09-30-2004, 01:08 AM
adeyke,Sep 29 2004, 06:26 PM Wrote:The problem is just that the monster with the highest probability isn't necessarily the best source of an item. You also have to factor in how many of that monster you can kill in a given time and how safe it is to do so. As a hypothetical example, if hell Baal had a 1% chance of dropping something but normal cows had a 0.9% chance, the cows would be much, much better, even though their probability per kill is lower.
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I think I'm beginning to understand this.
See, I'm in a similar perdicament. I'd sell my soul for a Goldwrap at this point. (But no active trading or bidding here--the Lounge frowns on that. ^_^) By using ATMA and comparing percentages, I've determined that my best shot at finding a Goldwrap is running NM Act 1 uniques and superuniques, as Blood Raven and Rakanishu and Treehead Woodfist and all those others are high on the list.
Then again, I'm just a silly English major, and all this math stuff is icky. :)
UPDATE: Spamblaster.