Guild Wars 2

i belive that we should have magic find shared betwen party members, or an option to check our party members gear. I belive over 70% of players join or create random dungeons /fractals party , with ppls they don’t know.
Here you got 2 options , to fight for your party , use best gear, use critical /lifesteal food etc, or pug your party with full magic find gear
Now an comparation betwen this 2 builds :
1’st – i use my top gear , try my best, i make 80 silver -1.5 gold /fractal run
0% -5% magic find
2’nd option i buy pirate runes , fine /masterwork explorer gear, magic find food – i make 6-20 gold /fractal run , 160% magic find
I’ve been frustrated last night when i try to pug an fractal party , with 160% magic find gear, since i had 5 exotics(3 account bound) 2 lodestones / 4 cores, and 5 rares in 1 single fractal run. And in over 300 fractals before i had maximum 10 lodestones / 20 cores and 4 -5 exotics.
Attached is my loot from an thief with 2250 p attack 30 critical power and 160 magic find, and the loot from my 0% magic find warrior , in same fractal.

Magic find does not affect chests. What you got were merely coincidence.

Also, 6-20 gold is a huge assumption here. Those exotics that might seem to go for the high 10s of gold, don’t really sell… All you end up doing is wasting money on expensive posting fees as you continue to get undercut.

id much prefer if the game focus on “combat skill” instead of “farming skill”.

Also different fractal reward levels.

Keep in mind that if magic find were party wide then you’d run into more discrimination in forming parties. We would see more of “if you don’t have full magic find gear then we don’t want you in our party”

Otaur.9268:

Also different fractal reward levels.

That is true, but is also inconsequential. His examples ironically shows more loot out of a lower level fractal. Again, just an unlucky coincidence. Clearly he wasn’t wearing his lucky underwear that run.

LinkR.6190:

Magic find does not affect chests. What you got were merely coincidence.

Also, 6-20 gold is a huge assumption here. Those exotics that might seem to go for the high 10s of gold, don’t really sell… All you end up doing is wasting money on expensive posting fees as you continue to get undercut.

I belive you should try it by yourself, magic find does affect dungeon chests, i’ve also read it does not.
Also 6 gold is poor , all i need is 1 nika /rurik /aidan etc and i make 5 gold, 3 more rares is already 6 gold, +lodestones and cores, 20 gold ain’t overreacted, every 4 account bound exotics in mystic forge -result 1 exotic that you can sell.

Invictus.1503:

Keep in mind that if magic find were party wide then you’d run into more discrimination in forming parties. We would see more of “if you don’t have full magic find gear then we don’t want you in our party”

Maybe , but that will split fractal runs intro 30 minutes runs, by 5 players with no magic find, and 2 hours -2.5 by 5 players with full magic find.

It’s been said time and time again by Anet that it does not affect chests. Random chance does not dictate it as fact.

On a side note, I rarely see rares sell for 2 gold a pop, and I still heavily disagree on making 20 gold from a single run, unless the planets align.

on a side note, first exotic 5 gold, 3 more rares x 33- 42 silver profit after listing fee = 6 gold
i know it has been said by A-net magic find does not affect chests , but is hard to belive that you can get rares /exotics from every chest when you load magic find gear, and you get 1 rare from 5-6 chests without.

Maybe it’s just the RNG at work, but I consistently walk away with more exotics/rares from chest when I’m in my MF gear.