I wanted to put this out there for discussion. As I continue to experience the new ABS system, I have had two, very distinct, and completely opposite experiences.
Experience One:
Checked 73 total locations on my handy dandy list of wand locations compiled over many years and found 0 of my wand set. I was able to scrap by utilizing the multitude of "named" wands of various sizes, but the main problem with those is consistency.. With the sleek system, I can stockpile my wand set quickly, so with this character, it was an absolute and complete frustration. Since most named wands are limited by the limited engine. And also the repop times on them are staggered/strange in that if you use one up, most likely it will not be back on that creature for quite some time. So even if I got a good set of these named, using them up I could not refresh the resource, and ultimately they would be pillaged by others. That left me with no wands for a vast majority of the time.
Experience Two:
Checked 11 total locations on my handy dandy list of wand locations compiled over many years and found my sleek black, sleek amber right away since level 35. I have so many wands stockpiled I can keep ABS up basically 90% of the time.
Should this be how it is? I mean, I hate the whole huge chance of being gimped compared to the slight chance of having extreme power all the time.
Is there a way to even out these experiences?