I've made quite a few Act1 runs since 1.0.4 and I have seen a dramatic loss in income I've gained per run. Am I doing something wrong?
At first I was running with 268 base MF and vendoring everything that dropped. I found that was too time-consuming and now I run with (my best) gear and pick up only rares, finding only two so far that would sell for 1.5 million gold. Above and beyond that, everything else I find is crap, so I vendor the rares.
What am I missing? Is it truly RNG that gives me sub-par stat rolls on EVERYTHING? Should I be salvaging the rares?
To date, I have found three legendaries since launch, only one since 1.0.4 (dagger named Kill).
I will continue the endless grind, but I feel that only making 200k per Act1 clear is pretty horrible.
I will continue the endless grind, but I feel that only making 200k per Act1 clear is pretty horrible.
You do? Why? Act I is the easiest act you could possibly farm. Hell, I still think the drop rates are too low, but I wouldn't complain about them in ez-mode act I.
My MF gear set has over 260mf, and a decent amount of dex, but it has 0 vitality. 0 vitality means I run around with 5k life...
I will agree that Act 1 is easily steamrolled, but I spend a lot of time dying thanks to a LOT of reflect dmg mobs, leapers and fast attribute mobs that are already fast! I can try switching back to pure MF again, but I like my more efficient runs without.
Is it really true that MF affects the number of attributes on items? I thought it affected the quality, not the item level or the tier of attributes rolled.
But yeah... either start moving on to Act 2 or get a lot more MF. Act 1 isn't very profitable and it's declining every day because Act 1 drops a lot of medium quality gear and that's the type of gear that is constantly losing value.
Right after 1.0.4, I found a legendary in my first run in a2. Awesome.
Since then, I've been doing 3 to 7 a2 runs every day, clearing all desolate sands and instances, BCM and Oasis. Nothing.
I finish the run with 2 to 3 full inventories of rares, trash about everything keeping only 3 to 5 items at most that I think would sell for anything more than 50k.
Most of the time I just go in the AH to find that out of those 5 only one is good enough for 250k or more.
So, at the end of the day, if I make a million, that is exceptional.
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At first I was running with 268 base MF and vendoring everything that dropped. I found that was too time-consuming and now I run with (my best) gear and pick up only rares, finding only two so far that would sell for 1.5 million gold. Above and beyond that, everything else I find is crap, so I vendor the rares.
What am I missing? Is it truly RNG that gives me sub-par stat rolls on EVERYTHING? Should I be salvaging the rares?
To date, I have found three legendaries since launch, only one since 1.0.4 (dagger named Kill).
I will continue the endless grind, but I feel that only making 200k per Act1 clear is pretty horrible.
Die fr00b, die~
You do? Why? Act I is the easiest act you could possibly farm. Hell, I still think the drop rates are too low, but I wouldn't complain about them in ez-mode act I.
Die fr00b, die~
I will agree that Act 1 is easily steamrolled, but I spend a lot of time dying thanks to a LOT of reflect dmg mobs, leapers and fast attribute mobs that are already fast! I can try switching back to pure MF again, but I like my more efficient runs without.
Is it really true that MF affects the number of attributes on items? I thought it affected the quality, not the item level or the tier of attributes rolled.
Die fr00b, die~
But yeah... either start moving on to Act 2 or get a lot more MF. Act 1 isn't very profitable and it's declining every day because Act 1 drops a lot of medium quality gear and that's the type of gear that is constantly losing value.
Die fr00b, die~
Since then, I've been doing 3 to 7 a2 runs every day, clearing all desolate sands and instances, BCM and Oasis. Nothing.
I finish the run with 2 to 3 full inventories of rares, trash about everything keeping only 3 to 5 items at most that I think would sell for anything more than 50k.
Most of the time I just go in the AH to find that out of those 5 only one is good enough for 250k or more.
So, at the end of the day, if I make a million, that is exceptional.