Fyr'alath didn't drop on (HC)kill #15. Hello? Fake 100%?

[Holybrass-twisting-nether]

Am I being a potato and missing something obvious here or is this just an unlucky bug?

[Punyelf-silvermoon]

The drop rate was buffed, I’ve not seen any post saying it’s guaranteed. There is still an element of RNG involved.

@Kaivax

Many aspects of Dragonflight have reflected a shift in philosophy towards designs that allow us to enjoy reaching a point where we feel “done” with a character’s power progression. Legendaries returned as an exception to this. Legendaries are intended to be a special reward that some players would aspire to obtain over the course of a season, demonstrating a display of excellence in the most challenging content.

As Season 3 has unfolded, we’ve increasingly heard feedback from frustrated players who have been clearing Amirdrassil weekly on Heroic difficulty with no Fyr’alath in sight, and we want to give those players a surer path to achieving their goal.

Earlier today, with a hotfix that is now live, we significantly increased the effect of all Embers of Fyr’alath for players who receive them. This increase is retroactive and applies to all players whether or not you’ve consumed any Embers you may have.

As always, thank you for your feedback!

[Holybrass-twisting-nether]

There was a datamine on wowhead showing the drop rates. With 14 Greater Embers your 15th kill should guarantee you the weapon. I mean I also have 30 lesser embers but that’s not really relevant.

[Chronormi-outland]

@Holybrass-twisting-nether

There was a datamine

Well here’s your answer, it’s all speculations and nothing confirmed. Blizzard usually doesn’t disclose actual drop rates.

[Holybrass-twisting-nether]

ay ay ay, you’re right, I took the datamine as fact and got burned.

[Immortalia-ragnaros (Immortalia)]

There seems to be other discrepancies as well. You killed HC Fyrakk for the first time on week 7, today is week 20, so although you have 15 kills, you were not eligible to loot HC Fyrakk 15 times (and looting 14 Greater Embers), so even if the 15th loot eligible kill guarantees the legendary to drop, you have not reached that yet.

[Holybrass-twisting-nether]

Jesus I’m such a potato. I hadn’t even considered that it took into account same week re-kills, ugh. Thanks for pointing that out.