Gradual Reduction in MF Effectiveness

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For three runs in a row I did not find any uniques.

Don't forget to check magics for double durability (failed sets) and rares for three times durability (failed uniques). Magic and rare bows or phase blades, obviously, will not tell you if they should have been sets or uniques.

For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, if a unique item is rolled, but there is no unique of that type, OR the monster dropping it is too low level to drop the unique, a rare with 3 times the durability is dropped instead. If a set item is rolled, and no set item exists, or it is too high level, then a magic item is dropped with twice the durability.

I think a lot of people perpetuating the MF rumors either don't know about this, or have forgotten it. So-called "bad" Andariel runs that drop all blue items SHOULD have been all set items (as there is a bug causing her to always drop at least rares-- her quest drop), but there are a lot of items with no sets or uniques, and some sets and uniques that are too high level for her to drop. It is the same if you are exploiting the bug with Mephisto's quest drops.

A lot of the crappy drops are crappy simply because there are so many items and so few sets and uniques in comparison. With my MF necro, I find loads of should-have-been items, like rare/magic barbarian helms, assassin claws, paladin shields, and all kinds of magic items that should have been set items, but don't exist.