9 questions for the gurus

[Ombra]

Hello,
I had many more, but the good FAQs around here answered them.
I still have 9 questions and need to hear word from experienced players.


(1) If I let my Valkyrie kill the mob, do I get the same drops I would get if I handled those kills myself?


(2) If I receive help from the Valkyrie, bosses and their minions seem to drop junk more often (like 9 out of 10 times).
If I face such threats alone, instead, I always get some item worth a look.
Just a coincidence?


(3) Drop-wise, is killing with ranged weapons the same as killing with melee weapons?
If I fry a pack with Lightning Fury I seem to get less items (be them junk or more valuable stuff).
But if I kill the same monsters one by one, using my melee attack, the number of dropped items is consistently higher.
Can you confirm or deny?


(4) I know that a high level Valkyrie can spawn with gear that can have (virtually) any power attached to it, including Magic Find % -if I'm correct-.
Do the rules in effect for mercs (about MF) apply to the Valkyrie as well?
And what about the Assassin's Shadow Warrior/Master?


(5) If a Barbarian NPC (like those roaming the Bloody Foothills) kills a monster, do I get all the experience for the kill, part of it, or none?


(6) If I set Charged Strike as my primary Melee attack (Amazon character) the attack rating in the LCS disappears.
At times I fail to properly hit a monster, but the charged bolts (from Charged Strike) are released nonetheless.
Isn't Charged Strike another attack of the "Always Hits" family, even though the Melee part of the damage doesn't always apply?


(7) When my Stash is full of items (gems, runes, etc), I seem to find less and less items of that same type.
As soon as I make room in the Stash, I return to find gems and runes consistently.
Just my impression?


(8) About runes and runewords.
I noticed (hey, I notice a lot of things : ) that when I prepare a set of runes for a runeword, as soon as the set is ready for use, the game *stops* to drop me items worth of placing that very runeword on them.
But if I break the set (throwing away a rune) or if I avoid to upgrade (up to their final stage) the runes I need, then the game drops me good socketed items on a, let's say, regular basis.
Actually this is more than just an impression (I experienced many cases when playing with the Assassin) but I'd like to hear about it from better informed players.


(9) The "Peace" runeword lists a "5% Chance to Cast a Level 15 Valkyrie on Striking".
That 5% means 1 out of 20 successiful attacks, no?
But the autocast Valkyrie gets summoned much more often than that.
Sometimes I get 2 or even 3 Valkyries within 10 hits, while other times I don't get one for extended periods (though the latter case happens quite rarely).
Is the game's random number generaor just flawed (poor distribution of odds) or is effectively the chance to cast the Valkyrie higher than the listed 5%?



Thanks for the attention,
Ciao ciao : )

[FraterPerdurabo]

Hello,
I had many more, but the good FAQs around here answered them.
I still have 9 questions and need to hear word from experienced players.


(1) If I let my Valkyrie kill the mob, do I get the same drops I would get if I handled those kills myself?


(2) If I receive help from the Valkyrie, bosses and their minions seem to drop junk more often (like 9 out of 10 times).
If I face such threats alone, instead, I always get some item worth a look.
Just a coincidence?


(3) Drop-wise, is killing with ranged weapons the same as killing with melee weapons?
If I fry a pack with Lightning Fury I seem to get less items (be them junk or more valuable stuff).
But if I kill the same monsters one by one, using my melee attack, the number of dropped items is consistently higher.
Can you confirm or deny?


(4) I know that a high level Valkyrie can spawn with gear that can have (virtually) any power attached to it, including Magic Find % -if I'm correct-.
Do the rules in effect for mercs (about MF) apply to the Valkyrie as well?
And what about the Assassin's Shadow Warrior/Master?


(5) If a Barbarian NPC (like those roaming the Bloody Foothills) kills a monster, do I get all the experience for the kill, part of it, or none?


(6) If I set Charged Strike as my primary Melee attack (Amazon character) the attack rating in the LCS disappears.
At times I fail to properly hit a monster, but the charged bolts (from Charged Strike) are released nonetheless.
Isn't Charged Strike another attack of the "Always Hits" family, even though the Melee part of the damage doesn't always apply?


(7) When my Stash is full of items (gems, runes, etc), I seem to find less and less items of that same type.
As soon as I make room in the Stash, I return to find gems and runes consistently.
Just my impression?


(8) About runes and runewords.
I noticed (hey, I notice a lot of things : ) that when I prepare a set of runes for a runeword, as soon as the set is ready for use, the game *stops* to drop me items worth of placing that very runeword on them.
But if I break the set (throwing away a rune) or if I avoid to upgrade (up to their final stage) the runes I need, then the game drops me good socketed items on a, let's say, regular basis.
Actually this is more than just an impression (I experienced many cases when playing with the Assassin) but I'd like to hear about it from better informed players.


(9) The "Peace" runeword lists a "5% Chance to Cast a Level 15 Valkyrie on Striking".
That 5% means 1 out of 20 successiful attacks, no?
But the autocast Valkyrie gets summoned much more often than that.
Sometimes I get 2 or even 3 Valkyries within 10 hits, while other times I don't get one for extended periods (though the latter case happens quite rarely).
Is the game's random number generaor just flawed (poor distribution of odds) or is effectively the chance to cast the Valkyrie higher than the listed 5%?



Thanks for the attention,
Ciao ciao : )

1) Yes.
2) Coincidence.
3) No difference.
4) All Magif Find% off items, i.e. merc and Valkyre add on top of your magic find when they kill. I.e. if you have 500% and your merc has 120%, when he scores the kill, drop will be 500% + 120%.
5) Sorry, no idea.
6) You don't need to hit with Charged Strike. Stand by yourself, hold down Shift key and just stab randomly. Bolts will still be released. The skill is a little bugged, so if no bolts are released, it's a bug.
7) Just your impression.
8) Just your impression.
9) Simple maths. 5% can strike in 10/10 or 0/10, it's just chance.

[Ombra]

Thank you, Frater.

I don't fully understand what you say in #6. Do you mean that I can release charged bolts even without actually striking at a target (Shift-Click aiming at nothing)?
As for the missing bolts, yes, I noticed sometimes they are not displayed. They are still there, and traveling too, and will hurt monsters as normal.
The same thing applies to monsters, AFAIK.

I must correct myself about Q #9. The chances to autocast a Valkyrie are 2%, and not 5% as I erroneously reported.
So 2% means 1 out of 50. It's much *rarer* an event than I believed.
Still I get a new Valkyrie every few strikes.


Thank you again,
Ciao ciao : )

[Metalhead Steve]

Lol how about this....

10. Why is it that when I am looking for a specific item that seems to always drop it won't. i.e. white Breast Plate.

[L4E]

for 9)
its 2% chance. that means that there is a 2% chance for every strike, it is not calculated by the amount of times you strike, but for each time you strike it rolls the dice and checks to see if you get that 2% or not.

[Ombra]

May I add 2 more questions?

(10) I once gambled a Cat's Eye amulet (maybe you saw that post).
After that, I have tried to gamble more Uniques, but I have spent millions and nothing else was found. At best I did get a Gothic Plate, part of a Set of items of which I forgot the name. The question is: what are the chances to get a Unique through gambling?


(11) Does it make any difference if I squish the little critters crawling out of Evil Urns? (disclaimer: I didn't want to ask this one stupid question. I have been forced to, please believe m)KLo) n


Again, thanks for the attention.
Ciao ciao : )