Talk:Recent Updates/@comment-93.44.181.104-20140325200619/@comment-114.124.32.85-20140326040417

In Arpeggio event the drop table for lower level players contained more ships, so while theoretical drop rates per ship was the same across the board, real drop rates of rare ships was far lower for low levels. In an easy event this is not a problem, as long as we're not forced to farm maps for special drops (like Agano and Yahagi). If we ARE forced to farm for drops this way, then the event will rapidly turn to hell for low levels, especially as they start going up levels and get stuck in the midlevel limbo where enemies are strong but drop rates are lousy.

Also, E-1 to E-3 have always been all-level maps in all events to date. The Arpeggio event felt easy because it ended at E-3, but excepting the new level scaling the difficulty per map for high level players was pretty much the same as with prior events. What made it easy for us was the presence of OP Fog ships on our side. Otherwise the maps were just like previous event maps. It's always E-4 that's intended for high levels.