Well I know it's the top question on my mind and I'll bet there are a few others out there who are eager to find out more about the follwing item on the 1.13 PTR patch notes:
Official Blizzard Quote:
Increased the drop rate of high runes.
So I guess the first round of questions are:
Can the Countess now drop higher runes?
Can the Hellforge quest(s) drop higher runes?
Ignoring HF rushes, where is the best spot to farm runes?
While I know it's too early to answer some of these questions yet, being able to play 1.13 SP & being able to create level 99 online characters will help in finding these previously elusive runes....
I'll try and keep this post up to date with the information that we find. Alas I won't be able to do any investigation work this weekenn due to my HORRIBLE exam schedule... 4 exams from from now until Monday...
She has two rune slots for drops, one is the one that she always drops no matter when you kill her and the other is her normal item drop which can occasionally bear another rune. I think only the latter one would be affected by the increased rune drop rate since it's based on a normal rune drop and isn't forced like the first one.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Increased the drop rate of high runes.
So I guess the first round of questions are:
While I know it's too early to answer some of these questions yet, being able to play 1.13 SP & being able to create level 99 online characters will help in finding these previously elusive runes....
I'll try and keep this post up to date with the information that we find. Alas I won't be able to do any investigation work this weekenn due to my HORRIBLE exam schedule... 4 exams from from now until Monday...
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7392174&postcount=123
The runes from the countess are not quest reward drops.
but i did notice that they increased the drop rate for other items too
im finding more uniques and even a super unique right away although they suck cuz im only like lvl 6 XD
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