Since 1.0.4 hit i've been farming non-stop and still havent found anything good. Now i know i have bad luck but i want to know what is the best thing to do to finally get a decent item/legendary. Should i farm act 1 with 340% NV or farm act 3 with ~150% MF? Which would be better?
You left out one crucial bit of information; how long does it take you to farm act I and how long for act III? What's your rare/minute ratio? That makes a huge difference.
Well act 1 route is: Festering woods > Fields of misery > cemetary > highlands > halls of agony. That takes me from 40 min up to an hour.
Act 3 i start from a siege breaker run and go to keep depths till i get to 5 stacks, then siege > towers > azmodan. That takes me about an hour and a half, 2 if i decide to start from war machines q.
It's nearly impossible to say with certainty which will be more lucrative, even with all of the available numbers out there. Sure, you can realistically narrow it down to a single-digit percentage and make a comparison from there, but it's really hard to factor in player skill, build, gear, randomness of champions and their relative affix toughness, farming route effectiveness, etc.
Personally (CAUTION: anecdotal evidence ahead!) I've had much better luck in Act 3 with 0 to 21 MF (thanks Paragon!) than I did in Act 1 with 280 (again though, this is a barb versus DH, respectively). I daresay if the choice was mine, I would stick to Act 3 with 150% MF. Even with the changes to iLvl 61 and 62 items, the multiple times more probable chance of finding high iLvl items in later acts pushes it just out of reach, in my opinion.
Personally (CAUTION: anecdotal evidence ahead!) I've had much better luck in Act 3 with 0 to 21 MF (thanks Paragon!) than I did in Act 1 with 280 (again though, this is a barb versus DH, respectively). I daresay if the choice was mine, I would stick to Act 3 with 150% MF. Even with the changes to iLvl 61 and 62 items, the multiple times more probable chance of finding high iLvl items in later acts pushes it just out of reach, in my opinion.
That's my 4 cents.
Agreed. If you can get through act III without dying a bazillion times it is better (and more fun).
Act 3 i start from a siege breaker run and go to keep depths till i get to 5 stacks, then siege > towers > azmodan. That takes me about an hour and a half, 2 if i decide to start from war machines q.
Personally (CAUTION: anecdotal evidence ahead!) I've had much better luck in Act 3 with 0 to 21 MF (thanks Paragon!) than I did in Act 1 with 280 (again though, this is a barb versus DH, respectively). I daresay if the choice was mine, I would stick to Act 3 with 150% MF. Even with the changes to iLvl 61 and 62 items, the multiple times more probable chance of finding high iLvl items in later acts pushes it just out of reach, in my opinion.
That's my 4 cents.
Agreed. If you can get through act III without dying a bazillion times it is better (and more fun).