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    Pestilence (LMG) Drop Rate

    Yesterday during two invaded missions and a few bounty's (all randoms groups) at least one person had the Pestilence. Did the drop rate get buffed???
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    TG24915193's Avatar Banned
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    I thought Pestilence was only available in the DZ.
    Mine dropped on the very first attempt to get it but i've never seen one since. I initially thought you couldn't have it drop once you have it, but I know have two Merciless rifles so I guess they can.
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    hyper---sniper's Avatar Senior Member
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    Pestilence is a DZ drop, it did drop a lot , i have had 4 in an afternoon , .But with the armour hack i do not go to DZ now.. , As for the exotics in LZ they just do NOT drop for me ?.
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    I got pestilence on the raid, it was a drop from lucy and budy and i didn't know it could drop there too, I thought Pestilence was only available in the DZ too.
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    I was thinking about creating a thread about this as tips, but i post here anyway.

    Pestilence is supposedly dropped at Dark Zones only, the drop rate is very low, but i can personally confirm that it is obtainable in non-occupied (Normalization ON) zones, but i cannot confirm if it applies to ALL 3 zones. I never go to zones when they are occupied, but the drop rate is allegedly higher when the zone is occupied (Normalization OFF). All you have to do is take out any named enemy for the weapon to drop. You dont have to clear Landmarks, as some ppl have hinted that clearing higher level Landmarks will give better chances. I actually got my 3rd Pestilence from busting a DZ Drop, it was kinda surprising because i would not expect named enemies to show up at DZ Drops.

    It is pretty worth reminding this again and again, that simply picking up Pestilence is not "done", "over", or "permanent", as it is still contaminated, so you must extract it via Extraction Zone. If you go down for whatever reason while the Pestilence is in your BACKPACK, other players can steal it, same thing for extraction as Rogue players can cut the rope and hijack the weapon. Leaving the Dark Zone will instantly "erase" all contaminated items in your backpack, same thing with Fast Traveling to ANY place.
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    Ubi-RealDude's Avatar Community Manager
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    I have heard that Pestilence has dropped from the Raid. It seems to me that this would be good news for players who insist on not entering the DZ under any circumstances.

    What does your Exotic-hunt experience look like now, if you are collecting them?
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