This is a much welcome update. The basic loot tables for NPC’s and chests in the Exiled Lands haven’t been update in…forever.
The only downside I see is that if you are loot ■■■■■ like me it takes longer to put stuff up when you get back to base.
I like how the loot is specific to the area – you want an adult beverage–wine cellar; black ice weapons–frost temple (not a lot of incentive to use the forge now except for Pride of the Aesir); kill a crafter–leather apron.
Other observations:
Ivory is fairly common in most loot tables. Pirate cuisine and other spicy food is also common. New players should have no problem going to the cold areas as long as they save some of the spicy food they loot. Grey lotus seeds, flowers and power are probably too common and will not be a roadblock for sorcery. Got some of each from the skeletons around the sinkhole.
Run warmaker once and ended up with 79 weapon handles, bowstrings, lance cores. Never gonna need that much stuff…
As well got enough star metal in there so i could directly make bazaar lvl 1 endgame weapon.
I think it would be much better if certain things would be in the loot table, yes, but limited and not as common…
before i had at least to become level 60 to craft endgame weapons. Now just run once through warmaker at the entrance area, loot a few chests and i get all i need. Boring and no skill necessary.