10-05-2003, 06:20 PM
This page? (I hadn't seen it before when I checked the site).
At the top (excluding Andy's first drop, which can't be farmed) is normal Summoner, at 0.25974026%. That's the best chance. At the very bottom, the chances are 0.03461538%. So, you just have to kill the worst jewel-dropper 8 times to get the same number of jewels as the best jewel-dropper. If you include the Andariel drop, this number rises to 10. Still not really significant.
Just compare this to the drop rates for the Ist rune. The hell Countess drops it 0.01496170% of the time. The lowest dropper (nightmare cow) drops it 0.00002668% of the time. That means you'd have to kill nightmare cows 560 times to get the same drop as from the Countess. Even the second monster on the list would have to be killed 48 times.
So I really don't think the site disagrees with my assessment. With jewels, it doesn't matter whom you kill; you'll always have about the same chances of getting one. You'd probably want to kill something high-level if you want a high-level jewel, though.
As for the assertion that MF only affects the quality of the item, that's been proven a long time ago.
At the top (excluding Andy's first drop, which can't be farmed) is normal Summoner, at 0.25974026%. That's the best chance. At the very bottom, the chances are 0.03461538%. So, you just have to kill the worst jewel-dropper 8 times to get the same number of jewels as the best jewel-dropper. If you include the Andariel drop, this number rises to 10. Still not really significant.
Just compare this to the drop rates for the Ist rune. The hell Countess drops it 0.01496170% of the time. The lowest dropper (nightmare cow) drops it 0.00002668% of the time. That means you'd have to kill nightmare cows 560 times to get the same drop as from the Countess. Even the second monster on the list would have to be killed 48 times.
So I really don't think the site disagrees with my assessment. With jewels, it doesn't matter whom you kill; you'll always have about the same chances of getting one. You'd probably want to kill something high-level if you want a high-level jewel, though.
As for the assertion that MF only affects the quality of the item, that's been proven a long time ago.