Thanks guys @frozzzen @Pyrohemia <3
I will ease up on the runs now and maybe try to grab a Naj's Puzzler from Moo Moo Farm. I really hope you find the Golden Archon Staff!
I think there is a little more to uncover on this hunt...I want to look a little more closely at the treasureclass.txt file because it seems like certain mobs are just a little more likely to drop equipment than junk. I think I had the most luck from Greater Hell Spawns and of course the various types of Defiled Warriors. Whereas the demon sprites and succubi I want to say were downright worthless. I want to see if there is any info in the .txt files that might explain this.
Also in the .txt files is the concrete answer regarding the nodrop chance question. I don't think that this calculation has changed since 1.07 so I think that a rough estimate of the difference between p1 and p5 is about 40%! (i.e the nodrop chance on p1 is reported in 1.10+ as 62.5% vs p5 is 24.05%)
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I watched a video about map generation, so I want to add that there are only 3 possible locations for the link between the Outer Steppes to the Plains of Despair:
also, I noticed that sometimes even when you dont get souls in the Plains of Despair, there can still be a boss/champion pack of a 4th type of monsters. If souls didn't spawn as one of the 3 monsters in Plains, then there is a good chance that this 'extra' monster is souls. And it seems that you can do the ritual with champion souls!
However, Attacker Takes Damage will eventually kill them :/
I will ease up on the runs now and maybe try to grab a Naj's Puzzler from Moo Moo Farm. I really hope you find the Golden Archon Staff!
I think there is a little more to uncover on this hunt...I want to look a little more closely at the treasureclass.txt file because it seems like certain mobs are just a little more likely to drop equipment than junk. I think I had the most luck from Greater Hell Spawns and of course the various types of Defiled Warriors. Whereas the demon sprites and succubi I want to say were downright worthless. I want to see if there is any info in the .txt files that might explain this.
Also in the .txt files is the concrete answer regarding the nodrop chance question. I don't think that this calculation has changed since 1.07 so I think that a rough estimate of the difference between p1 and p5 is about 40%! (i.e the nodrop chance on p1 is reported in 1.10+ as 62.5% vs p5 is 24.05%)
edit:
I watched a video about map generation, so I want to add that there are only 3 possible locations for the link between the Outer Steppes to the Plains of Despair:
also, I noticed that sometimes even when you dont get souls in the Plains of Despair, there can still be a boss/champion pack of a 4th type of monsters. If souls didn't spawn as one of the 3 monsters in Plains, then there is a good chance that this 'extra' monster is souls. And it seems that you can do the ritual with champion souls!
However, Attacker Takes Damage will eventually kill them :/
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