is RNG really just RNG?

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RagnarokChu wrote:

I highly doubt he has Terminus Est 6 socket 5 link with 13k spectral throw dps at sub level 60.

At that rate of scaling he'll hit 30k easy at level 80.

Now having a 6/5 term est is pretty lucky considering 5link/6 sockets don't start dropping until like 40+

I'm no ST expert, but 4300 dps ST buffed would be ~13k dps with LMP. doesn't seem unlikely for level 59

When I'm in conspiracy-theory mode I feel like map drops have a giant on/off button and devs have some sort of monitor. When the day's/hour's maps have dropped, the giant off button is clicked and maps just don't drop.

We got 6 uniques from a blue mod 66 map lastnight inc. Wings of Entropy which sorted my game buddy right out for his spec boosting his dps x4 and some Vaal armour evade gloves with +2 corrupted sockets...

Im still using a 180dps thicket POS bow i got from lvl 50ish

RNG is BS I seem to just feed my mates upgraded gear nothing i find for my spec.

I do believe there is some kind of boost to item finding in your first 30 mins of play each 24h period. To keep casual players interested and keep us coming back for more.

There is also a hidden "Map" Map mod that means you get 7+ maps drop from your current map.

Also how many times have you read people PCing and selling the same "junk" uniques as you just got at any given time. The stuff comes in waves.

Id love to pick this RNG crap apart and be able to manipulate it to drop 1 freaking good bow.. JUST once will do.

One thing for sure RNG breeds Paranoia.

Today I'm back to level 69 maps. M y first one drops 6 maps, including one level 71. I run that 71 @ 109% and get zero maps. Back to just 69 and below. HIGHLY frustrating.

When it comes to gear, I can buy that it is simple randomness. "The dice have no memory" as they say. However, when it comes to maps something is fishy. Increased quantity doesn't seem to do jack shit for the map drops, which is why I only run my maps blue without chiseling.

Lol, you still need favorable rng to even get to maps.

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visualize wrote:

Lol, you still need favorable rng to even get to maps.

I can get 66 maps easily - Piety runs shower you in 66 maps. Problem is - 66 maps are worthless or nearly so - the only thing I use them for is to convert to Chisels.

I'm having fun not picking up anything, except currency of course...

the game starts to shower me in rares. It's probably a way of screwing up the loot drop table or something since last patch.

Anyway, just saying try this:
go fly through all of act 2 cruel if you are in merc. Don't pick up anything and it probably only takes you about 20 minutes if you get a sweet 65% + quicksilver. Kill Vaal and all the bandits just for giggles ( probably only take you 2 swings). Then after ignoring a hundred or so rares, go do a map or a piety run and prove this tinfoil hatter wrong and report back saying drops did not change.