Countess Rune Drops

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Countess Rune Drops

I found out today that if you run The Countess on players1, she actually has a higher chance of dropping multiple runes than any other player setting, due to her 'unique' drop rates. I did it with my untwinked conc barb on normal, and got ral + tal, so nice start :P

Anybody know about this before? I can't believe I only just found out :whistling:
Obviously in NM/Hell it could be different due to the variation in 'highest rune' between The Countess and The Countess' special rune drop :scratchchin:
 
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Yeah, this is one of those commonly known things that is so commonly know that it just doesn't get mentioned for long periods of time.

Its the same in NM and Hell, the mechanic of less items => more runes doesn't change with her.
 
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I feel like an idiot, but in a sort of Mr.Bean way, rather than a Boris Johnson way.
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Any issue with Google later in the evening will be caused by a large amount of non-Brits Googling those so they get the meaning. :D



 
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The simplistic explanation is that every monster has a chance to not drop something, ie the no-drop chance. Extra players in the game lowers this chance. For the Countess, her special rune drop comes from this no-drop chance, rather than the regular drop chance. Presumably, this is so she doesn't drop fewer regular items as a consequence of the special rune drop. The end result is that more players equals fewer runes from the special drop.
 
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i am lucky, so lucky i won't get shot!
 
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i read somewhere that higher player settings increases her odds of dropping Gul-Lo (which are on her item drop) but decreases her odds of dropping all the lower runes in her special rune drop. Is that statement true?
 
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yes. the higher players settings mean she is more likely to drop normal items (up to lo runes), but the higher number of normal drops cuts into the number of special rune drops she is capable of making
 
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It's not really that lower /p settings increase your drops...its that, like all critters, Countess has a cap on number of items she can drop, but unlike other critters, she gets TWO drops...her normal item drop, and then a special rune drop. These are done in that order, so the more items you get from her normal drop, the fewer 'slots' from her total drop cap are available for her rune drop. Higher /p settings would increase her special rune drop too, as I understand it, but those increased drops get crowded out by the other crap from her normal drop...

Two excellent links re:countess & runes:
SirPoops' countess running guide
Sparks' excellent countess runeword guide

WoRG
 
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