The Great MF Experiment!

[Doofus_AW]

All the debates about MF got me thinking here...why dont we have a group of 6-8 ppl hit meph in seperate games with various levels of MF gear for a set number of runs (say 150) and compare results on your finds.. If you want to participate let me know here. I am thinking of using these levels or something close to them.

0-100 MF
100-150 MF
151-200 MF
201-250 MF
251-300 MF
301-350 MF
351-400 MF
400 plus MF

We will need to track all Blues, Yellows, Greens and Golds that you find and that means ALL drops from only Meph not just the good stuff or that gaze you found in the chest next to him.

Let me know if you want in and what MF level you can use.

[Ganga]

... many people have already done this, the answer is Yes mf do effect what meph drop, this is like the 10 thread about it.

[Luhizot]

well .. if u wanna try .. Im IN

I play on Ladder USEast SC, my sorc got 485% mf

[Kuja]

A few thread have been done about this already. Mf does affect. I tested it with 0 and over 400mf on 200~ run each and i could clearly see a diff. Like i said there been a few thread already about this so this one is ~closed~.

[Titusfied]

Well, either way, I think this could be interesting. Not so much to see if MF affects drops, because I'm sure it does, but I'd like to see what types of drops occur for different MF levels.

I'm going to re-open this for the time being. I have 212% MF on my sorc, so I guess we have to 200 MF and the 400+ MF groups covered. We just need more volunteers.

150 runs sounds perfect. And simply make a list on Excel of what color dropped. Then make a list of elite, excep, normal drops for each of those colors, and for Uniques, the actual item that dropped. I like this idea, plus it will get me to play more.

Doofus, message me on BNet when you get a chance. Titus20 usually.

[!King_Amazon!]

I can take mine down to 150, but it is normally 180 or so, all I'd have to do is take off my nagels.

[-Spector-]

Is this for hell meph? or nm? i can do 400+ on nm, but on hell i have to change it to about 150-300 (depending on the risk i wanna take of dieing) ill take any group within those. wmd-spector

[Mydogisyourdog]

i dont think doofus was trying to figure out if mf effects drops... i think he is trying to find out what is the BEST raqnge of MF to find the most drops.

[Titusfied]

-Spector-, do this for Hell, and take it to as high as you can. 300 would be perfect, because we need someone in that range. I'll finish my part up later, but I got in 51 runs so far.

I can't wait to see everyone's results. :D

[Valmar]

I can do the 100%. Although i have about 250.

[eellis2132]

and... does anyone know if mf works on pindle... im not too sure it does, i get the same sort of drops with/without mf gear on

[!King_Amazon!]

MF works on all bosses, pindle just sucks.

[DarkXSavior]

i'll do 300 wif my sorc altho it likes between 300-360 not sure exactly PM me or juz msg me *noobiez_pride

[Doofus_AW]

I`ve got in about 50 runs so far and have found more uniques then set items o_O I am running at 400 plus mf. Stand by for final numbers tomorrow.

[Titusfied]

Alright, I'm going to post my results for my first 100 runs, and will continue to do so, most likely, for every 100 after this one.

MF = 212%

All runs were strictly Hell Mephisto.

Magics:
-30 Elites
-47 Exceptionals
-56 Normals

Rares:
-20 Elites
-49 Exceptionals
-108 Normals

Sets:
-1 Elite
-8 Exceptionals
-31 Normals

Uniques:
-8 Elites
-20 Exceptionals
-37 Normals

Out of all the rares that dropped, none of them had good enough stats to warrant an upgrade. Therefore, none were kept.

I planned on writing down all the Exceptional and Elite Sets/Uniques that dropped, but apparently, it must have slipped my mind a few times. Although here is the list of what I did remember:

Sets (Exceptional):
IK Gauntlets
Mavs Gauntlets x2
IK Belt x2
Hwannin's Armor

Sets (Elite):
Dangoon's Teaching Reinforced Mace

Uniques (Exceptional):
The SCalper Francisca
Coldkill Hatchet
Infernostride Demonhide Boots x2
Skin of Vipermagi
Razortail Sharkskin Belt
Shadow Killer Battle Cestus (Ethereal)
Heart Caarver Rondel
Stormchaser Scutum
Fleshrender Barbed Club
Butcher's Pupil Cleaver
Guardian Angel
Athena's Wrath Battle Scythe
Deathbit Battle Dart
Dwarf Star Ring

Uniques (Elite):
Rainbow Facet (4/4 Fire)
Flamebellow Balrog Blade
Thunderstroke Mat Javs x2
Nord's Tenderizer Truncheon
Ethereal Edge Silver-Edged Axe
Steel Shade Armet
Demon Limb Tyrant Club

Well, there you have it so far. I guess this is kind of pointless at this point, until others post their results. But it never hurts to see what kind of drops others are getting, just so you know what to expect some times. :D

[-Spector-]

Mf = 309/329 (found gheeds on 13th run)

20 runs:

Magics:
-7 Elites
-7 Exceptionals
-7 Normals

Rares:
-8 Elites
-16 Exceptionals
-14 Normals

Sets:
-0 Elite
-2 Exceptionals
-8 Normals

Uniques:
-3 Elites
-8 Exceptionals
-3 Normals

Elite Uniques:

Gheeds Grand Charm
WindHammer

This is 20 runs, i cant do any more right now or ill delete my sorc. She dies liek 35897329508236590238572398057349863607340689767067 06707097070934670970376096709709709707070967023745 67823456827345602834756802347564387560872345602734 56027394560937456034 times, so im gettin pretty pissed...

[Kuja]

Put a point in Frozen Armor it will help alot.

[DarkXSavior]

weird i was juz playing around cuz my friend was mfing n i was xfering in his hell game , i took my zealot which had 0 mf ... n went to my frenz tp n i killed meph wif zeal,he dropped shako,raven(19dex) and travs(44%) ......... thats way better than when i mf wif my sorc wif 300+ mf

[Vollstrecker]

I'll jump in on this too. I can roll 169% MF. I'll post results when I get them.

[Titusfied]

Unfortunately, I am home for this week, working with my dad, so I will not be at my apartment computer, which is the only one I have with Diablo... So I will not be playing or posting any other results for at least a week. :(

[Doofus_AW]

My Results

150 Runs

487 MF

Magical Items – 204

Rare Items – 267

Set Items – 87

Unique Items – 114

Notable Finds Set:

All IK Set except armor of course.
Tal Amulet x2
Full Sigons

Notable Finds Unique:

Ormus Robes x2
Titans x3
Vampire Gaze
Demon Limb x2
Carrion Wind Ring
Glimmershred x3
Bloodmoon x3
Arreats
Bartucs
Gheeds Charm x2

[Vollstrecker]

My 1/2 way results are as follows:

75 Runs at 169% MF.

Magical

Normal: 59
Exceptional: 38
Elite: 37
Rings/Ammys/Jewels: 1

Rare

Normal: 84
Exceptional: 43
Elite: 21
Rings/Ammys/Jewels: 2

Sets

Normal: 24
Exceptional: 6
Elite: 0
Rings/Ammys: 2

Uniques

Normal: 23
Exceptional: 10
Elite: 1
Rings/Ammys/Jewels: 2

Only notable find was Lightsaber.

[-Spector-]

hey doofus, think my sorc could have one of those ammys! :-P

[Titusfied]

He's Non-Ladder.

[zagggon]

Are these runs done by the new bots or just by you guys?

[Titusfied]

Just us. No bots.

[-Spector-]

oh damn, non ladder :(