Gradual Reduction in MF Effectiveness

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No, because part of the problem could be fewer "real" uniques and more "triple durability" uniques.

You mean fewer proportionally, I assume?

There is already a massive "problem" with 87% of item types not having a set equivalent, and 31% of them not having a unique equivalent.

I seem to recall reading something back around 1.08 about how the xpack-only class-specific items were added to the TCs in such a way that you get a disproportionately large amount of class-specific items when compared to the total number of items. In other words, if there are, say, 50 class specific items, instead of 1/10 of all items dropped being class specific, 1/5 are, or something along those lines.

If this thing I'm remembering isn't total crap (I'm sure Ruvanal or adeyke would remember this if it is true), then since there is only one class-specific set item per class, and 3-4 class specific uniques per class, then indeed, a disproportionately large number of failed sets and uniques are dropping, but through no fault of the RNG.

Edit: I reread your post and see that you were suggesting that as time went on, the RNG would tend to favor failed sets and uniques, as opposed to it just favoring them entirely. So, my response doesn't apply to what you are saying, but I will leave it anyway, as I am curious to see if the bit about class-specific items being more common is true.