Gradual Reduction in MF Effectiveness

[Jeger]

I also noticed (over two years ago) what seemed to be a treasure drop-off with increased runs. I did some quick tests then, that gave inconclusive results.

There are two possibilities if the effect is real. It could be intentional by Blizzard in an attempt to increase treasure drops for casual players while not increasing them as much for botters. I'm not with Jarulf on that possibility, as I think it would be a great idea. The second would be that it could be an unintential result of the random number generator or other part of the program. After reading this thread, I am inclined to write it off as psychological, but I am not as sure as some.

Check all your magic items that drop from him, and if they drop with double durability, then they are failed sets. These should then be considered "good" drops, even though they suck, in terms of testing out your MF.

I think counting failed items as "good" would be a mistake. If the drop-off is real, many possible explanations could result in more failed items and less real uniques.

A thread mentioned the Bishibosh bug, where the problem was the selection of the TC. This of course affects final item drops, and could be believed to be a “run counter effect”. Such bugs can exist of course. That is not the same as a feature with a counter that dimish item quality in runs, which is what this thread primary is about

Maybe a minor quibble here, but it could be the same if the bug occurred more frequently at higher run counts.