Gradual Reduction in MF Effectiveness

[Jeger]

What's a "good" item?

:lol: Why are you asking that of me? You'll have to ask the people who think the number of "good" drops decline with time.

Seriously, if there is a real phenomena, then "good" items are probably uniques and LoD sets. Those are the ones that you get excited about when you see them drop.

If they truly wanted to render boss runs less effective, there are many very simple ways to do this -- the MF multiplier that has been mentioned being the most obvious.

Actually, the way I mentioned is the simplest. If I wanted to implement a scheme that reduced the effectiveness of boss drops for botters

1. I would only put it on the closed server, so it could not be disassembled,
2. I would not modify the treasure loot routine, as that seems to work already,
3. I would put a compile-time flag in so I could compile to different server versions using the same source code,
4. I would track boss kills daily for a toon, and
5. I would generate a failure chance based on the tracked boss kill. If a random roll indicates failure, then I would reroll the loot drop when an set or unique dropped and the item was exceptional or elite.

It's very simple, and probably the best way to do it if Blizzard decided it needed to be done. If you disagree, it merely means you program differently from me. :)

The idea that it is not intentional but rather a simple error in the RNG is even more confusing -- why would blizzard use a different RNG in the multiplayer version of the game than in the single player?

As I said, I will be glad to discuss the RNG theory in PMs. :)