Just Plain Bad Luck?!

[BricBrac]

Just Plain Bad Luck?!

I just don't understand this at all. I have 380% MF meteorb sorc, using tals set, 2 nagel rings, chance guards, 35% MF boots, and 25% MF "Rhyme" shield. I've been killing mephisto and doing ancient tunnels in hell for well.. a very very loooooong time and the only thing that I've gotten so far is.. a general tan do sword thing (bah what's that name!). What's wrong? Is this just bad luck?! I've typed this out of frustration, but I've other questions to ask: Is hell countess always cold and fire immune?

I guess this should be in trade value forums but:
How much is low enigma and hoto worth? 3 hi runes? 4? 5?

 

[Nolomite]

Yes, Hell Countess is always Red/Blue immune.

And yes, your MFing is suffering from plain old bad luck.

Don't let anyone tell you that you're wearing too much MF - you only need to decrease your MF if you are having trouble killing stuff. With your gear, a meteorb sorc should kill stuff just fine. My MF sorc also uses Tals set & much of the same gear you have.

You ought to add the Pits in the Tamoe Highlands to your route - there are a lot of cold immunes to nuke with your Meteors, and a bunch of wimpy fire immunes to Orb. You can clear that excellent area out in a few minutes - and maybe shaking things up will change your luck!

 

[Anthraquinone]

Hire a merc for finishing the countess. It really helps...

-AnQ

 

[Drakyr]

Hire a merc for finishing the countess. It really helps...

-AnQ

Yea an Act 2 Merc owns countess and just use static and telekenisis to keep her stunned while your merc kills her. If you put Mf on your merc if he gets last kill then his mf is added to yours.

 

[FreezerBurn]

the drops are random in the same way your cd player is random. it always seems to randomly repeat the same sh***y songs and skip anything good.

 

[Gnetic]

Boost your mf by 100. Have tals on normally, and an isted ali baba with a rhyme as your weapon switch. Take mephisto, or whoever you do to quarter life and finish him off with the alibaba. This is what I do and i've found hoz's, arach's, eth treks, arkaine valor, andys, soj's, mara's, tals armor, ik armor, templars might, war travs, nothing I haven't found with it. But I mf andy, countess, mephisto, diablo, pindle and baal so drops will be better for me. All I can say is keep doing Meph/Andy as you do get good drops. I got with a week of nothing and then another week of gear worth ist+.

 

[Myrakh-2]

Boost your mf by 100..

This isn't going to change things at lot:

380% mf -> 150% better chance for unique
380% mf -> 215% better chance for set
380% mf -> 232% better chance for rare

480% mf -> 164% better chance for unique
480% mf -> 244% better chance for set
480% mf -> 266% better chance for rare

The *only* way to find something "good" is by doing it over and over again... and then, when you look in the mirror and wonder where your brain went you tell yourself "Now let's get started, I'm warmed up".

 

[Cooked]

This isn't going to change things at lot:

380% mf -> 150% better chance for unique
380% mf -> 215% better chance for set
380% mf -> 232% better chance for rare

480% mf -> 164% better chance for unique
480% mf -> 244% better chance for set
480% mf -> 266% better chance for rare

The *only* way to find something "good" is by doing it over and over again... and then, when you look in the mirror and wonder where your brain went you tell yourself "Now let's get started, I'm warmed up".

THIS is why fast kills and not getting killed is more important than higher MF once you reach about 350% mf. Still, IF you can survive and kill fast with additional mf ...add the mf. MORE mf is better only if it doesn't hamper your speed. My sorc does about 520 mf but I am thinking of dropping it mf in favor of speed and surviveability.

NOW, what does work better is magicfinding in 8 player games compared to solo games. I generally get much better drops in 8 player games!!

 

[slappy sam]

8 player games reduces the chance of a no-drop.

 

[wotberla]

the only thing that I've gotten so far is.. a general tan do sword thing (bah what's that name!).
4? 5?

The jade tan do? That sh*t's tight. anyway, you're probably getting a bunch of rares and uniques, they just aren't the ones you want. If you find 20 uniques in a day but they're jade tan do, manald heal, frostburn, iceblink, etc (bad equipment) you've had a lousy day, even though your mf is working great. If you find 2 uniques in a day, but one of them is a grandfather (good!), you've had a great day and you're mf wasn't helping you much at all. Just keep with it, youll find some tight sh*t.