Thing is: I've coached many people who are straight-up millionaires but can't get a date to save your life. Just having money doesn't make you attractive. It, at best, gets people who are willing to pretend to be interested as long as you keep the cash flow going.

Also: confidence + passion + charm = George Clooney.…

Don't you just hate it when Jezebel invades io9?

OOPS! You just pulled the "modern gamers" card while describing a lottery system. A LOTTERY SYSTEM.

"Yeah, modern gamers have it too easy! They should be controlled even more by archaic means of simulating chance."

What the fuck, man. Older gamers aren't even paying attention to themselves anymore are they?

IDK the last time you played diablo (talking about 3), but legendary drops are much less frequent in destiny, and also feel weirdly distributed. I have played with the same 2 friends since release, and probably found 1 legendary engram for every 5 or 6 my friend finds.

Like Duke Nuke Forever, I'm forcing myself not to care. I'll follow it with amusement, but until I see the game on store shelves with actual reviews live with people actually playing it, I just don't see myself being impressed by a HD version of Travis Touchdown.

I really loved the whole «Noctis alone in the throne waiting» thing. But the Bro-fest is... weird. Also, can't stop thinking about Britney Spears' movie «Crossroads» : P

It's a shame a game that looks pretty fun to play also looks kind of bland and colourless from an aesthetic standpoint. And, you know, that makes a big difference to the overall experience…but I guess I shouldn't expect anything else from Square Enix at this point.

Same here. Actually got two blue engrams from the postmaster, that turned out to be legendary armor pieces I needed. I now have a full set :D

That's what I'm waiting for :D I have enough for at least one awesome item - maybe two, by the time the weekend rolls around!

Thanks. That's good to know. I got one of those packages, but didn't know why (turned out to be three blues).

Play the game. The items are given at random, not based on skill. A lower level monster could give you the same rate for a purple item that a boss can. Doesn't reward skill, rewards luck.

I agree, but make them drop less frequently then. Don't give someone a purple enegram and then "lol just kidding totally just green" them.

This somehow seems wrong. Its like picking up a legendary in Diablo only to have it change into a rare after identifying it. And that would happen roughly 2/3 of the times that you get an unidentified legendary. Granted Diablo legendary items probably drop less often then purple engrams, but the feeling from getting…

I like the rarity, too! I don't like the tease :(

And you can get purples from crucible and vanguard marks. A least two every week, and an exotic every weekend. Guaranteed, no RNG required. The engram drops are designed as a luck-based bonus to the guaranteed legendaries and exotics.

No, 13 for regular armor.

Here's how they can fix it...

Could be worse: