06-15-2004, 04:19 AM
Sure. Do 1,000+ runs of the same monster, with the same character, with the same number of players in the game, using the same equipment (so no variability in MF). Record what the items were each time (the quality if you're trying to show that there are less uniques, the base item if you're trying to prove there are less elites). Include the durablity of any magic/rare items, so we can tell which ones are failed sets/uniques. Make sure to record the results for every single run; if you skip over a run because nothing interesting dropped, youll be skewing the results.
Once you have the 1,000+ runs, we can process the data and see if there are any downward trends. If there is a diminishing effect, it should be quite visible.
(Looking into files wouldn't do any good, anyways. They've been looked at already. Only a server-side patch would let things be different).
Once you have the 1,000+ runs, we can process the data and see if there are any downward trends. If there is a diminishing effect, it should be quite visible.
(Looking into files wouldn't do any good, anyways. They've been looked at already. Only a server-side patch would let things be different).