Proper reaction to the Reddit Survey (mrllamasc)

[MicroRNA-1507]

That post you linked makes the mistake of equating access to loot as acquiring loot. Also, the numbers in the OP in that thread you linked neglects to account for monster hp increasing to 450% in 8 player game and that the party can do 8X the damage.

When this is taken into account, you can see how the table changes.

@MicroRNA-1507

Here is another way to look at the data:

Players in Game	Party Damage (Assumes each player is 1X)	Monster HP	Total Drop Chance	Average Drops per player	Average drops per player per party damage/monster hp
1	1	1	0.25	0.25	0.25
2	2	1.5	0.438	0.219	0.292
3	3	2	0.578	0.192666667	0.289
4	4	2.5	0.684	0.171	0.2736
5	5	3	0.763	0.1526	0.254333333
6	6	3.5	0.822	0.137	0.234857143
7	7	4	0.867	0.123857143	0.21675
8	8	4.5	0.9	0.1125	0.2

The first thing you notice is that the difference between single and multiplayer is much less than what you presented. Moreover, there is a sweet spot of 2-3 players in game assuming each player contributes 1X damage and working together. It is only after there is more than 5 players in game, that single player is more efficient.

Things look different when one player can carry the entire group