I can farm MP4 for keys, but it takes me quite a bit of time (sometimes upwards of 45 minutes +) to build the 5 stack, and then find the Warden. I die a few times here and there, so I have repair costs. My chance of a key dropping is 40%.
or...
I farm on MP0, which takes me no more than 15 minutes (if that) to build the stacks and kill the Warden. I don't die at all, so no repair costs. My chance of a key dropping is 5%.
There's something about the thrill of almost not being able to make it that makes me enjoy the ride a lot more. It makes me feel like I'm actually playing and working real hard for that extra 10%.
For efficiency you should never go below MP3 unless you can't survive MP3. And if you really care enough about keys, make sure you survive MP3, even at the cost of DPS, as if you can survive MP0 already then making yourself able to survive MP3 will make you lose very little DPS. Once you don't die, MP3 always gives more keys/hour than MP0 regardless of your DPS (assuming you use the same DPS for both MP0 and MP3). If you have really bad gear and can only survive MP2 and your DPS is so low you take a long time to kill stuff in MP2, then you won't lose much going to MP2 from MP3, but then again the survivability requirements of MP2 are very similar to those of MP3 (since monster damage scales so little with MP levels).
TLDR: At least get yourself the gear to survive MP3 and farm keys there if you actually care about keys.
MP4 = ~45 minutes for a 40% chance of key drop.
MP0 = ~15 minutes for a 5% chance of key drop.
3x as long to do, for an 8x greater chance of key drop? Answer should be clear between the two choices.
As others pointed out, if you can do MP3 noticeably faster than MP4, then it might make sense to drop down. In general, it's best to farm keys at the highest MP you can handle reasonably. It is completely inefficient doing MP0 if your goal is to farm keys.
I would say faster is better but then you do need a lot of luck. I got two keys from the Act1 warden in MP2 in two attempts and from Act2 warden as well. Which of course made my friend who was playing MP7 and had only 1 key each from the two acts reasonably mad
But sadly my luck did no extend to the Act3 warden
You would be spending a whole lot of 15 mins there getting key mate. Reminiscent of Illidan glaive drop ; ). So I would say no to MP0.
MP2-3 is still realistic.
There's something about the thrill of almost not being able to make it that makes me enjoy the ride a lot more. It makes me feel like I'm actually playing and working real hard for that extra 10%.
There's something about the thrill of almost not being able to make it that makes me enjoy the ride a lot more. It makes me feel like I'm actually playing and working real hard for that extra 10%.
I agree with Zero, once again.
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I can farm MP4 for keys, but it takes me quite a bit of time (sometimes upwards of 45 minutes +) to build the 5 stack, and then find the Warden. I die a few times here and there, so I have repair costs. My chance of a key dropping is 40%.
or...
I farm on MP0, which takes me no more than 15 minutes (if that) to build the stacks and kill the Warden. I don't die at all, so no repair costs. My chance of a key dropping is 5%.
Fun-wise, I'd say MP5.
There's something about the thrill of almost not being able to make it that makes me enjoy the ride a lot more. It makes me feel like I'm actually playing and working real hard for that extra 10%.
TLDR: At least get yourself the gear to survive MP3 and farm keys there if you actually care about keys.
MP4 = ~45 minutes for a 40% chance of key drop.
MP0 = ~15 minutes for a 5% chance of key drop.
3x as long to do, for an 8x greater chance of key drop? Answer should be clear between the two choices.
As others pointed out, if you can do MP3 noticeably faster than MP4, then it might make sense to drop down. In general, it's best to farm keys at the highest MP you can handle reasonably. It is completely inefficient doing MP0 if your goal is to farm keys.
But sadly my luck did no extend to the Act3 warden
Ah well
MP2-3 is still realistic.
I agree with Zero, once again.
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