best countess drop ever...(for me)

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best countess drop ever...(for me)

Not the best possible, but I was impressed:

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Countess runs are only for runes...
i've seen my friends got zod before...
but for me... :S.. no such luck yet...
 
I've had better luck with drops getting TOO the Countess than drops FROM the Countess.Weekend before last a random unique around level 2 dropped me a Mal rune.
 
Isn't there a limit to the Countess's rune range?
I was under the impression she couldn't drop any higher than a Lo rune, I could be mistaken.

But on topic, speaking about The Countess, I'll post a screenshot tonight of my cool drop (2keys, lem and some other things). Seems like she's paying off to us, but Nihlathak is still stubborn as ever. :tongue:
 
Thank you! I knew I wasn't going crazy.
 
Countess is very friendly to me. I've gotten Mal, Um, Pulx2, Lemx2 and plenty of lower runes from her. And either from her or a minions, an Entrapping GC of Vita(40). Also for some reason, she often drops Bonehew. I've had 2-3 of those dropping from her before.
 
KyubiNaruto said:
Thank you! I knew I wasn't going crazy.
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AND we posted at the same time. :flowers:


On Topic- I've never gotten higher than a Shael from her, and not a single nice item. Summoner has been much better to me.
 
Cannon Fodder said:
AND we posted at the same time. :flowers:
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You know what they say.
'Great minds'
 
Uh huh :) so i`m pro when it comes to rune dropped from countess :prop:
2x OHM
1x VEX
4x UM
1x MAL
1x PUL
plenty of low runes which I have eventually transmuted into LEMs and PULs :jig:
(in fact those low runes are the best to pick up- you can transmute them all the time and you get higher runes everytime...well ofcourse i wouldn`t mind LO or OHM when it would drop :laugh: )
 
I've gotten several Ists off her. Nothing higher than that from her though.
 
2 x um
2 x mal
both in 2 weeks
about 5 x pul
3 x lem
1 gheeds
think thats about it

edit: add another gheeds to that. 37% mf :thumbsup:
 
Cannon Fodder said:
Not from the Countess you haven't. She can only drop up to Lo. Must have come from her minions.
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I believe that is wrong actually. The countess has a guaranteed rune drop, which range extends to Lo. However, the countess still has the potential to drop a rune higher than Lo, just like other monsters.
 
NewblarofDoom said:
I believe that is wrong actually. The countess has a guaranteed rune drop, which range extends to Lo. However, the countess still has the potential to drop a rune higher than Lo, just like other monsters.
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No, the Countess has two drops: her rune drop and her "normal" drop. Her rune drop can drop up to Ist, while her "normal" drop can only drop up to Lo.
 
I'll just wait for one of the :brainiac:'s to come by and solve this problem.

PS - Im almost certain that she can only drop up to and including Lo.
 
I am absolutely 100% positive on this one. She can drop up to Lo, and Lo only. That is a fact. Actually, everything Evrae said was true.

Also, her minions can drop up to Zod, so it is possible to see a Zod in Tower lvl 5, but it won't be from the Countess.

Edit:
And just to throw some outside proof into the mix, here's an excerpt from the Item Generation Tutorial-

18. The Countess

There is no need to explain her drops in separate chapter, she isn't special. However people usually accent their attention on her, because she is excellent source of middle level runes.
That is why I decided to give her special chapter. (I hope she will give me a Lo rune in return ;-) )

I'll give the word to Dr. Thrugg at beginning.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Thrugg
"Ah, the Countess. Most complicated TC by far. You'll note she has a -2 in her TC row; that means she gets 2 drops but that they are not random, she drops left to right across her TC until she reaches 2. Since her TC contains only Countess Item 1 and Countess Rune 1, it means she drops once from each of those TCs.

Countess Item has 5 drops as you saw. It is otherwise not much different than the other special monster TCs. She has a no-drop of 19 (very important) and gold, equip, junk, good. She will do all 5 of these drop attempts first.

After the Item drop she moves on to the Countess Rune TC. This has 3 drop chances with a simple 5/20 no-drop and 15/20 direct from a Rune TC for those yummy runes. However, remember the 6 drop limit. This isn't a limit on drop chances, just on total drops. If she drops 5 items in her Item drop, she can only drop one more from the Rune (although she still gets 3 chances to do so). Best for us is if she drops less than 5 items from the Item drop so there is room for all 3 Rune drops. Complicated. Only monster where it is actually better to kill her on p1, so nodrop is higher, so Item drops are less etc."



Let me look at her drops more closer. She drops from her own TC, "Countess" in Normal, "Countess (N)" in Nightmare and "Countess (H)" in Hell.
I'll look at most interesting TC, "Countess (H)", others are just similar.
"Countess (H)" ALWAYS do one drop from "Countess Item (H)" TC and another drop from "Countess Rune (H)" TC.
"Countess Item (H)" TC may do 5 picks from "Act 2 (H) Good" TC with 3/67 chance of each in /players1 mode.
"Act 2 (H) Good" TC may do one pick from "Runes 14" TC with 14/130 chance.
"Countess Rune (H)" TC may do 3 picks from "Runes 12" TC with 15/20 chance of each in /players1 mode.
"Runes 14" TC contains all runes up to Lo.
"Runes 12" TC contains all runes up to Ist.

So, Hell Countess has 1-(1-(3/67)*(14/130))^5=2.39% chance to drop at least one rune from El-Lo range, and (1-(5/20)^3)=98% to drop at least one rune from El-Ist range. That is why she is so popular.
 
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