Perplexing (Unimportant) Question

#0 - Nov. 10, 2006, 12:19 a.m.

I am just wondering, the loot that drops off a mob; is that randomly selected loot on the NPC from the moment it spawns or is it randomly created once the said NPC dies?

I am curious on the answer to this, though it is impossible to figure out from my small role as a simple WoW player. This question has occured to me when a rare/epic drops and I am laughing at my luck. It is not an all too important question, will not revolutionize anything, though the knowledge of the answer would be one step closer to knowing everything in the universe. Blegh.

An example of a similar question, is "Does the refridgerator light keep on even after its door is closed?"

The answer is no, no it doesn't. There I have enlightened your mind with a useless piece of knowledge. Ta-da.

Tseric

#7 - Nov. 10, 2006, 12:53 a.m.

Q u o t e:
Loot is determined upon spawning for all mobs. I'll do a blue tracker search later, but this was clarified on the forums.

edit - I was totally wrong. The loot really does appear on the mob before death. What you see below are filthy lies.

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Hmmm...I would be interested in seeing the results of that search.

From what I know (and I have seen hard data on the matter) the loot is calculated at the time of the creature's death. In the logs it will show who dealt the killing blow, then list the loot.

While loot is somewhat predetermined because of the loot tables, specific loot drops from those tables are determined after the death of the creature.

Tseric

#21 - Nov. 10, 2006, 1:08 a.m.

Bleh, I could be wrong...

Tseric

#191 - Nov. 10, 2006, 10:45 p.m.

I've received clarification on the matter from a magical wizard.

Tseric

#197 - Nov. 10, 2006, 10:58 p.m.

Q u o t e:

Please do tell.

I edited my first post. ;)