Do enemies use the weapons they drop?

[Stg]

Similar to Titan Quest. I loved walking up to a group of enemies and seeing one with a fancier weapon than the others and knowing I was going to get a unique/legendary weapon or that he could potentially wreck me if he got close. I can’t remember but are the drops from normal monsters 100% random or do they actually use the weapon that drop from them (assuming the weapon matches the type they’re using)?

I’m fairly certain I asked this before long ago during the beta phases, but I can’t remember.

[eisprinzessin]

From my old summary, but should still be true.

Grim Dawn has a bastardized loot system that is part WYSIWYG and part random. It provides the best of both worlds. The most important part of WYSIWYG is [1] if an enemy is holding a badass weapon, he will still drop that badass weapon. [2]

But the loot system has been made more flexible [3] and there is a chance now, that some enemies will drop items they do not have equipped. The goal is to make drops less predictable and enhance the lottery feeling of never knowing when you might get a great drop. The developers have pushed the limits of plausibility a bit, but still tried to remain somewhat sensible about it. [2] Like, insect swarms and wisps won’t be dropping armor and weapons. Zombies though, have a small chance to drop a variety of human equipment. [1] The trick is to just avoid drop situations that break immersion because they are so implausible. [2]

It makes the game a little more fun and alleviates the problem of melee players being shit out of luck while fighting through a stretch of area dominated by archers, as those can also drop other weapons. [3]

[Silben]

Yes. WYSIWYG loot is still in effect in campaign. Although if it’s a generic weapon/armor iirc there are ‘broken’ versions of those that don’t drop. Does not hold true in shattered realms/crucible though as the chest drops aren’t sourced directly from monsters.

Also a few special cases like Lokarr where you can see the whole suit but only get 1 piece are exceptions in campaign but very rare.

[Superfluff]

If you roll FAbius with a couple of Notched Bones you will soon realize that they do:p

[SkeletorOne]

If you roll FAbius with a couple of Notched Bones you will soon realize that they do:p

Or Gargabol wearing a 97% Poison/Acid Resistance ring while you are playing an Acid Witch Hunter. Much fun.

I kept it as a souvenir:

[Norzan]

Or his ring giving him 100% fire when he has already 78% fire res and you are using a fire build. :rolleyes:

[SkeletorOne]

Or his ring giving him 100% fire when he has already 78% fire res and you are using a fire build. :rolleyes:

brillant. I’d probably just quit at that point.

[Avyctes]

If you roll FAbius with a couple of Notched Bones you will soon realize that they do:p

I have good memories of running into Fabius, with just one Notched Bone, way back. Died I think 8 or 9 times, all one hit deaths. Ah, the good old days.

[Norzan]

brillant. I’d probably just quit at that point.

It was a good one minute trying to kill his second phase.