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@Brilliant and I have been farming classic zones together, and trying different things out. Here is what we have found out:-
- we farmed 10k~ Silithus hyperspawn and received 0 epic drops.
- we farmed 50k~ Burning Steppes hyperspawn and received 0 epic drops.
- we consulted other farmers and believe that 400k+ Silithus kills have been achieved with 0 epic drops. Some reported believing classic epics are now GF. This is not true: read on!
- we farmed Blasted Lands rares with 2x High level & 2x Level 17 chars (THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT).
The Flawless Spheres can be traded/mailed to a Level 17 to be handed in and opened. In total we farmed/bought 350 Spheres.
Every single chest you open is guaranteed to give you at LEAST 1x Blue items. Here is the route we used to farm the rares:
https://imgur.com/Cvu64eH
In total we looted 5 epics from 350 boxes. We think the loot rules are as follows:-
- Armor scales to level
- Weapons scale to 18 and CANNOT scale to 20. Looting on anything higher than a 17 will result in 20+ epic weapons.
These are the epics we received at a rate of 70 chests:1 epic:
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We believe that the ONLY epics you can get from this method are from the following list. This is judging from wowhead comments, our own farm and word of mouth:
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Bare in mind that this farming method is used by level 60s to get rare blue transmogs. So some realms are heavily farmed.
The next thing
@Brilliant and I are working on is another Classic zone hyper spawn that has given us a lot of high-end blues, including this helm, but no epic yet. We looted this about 4 days ago on a level 17. It is not a GFed drop. Hopefully we will be able to share more information in the coming weeks on our findings. Ultimately we are hoping to find a Skullflame/Destiny/Hand of Edward the Odd location. The ONLY definitive proof of looted epics we have seen since Shadowlands are from the above list.