I get that its very chance to see what drops. Just like in player vs player battles and kills. Sometimes, no plex drop out of 80 plex in a ship. This I understand and though I might not agree with the total mechanics I understand it's reason.

However, allowing NPC to have proper drops is not going to mess up the entire system. Giving a new player or other wise modules to actually fit a ship would be a huge help, this is much more helpful to the new player of course.

They have burner missions that pose a challenge to a solo player even in a good ship, so why not turn up the level of missions with less rat, but more better loot. Nothing has to be game breaking, but I would rather spend 30 minutes on a mission with possible loot for my ship fit (not even super mods), I would rather have then 10 minutes and nothing to show except for mission rewards(terrible).

The arguments I hear are " oh the old people will not like it!", "people abuse this current system and will do so again" (what changes?), "it will rip the fabric of space and time too our player market", These are just terrible the sky is falling type of ideas.

It would not break the game to offer a little better NPC drops, or go through the system a bit and seed things differently. Allow for new players to be able to fit their ships, or experiment with different fits. Not spend all isk on a few mods or 3 hours trying to find a good priced fit out.

What is confusing is people acting like this system is not broken some. Seriously these drops are good for new players, or player in general. This terrible NPC hunting, missions and loot is good for this game?

There is just enough old players that don't care what entry is like to the game, or what it was once like? NPC drops are just bad.

CCP have been very adamant about wiping out "gun mining". Due to reproccessing of modules, if too much loot dropped from NPC's (who due to the missioning system are a limitless resource), it would be possible to produce raw materials at a faster rate than a miner (who should be the default source of materials). Furthermore, it would have a knock-on effect on module production - certain modules would just be so saturated in the market that they would be pointless to build.

Then you have to consider, what are you really fighting in that mission? Sure, the model is a Raven, it is firing cruise missiles, but how does it statistically compare to an "average" capsuleer pilotting a "real" Raven. What is the NPC's dpc compared to a capsuleer? A quarter? Less? Then it shouldn't have a chance of dropping 7 cruise launchers, if it is only applying the dps of 2, should it? And it certainly shouldn't be dropping any Ballistic Control Systems. It has a third of the tank? Well, then it shouldn't be dropping any Hardeners or Shield Extenders then (Heh, but maybe a couple of expanded cargo holds to explain the crappy tank ). You'll probably find, for the "threat" posed, the loot drops are probably not too far off being generous.

OP has a point though, there are some breed of NPC's that 'only' drop metal scraps (or worse - nothing). That's not loot fairy, or chance, that's design.

Is that what OP is getting at?

Rest of NPC's rotate pretty good.

(perosnally I'd just go off and shoot other types of NPC that ive out more varied drops - if you're after the drops that is, persoanlly the salvage is worth more, plus bounties).

Looting is a bad habit. learn to Blitz. By the time you get to level IV the time you waste looting would have got you half way through the next mission.

Mission running is a good source of income in the game, loot is just a part of that income, you also get the mission rewards, bounty for the rats you killed, loyalty points that you can change for items, many sold at very good prices in the market and salvage from the wrecks of the ships you killed.

Come on Guys Dont tell me you wouldnt want a Plex To drop from one of those Rats.

Looting is a bad habit. learn to Blitz. By the time you get to level IV the time you waste looting would have got you half way through the next mission.

Probably.
Except, then you're at lvl 4 missions - but can't afford any ship to run them with.

I know.
I'm at lvl 4 - without a ship to fly them with (and I actually did loot my lvl 3's..well, most of them anyway with some salvaging if I felt like it).

I'd be happy with the Shadow Serpentis copper dog tag if it was actually used for something. The idea that I have a Soldiers dog tag still holds great worth to me. It's one of those things I can't shake when I log in to the game.