Gradual Reduction in MF Effectiveness

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I do not deny, however, getting blue on more than one occassion which I attributed to a decreasing MF rate since my first few drops seem to always be great (may be failed uniques/sets?). I would like to mention that you say the first actual quest kill of the boss yields only rares or better, yet I seem to recall seeing blue plenty of times on my quest kills (perhaps a figment of my imagination from all this MF psycho-babble?  I wouldn't deny wanting it to be true so unconsciously convincing myself that is what I really saw).  Are you sure this is accurate? 

If you find magic items on a quest drop, they must be failed set items.

Also, if someone who has completed the quest kills your quest boss for you, then you won't get the quest drops, so normal magic items are possible.

If you doubt that quest drops are rares at a minimum, all you need to do to disprove it is have the boss drop a magic item with normal durability when it is killed by someone that hasn't done the quest (preferably in a game where the quest hasn't been completed, in case that bug doesn't apply to all act bosses).