerleveling thing (but if that's your bag, great), I'm right-in for ticket farms, and I can't seem to locate anything that's currently profitable.
Are there suggestions I'm missing out on?
Why do all the missions I find give such poor returns?
Edit - Apparently, that's the rate of return now - when did that change?