I remember that, someone extracted it from the files, i don’t remember if it was from CBT client or the EA client version, later tho, they tried to extract it again and reported that the file was removed, not sure if it is in there again after merge tho.
But even tho, it could mean that the DPK now is handled in server-side only, but still, it is inconsistent to say it is a fixed value as i stated in my experience above, low level areas you will find a more consistent drop rate because it is the starting area and people need something to start off with. But at mid-high level areas, where you can find good stuff, it will start to change.
Another sample is RM5F, the other day me and my friend tried to farm Medakia Medals, we farmed for about 4 hours, killed lots of them and in the end, we didn’t found any, but got Nukellas and Fox Masks, i killed a bunch of Mauros and didn’t got a single mace but only cores, got 8 storm staffs if not more and some other white crap, and more weapon or w/e drop there that i forgot now.
I do at least 2x a month a Sage Wall farm, stay for hours, never got one recipe, but lots of weapons, materials and gems, the map generally have 1 or 2 more players, the mob there is well spread around the map so it is hard to keep a track.
Other place is, Vieta Gorge (i think it is that map) i farm the Tanus there for the flower sometimes, and i found that there is barely people in there, some are ch surfing trying to get it faster, but they don’t stay long in the ch i am since i kill everything in 1 shot basically, i stop when i see someone trying to do the quest there and when they leave i continue to farm, i got only 1 for the 3 times i went there.
It is something inconsistent, it may have a kill count, but you can’t control how it will go, hence, it is the same as a cheap RNG that seen to cause more issues than anything, or may be because of the bad monster distribution in some areas, i am looking at you Galok lol.
Jokes aside, with the amount of bots in certain areas, it is really hard to pinpoint something.