Scouring for SoJs… good idea?

[DrizzitT]

Erm... well
I heard about the "no 2 uniques in 1 game thingy..." but me and my cuz did manage to find two Eaglehorns in 1 game in 1.09...
He killed Meph, I killed Shenk, they both dropped eagles. I was like "erm... that aint supposed to happen" but yeah, i guess it did.
Dunno if mine was a fluke or something, but it DID happen

BUT, i joined the game after he found Eagle, so that might mean something... Cuz i heard/read from long long ago (somewhere here) that item used to be based on the map/etc/etc which is how the necro bone wall trick thingy worked, but everytime someone joined again, the drops would change... Dunno if that still applies tho.

 

[BILLY]

Well, I'm not sure about this not dropping In the same act thing, but I'll tell you what I know from my experience. I found a bonehew, then in the same game I found a rare ogre axe, picked it up, looked at the durability and it had spawned unique. I've always thought that 2 of the same Uniques can't drop in the same game and that is why they are called Uniques.

 

[TunaMofo]

Having a unique ring (ie. Nagelring) drop will not improve your chances of getting a soj. If the game tries to drop a Nagelring again, you will end up with a rare ring. The same happens for all items, though failed uniques with durability will spawn as rares with triple durability. Failed set items (if no such set item exists) will spawn as magic items with double durability.

 

[Mad Merlin]

I once found 2 Knemil's Awls from Hell Meph (same drop), one was unique, the other was rare with 3x the durability. I'd say you cannot get two uniques in the same act or from the same monster. From different acts is potentially possible.