Aaagh! Vast hordes of em

[kandrathe]

As a test (of MF actually), I took one of my old SP uber chars through my usual Hell MF regime; Mephisto, Baal, Act 5 super uniques, Countess. One run does not a test make, but I was noticing that in general more Exceptional and Elite gear was dropping than I was used to.

The up side is that Bosses and Super Uniques drop many, many more rares than before. I don't recall seeing more than a couple of uniques, but I wouldn't expect to see many in just a 2 hour test. In v1.09 my MF success criteria was measured over 10-20 games. The killing speed in v1.10 (might be I'm not used to it yet) is much slower, by maybe a factor of 6. Also, I've always felt there was a difference between how drops worked on the realms, vs single player. That is ultimately why I migrated to Realm play in the first place.

I'm confident that either via crafting, rares, rune items, or even item drops players will find enough good stuff in Nightmare to move into Hell difficulty. Now hardcore? Well, I've never been hardcore.

I agree with you though that the Amazon is just fine. They have fixed the critical strike bug, and the GA pierce bug and that is plenty. I remember back in classic how greatful I was when my zon finally found a 6 socketed gothic bow. Now, I think many amazons will be back in that boat.