Jinnai
Sergeant at Arms
The new looting system is in and the curve from the looting skill is much more drastic than it was in Native. I've tested it and think I have it well balanced, but that's just my opinion and I'm sure plenty of people will have differing opinions on a change this big. Give it a shot, let me know what you think. Since it's rewritten we now have complete control of all aspects of looting so valid complaints can be addressed.
For those of you wondering it's still very very rare to get a unique weapon off a monarch. If you have a 10 looting skill, 200 troops, and go to battle with only your army against them you have roughly a 1 in 15 chance of getting their weapon.
Also, be careful with the higher looting skill... you do get more loot but chances are it's better loot as well. With my testing looting skill of 8 it took me 5 battles to finally get an ivory bow. Problem is the one that finally dropped was a Masterwork Ivory Bow and required a Power Draw skill of 8.
For those of you wondering it's still very very rare to get a unique weapon off a monarch. If you have a 10 looting skill, 200 troops, and go to battle with only your army against them you have roughly a 1 in 15 chance of getting their weapon.
Also, be careful with the higher looting skill... you do get more loot but chances are it's better loot as well. With my testing looting skill of 8 it took me 5 battles to finally get an ivory bow. Problem is the one that finally dropped was a Masterwork Ivory Bow and required a Power Draw skill of 8.