Will this game feature “rare” versions of monsters that have a small chance of spawning in place of a “normal” monster, and that drop rare items?
The reason I ask is because this was a mechanic in Final Fantasy XI and wound up being my favorite thing to do… camp “NMs”
I would spend days trying to get a piece of gear from an elusive creature. The feeling I got when I finally got the items was very satisfying 
@Riley_D liked the idea of rare mobs, when suggested in this thread. So I think something like this might be coming.
Awesome! I didn’t play Diablo, so I’m not familiar with the rare “packs” mentioned, but it sounds like the same basic concept.
Thanks for the reply.
@Draven SICK! Oh man, I am so excited for this game!!! I was kind of on the fence but I think I’m going to have to throw down the cash for the open beta now too.
Yeah, it’s really incredible and keeps getting better. There is a little bit of a learning curve, but the community is super helpful, so if you run into any issues, please feel free to ask around in-game, here, or in the discord channel!
Yeah we are definitely going to be playing around with this.
In general the concept that I’m working off of (which I think I’ve mentioned before) is 90/10. As in, to get to 90% of ‘max effectiveness’ should be fairly approachable for everyone playing the game. But if you want to get from 90->100%, that is going to require a lot more time and effort. Some of the things we are planning on doing to get that last 10% are:
Speaking of Artificing…any chance we may see it soon?
Keeping in mind that soon is a totally relative term, yes.