03-07-2004, 07:56 AM
I have completed 52 Mephisto runs, using the "Bishbosh bug". I catalogued all the drops, every single item that fell and their durabilities. Lots of failed sets and uniques have been dropping.
After 52 runs, there is no change is the quality of drops. All can be considered good. Those that look poor consist of mainly failed sets. I've collected a ton of data, but I'm not sure if I should just post it. It's 345 rows of data in a spreadsheet. I don't have any webhosting either...
Of note, Mephisto was kind enough to drop me a Rainbow Facet, although it's a low end poison one. Still cool to get one, though. Some other drops of note: two Griswold Armours, a Corspemourn, two Duriel's Shells, an Occulus, Lidless Wall, Nord's Tenderizer, Gavel of Pain, two Flamebellows (I have 6 now, all from Meph! He just loves dropping them), two IK gloves, 3 Cathan's Seals, and Trang Oul's scales. I've given lots of this stuff away.
I'm going to re-format the data, a summary of the drop per line, and post it here. Maybe someone could cross reference the durabilities with d2data.net and maybe see a pattern of failed sets and uniques?
After seeing the quality items that I've been getting, consistently, I am now a firm believer that there is no reduction of MF on the first Mephisto drop, and that the effect is all psychological in that situation. My small but detailed sample data backs that up. When using the "Bishbosh Bug", the quality of the drop is incredible, all the time. I've gotten all blue drops before, but most of the items had very high durabilities.
When not using the bug, a "quality" drop only comes up once in a while, which leads people to believe that things are getting worse when they're not getting that lucky drop. The reduction effect may still exist, though, when not using the bug. There could still be something causing things to get worse and worse, and since my testing was done on the first-kill only, I can't tell for sure what is happening in that non-first-kill situation. I'm going to bring my level 87 hammerdin out of retirement to do more runs without the using the bug.
After 52 runs, there is no change is the quality of drops. All can be considered good. Those that look poor consist of mainly failed sets. I've collected a ton of data, but I'm not sure if I should just post it. It's 345 rows of data in a spreadsheet. I don't have any webhosting either...
Of note, Mephisto was kind enough to drop me a Rainbow Facet, although it's a low end poison one. Still cool to get one, though. Some other drops of note: two Griswold Armours, a Corspemourn, two Duriel's Shells, an Occulus, Lidless Wall, Nord's Tenderizer, Gavel of Pain, two Flamebellows (I have 6 now, all from Meph! He just loves dropping them), two IK gloves, 3 Cathan's Seals, and Trang Oul's scales. I've given lots of this stuff away.
I'm going to re-format the data, a summary of the drop per line, and post it here. Maybe someone could cross reference the durabilities with d2data.net and maybe see a pattern of failed sets and uniques?
After seeing the quality items that I've been getting, consistently, I am now a firm believer that there is no reduction of MF on the first Mephisto drop, and that the effect is all psychological in that situation. My small but detailed sample data backs that up. When using the "Bishbosh Bug", the quality of the drop is incredible, all the time. I've gotten all blue drops before, but most of the items had very high durabilities.
When not using the bug, a "quality" drop only comes up once in a while, which leads people to believe that things are getting worse when they're not getting that lucky drop. The reduction effect may still exist, though, when not using the bug. There could still be something causing things to get worse and worse, and since my testing was done on the first-kill only, I can't tell for sure what is happening in that non-first-kill situation. I'm going to bring my level 87 hammerdin out of retirement to do more runs without the using the bug.
"Yay! We did it!"
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*