Packet Sniffer: Loot and Drops

12/30/2010 18:34 kolpster#1
Would it be possible to use a packet sniffer like Wireshark to recognize gwdat packages like the Polar Bear noise to determine if you would get a polar bear from chest or not, without actually running and doing the quest.

Or for any other kind of chest or loot situation. For example, maybe you enter Bogroots and see if you get the Frog scepter packet or not, and save all that time running, etc.

Do you think something like this is possible with guildwars?
12/30/2010 18:41 ddl#2
Nope, i thought i read such a discussion a time ago and the answer was no the package is send with the opening of the chest.
12/30/2010 19:01 kolpster#3
Ah that makes sense, there are no other applications for such a thing maybe?
01/07/2011 00:52 r7slayer#4
it's like a lottory, when you open the chest, it sends the confirmation to GW servers then sends back some data after its been calculated and if your lucky you get your item.
01/07/2011 19:51 buFFy!#5
The loot you get out of the chest is prolly (99.99%) generated after the lockpick-deduction. so its impossible.

can i close this one? ;O