Sorry for the late reply, the server went offline and I stopped playing for awhile. Now that I'm back, I'm having the same questions.
Oh, it seems I overlooked this thread. I assume that with glitched Meph, you mean producing first kill drops all the time, right?
Right, because I've noticed with ATMA Drop Calc, that 1st kill drops have 33% better chances to be uniques.
I understand what junk items mean, and I saw some of them dropped. It's been awhile, but I think I was doing it right. Unfortunately those accounts got deleted and now I can't show some evidence, and now that I restarted my characters, I'm not yet by that point.
However... !
I also heard about the Andariel bug, that if you do some steps in the correct order, she becomes bugged and from there on, she'll yield 1st kill drops all the time. I made a character to test it, in normal mode, because I could level her up fast and do a few runs just to be sure. I know that Andariel bug and Meph quest glitch are different, but if one is still working, maybe the other too.
Kill Andy and get the quest completed, take the automatic portal, speak to Warriv, go East, right? I belive I did it right, but in the next games I'm seeing some inconsistencies. I'll post a few images.
I do get junk, but also, most of the magic items I get are failed sets, so I'm kind of lost. Is she dropping 1st kill drops or not? The junk should indicate that she isn't, but what about the failed items? I've gotten at least one in every game. Is it a coincidence? Are failed items very common in regular (not quest) drops? So common that I get at least one every time? Or am I getting mixed regular and 1st kill drops?
The orange boxes show the junk dropped (don't mind the tome in the first image), and the green boxes show the failed sets and their durability. It is not very clear, but all items were dropped in the same kill.
Thanx!
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