Pindlenerf? and Rune drop nerf

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Complete Edit due to the fact that there are so many people that are just very sadly not able to understand the difference in a concern:

I see I still did not make it simple enough so here goes yet another attempt

Pindle and the Runes are 2 separate concerns. Yes my main concern was why is Pindle not ever dropping anything over yellow quality(is this a bug/nerf/whatever).

As for Runes my concern was why can I get 3+ runes on almost every Tal tombs run on Normal and NM but am lucky to get 1 rune on a Hell run.

I am in no way talking about over all Luck farming when it comes to Set and Unique drops, Just wondering why this and only this super unique never drops any set or unique items (no matter their value)

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Probably just RNG being RNG, thatā€™s sorta how it worksā€¦sometimes it rains, sometimes it pours, sometimes thereā€™s no rain, sometimes thereā€™s a droughtā€¦pretty difficult to say without knowing the numbers behind the scenes (which maybe someone does and they can say, I certainly donā€™t)

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Maybe Iā€™m just lucky, but I normally just MF in a game I make to trade x for x.

Iā€™ll then hit all the spots before moving to the next game (meteorb)
Tower
Andy
Ancient Tunnels
Summoner
Trav
Meph
Chaos
Pindle
Nilithak
Baal
Cows.

So far I have dropped.
Tal Armor
Occy
Titans
Sur
Ohm
Skulders
Mal
2 eth threshers (rolled 5os in cube)
Several monarchs
Tal Mask
Tal weapon
ik belt
Ik maul
A full set of keys 3x3
A few runes around lem to ist

I have about 200 MF and around 50 hours played on my only character in hell

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runes should not be quantified by killing one monster, it should be seen as killing as many monsters as quickly as you can which are the correct ilvl that way you greatly increase your chances. if you kill one monster every 30 seconds to 1 minute thatā€™s less efficient than clearing a cow level (or whatever farming area) where youā€™re killing 100 monsters in 1 minute. i literally just found a Lo rune off a random monster in catacombs

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this is how iā€™ve played and iā€™ve done it without teleport. andariel > countess > frigid highlands > pindle > mephisto and iā€™ve found basically an equal amount to what you have.

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Hmm, there seems to a strangely absurd amount of ā€˜drop rate nerfedā€™ threads showing up. I guess i better put in some game time tonight and see whatā€™s up.

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I think all drops in hell have been nerfed to sell more on the pay to win sites, thatā€™s why the p2pah guy has never been stopped from spamming in the lobby since day 1.

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Rune drops are unaffected by magic find.

Pindle is a hit or miss really. He is capable of dropping most of the best stuff, but his drop rate for sets and uniques is really low.

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Luck. Iā€™m spamming pits for few days and only travs and Mal. I was escorting my necro on second account to the forge and first normal mob killed dropped Tal armor.

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Complete opposite for me, got shako + Sur over the span of 15 mins this morning, then rolled an almost perfect RW with it :slight_smile:

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100 pindle runs is nothing. Takes like 2k to get anything worthwhile. Also MF does not affect runes.

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It was not the no runes from pindle that set me off it was the nothing over a yellow with 400mf not even one single low level set item and the very low amount of gold with over 800gf, as I said I have spent many hours in all the areas I have listed killing and popping everything with 1 single Gul as the best rune I have ever dropped. This Pindle incident is just what truly made me realize how bad my ā€œluckā€ has been.

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This. Most HR I found were in caskets or crates.

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I know, once again it was not the no runes from Pindle that did it it was the nothing over a yellow and very little gold drops. Almost all of my good drops have been from normal mobs not even elites and not even when farming (with the exception of the Mara I got off that doom ape I was farming then)

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better strategy seems to be doing runs that have a lot of unique monster types, chests and then end with a boss in an area that has a high monster level. catacombs and durance of hate are SOOOOO dense, have tons of unique monsters with high levels and youā€™re maximizing your time by opening 100 chests while you kill 1000 monsters and finishing off with a boss. same thing with chaos sanctuary but it has fewer chests. i donā€™t know why people are obsessed with killing 4 monsters each game and thinking itā€™s somehow effective or efficient. the more you kill, the higher your odds are for finding something. every high rune iā€™ve ever found came from a chest or a random monster. vex, ohm, sur,2x Lo, jah, 2x gul. the best item iā€™ve found from any of the typical boss runs was just a low defense shako but you can still kill andy or meph after you clear some large groups of monsters.

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Itā€™s not just you, many players are having the same results, hell items are simply not dropping like they are supposed to.

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lucky lol

iā€™ve been mfing cows pindle and ancient tunnels for a week straight and no tal armor

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thatā€™s not true lol. itā€™s rng

this isnā€™t d3, items donā€™t rain from the sky

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Iā€™ve played LoD for the past 20 years, I LIVE on that game, the droprates are completely different in D2R vs LoD, Itā€™s obvious to the players who actually know what they are talking about.

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Dont base anything off 100 pindle runsā€¦ Lmfaoā€¦ you need 1k minimum.