Borderlands – ny increase in legendary drop rate with the True Vault Hunter mode or the Vault Hunter’s Relic

Vault Hunter Relic is the only relic that improves rare item chance.

In Borderlands 2 you can find Basic and Legendary relics.

Basic Relics

• Vitality: Increases health stats.

• Stockpile: Increases your ammo storage for different types of ammo.

• Protection: Improves shield capabilities and damage absorption.

• Strength: Improves melee abilities.

• Resistance: Limits damage you take from different types of weapons.

• Tenacity: Intensifies Second Wind abilities.

• Proficiency: Decreases the action skill cool down rate.

• Elemental: Provides an increase to elemental weapon damage.

• Aggression: Provides a boost to a particular weapon type.

• Allegiance: Reserved manufacturers products improved.

Legendary Relics

• Lucrative Opportunity It causes shop timers to count down faster.

• Deputy’s Badge It increases “Fight For Your Life Time” by 10% for every player who has this relic equipped. Location: Showdown

• Sheriff’s Badge It increases “Fight For Your Life Time” by 15% for every player who has this relic on them. However, it is very rare and so more difficult to find. Location: Sheriff (Lynchwood)

• Moxxi’s Endowment It increases the amount of XP earned by killing enemies but is rare. Location: The Good The Bad And The Mordicai Mission, Moxxi’s Endowment

• Vault Hunter It enhances the probability of enemy dropping rare loot. It is also rare.

• The Afterburner It intensifies vehicle boost capabilities and it is rare too. Location: Positive Self-Image

The Vault Hunter's Relic only drops the chances of white item drops by 5% and then splits that 5% between the green and blue drops. so say if the odds of drops are:

No drop:40%, white:30%, green:15%, blue:10%, purple:5%, orange:Only on named & bosses (and often about 1% or less there) OR 3 borderlands symbols on a slot machine (about a 1 in 5,000 chance)

The Vault Hunters Relic would only make that:

No drop:40%, white:25%, green:18%, blue:12%, purple:5%, orange:Only on named & bosses (and often about 1% or less there) OR 3 borderlands symbols on a slot machine (about a 1 in 5,000 chance)

assuming those numbers were accurate (the orange is pretty close but the others I am mearly speculating) then even if it were modded to be a 30% better chance (thus eliminating white drops all together) it would still only be about: None:40%, White:0%, Green:38%, Blue:17%, Purple:5%, Orange:special.

No modding of %'s will make the Vault Hunters Relic really worth wearing once others become an option. Better to wear a relic that works to improve your strengths (such as an elemental boost on a siren or a brand-specific relic that helps boost your best weapon) or compensate for a weakness (+shield capacity or max health if you find yourself dying too easily).