I have a maxed out boon gem equipped in amulet and gold is not dropped 100% when killing monsters. Confirmed both in bounties and rifts. More common with bats but have seen on other monsters as seen in video two.
Video: https://twitter.com/MrRaymondFish/status/1283159870066155520
Video: https://twitter.com/MrRaymondFish/status/1283904228243599360
I don’t think this is a bug. I think I have read previously that when a monster spawns other monsters, like the Wretched Mothers or the ones that spawn the bats, their spawns don’t drop gold, otherwise it’s an exploit (and we all know how much Blizz hates exploits…) where you could leave the spawner alive and just collect endless gold.
But even if it is a bug, it’s not like it makes any difference. Once you have a levelled up Hoarder you’re collecting more gold than you can spend regardless.
That is understandable to prevent exploiting the game. However those spawned bats DO drop gold but this season it’s not 100%.
But even if it is a bug, it’s not like it makes any difference. Once you have a levelled up Hoarder you’re collecting more gold than you can spend regardless.
Honestly, that is irrelevant. It’s not working as intended, period. Bugs should be fixed no matter how trivial. If it is working as intended then it should be documented somewhere (not 100% for monsters spawned by other monsters or something).
EDIT:
I’ve been playing quite a bit since original post and I’ve noticed it more and more. It’s many different types of monsters not just monsters spawned from other monsters. Aside from the videos posted what else would someone need to have this looked into or at least acknowledged??
I think it might be your Simalacrums. There was an old bug where enemies killed by your pets would not drop gold via Boon of the Hoarder. Can you try it without Simalacrum and see if it still happens?
That would also explain why you see it happen sometimes, but not all the time. If you get the kill, gold drops. If your Simalacrum gets the kill, no gold.
First, thank you for replying.
Well, as it turns out I haven’t noticed the issue yet when Simalacrum is not being used.
You mentioned that it was an “old bug”, does that mean it was fixed at some point or has it been present since discovery?
Honestly I can’t remember.
I know it definitely used to be a big complaint with Witch Doctor pet builds. I don’t remember if it ever got fixed or not.
EDIT: found this reddit thread from 2016 where apparently resummoning WD pets each time you change zones will cause Boon of the Hoarder to trigger properly again: https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/44tzlf/psa_pets_can_proc_boon_of_the_hoarder_without/
Thank you for that info.
I suppose it’s too much to ask for Blizzard to fix bugs and just take the advice of the first person to reply and “get over it, you get enough gold anyway”. 