Guild Wars 2

Precursors every 2 seconds?

Drop-wise Precursors aren’t treated any differently than any other Exotic item.

And since you don’t exactly get a lot of random exotics with 100 MF, you still won’t be getting many with 300 or 400 MF.

400% of 0.00000000001 is 0.00000000004

You will see a marked improvement in some types of loot, but the improvement in rare loot (rare as in scarcity, not yellow colored name tags) will be so low as to not be perceptible through normal gameplay.

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

to me MF is a lie, got 112% and getting better drops then people i know who have least the double MF. Isnt the cap 300%?

The cap from luck consumption is 300%. You are able to exceed that with banners, food, guild buffs, etc.

There was a post a month or so ago with the numbers you are looking for. An increase in rare and exotic drops was the take-home message but you would need to find the post yourself to satisfy your curiosity.

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

hunnybun.1380:

Precursors every 2 seconds?

I salvage them, when my inventory gets to full.

Wanze.8410:

hunnybun.1380:

Precursors every 2 seconds?

I salvage them, when my inventory gets to full.

That’s a horrifying image.

Mostly mf just impacts random loot. Things like chest and world boss drops arent.

Is higher mf it noticeable to me? Yes. Is the gain worth going out and spending a ton of gold to improve your mf worth it? No.

You will get more blues vs whites. More greens vs blues etc. The quality of mats from bags also seem to improve.

Its a numbers game. Class/skill is a part of that. Tagging more mobs that get killed, give you more drops. Which is more an issue in getting group and zerg drops.

Fermi.2409:

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

wait mf is affecting loot bags / chests after the 15th?

hunnybun.1380:

Fermi.2409:

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

wait mf is affecting loot bags / chests after the 15th?

I don’t remember anything to that effect.

Kal Spiro.9745:

hunnybun.1380:

Fermi.2409:

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

wait mf is affecting loot bags / chests after the 15th?

I don’t remember anything to that effect.

It will effect PvP chests after the 15th. No changes to world chests/bags.

I know for certain I read it…but I can’t find where… can anyone help me out with a link?

hunnybun.1380:

Fermi.2409:

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

wait mf is affecting loot bags / chests after the 15th?

For the PvP chests yes it will otherwise no from what I read.

danielrjones.8759:

Which brings me to a completely unrelated question since I see we have some power traders commenting here. Has anyone ever had a problem with sending items to another account and holding them in the mail. I seen where non player msgs are deleted once it hits 15. Can the mail system hold an unlimited amount of items?

Interesting info you shared.

Have no idea on your question. If you need someone to test it with. Ill volunteer. We can mail each other some cheap white items, so no loss if we loose it.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Kal Spiro.9745:

hunnybun.1380:

Fermi.2409:

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

wait mf is affecting loot bags / chests after the 15th?

I don’t remember anything to that effect.

It will effect PvP chests after the 15th. No changes to world chests/bags.

I know for certain I read it…but I can’t find where… can anyone help me out with a link?

Something about MF affecting chests was mentioned in one of the Ready Up videos, the one where they talked about the PvP changes iirc. I just remember hearing that MF was going to affect opened boxes now, too, but that may be wrong. Don’t have time to watch the video to find exactly what was said atm.

Fermi.2409:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Kal Spiro.9745:

hunnybun.1380:

Fermi.2409:

Zepidel.5349:

Anet made the loot system to mostly bypass MF (champ bags / chests are not effected by MF), so even tho at 400% MF you would think you are getting 4x the loot, but its much much less.

Isn’t this getting fixed on the 15th?

wait mf is affecting loot bags / chests after the 15th?

I don’t remember anything to that effect.

It will effect PvP chests after the 15th. No changes to world chests/bags.

I know for certain I read it…but I can’t find where… can anyone help me out with a link?

Something about MF affecting chests was mentioned in one of the Ready Up videos, the one where they talked about the PvP changes iirc. I just remember hearing that MF was going to affect opened boxes now, too, but that may be wrong. Don’t have time to watch the video to find exactly what was said atm.

Yep here it is in dulfy’s summary:

http://dulfy.net/2014/03/28/gw2-ready-up-episode-9-livestream-notes/

About half way down: “Magic Find affect the rewards you get from the boxes”

Right now, MF doesn’t affect loot boxes and world boss chests. It only affect random loot. The best use of high MF is to farm T6 mats directly from mobs.

danielrjones.8759:

Lightlord. . Been preparing for chef/jewelry for so long now all personal guild vaults are max as well as 16 alts. Been mailing all rares to second account and keeping them in mail. I hope they are still there. I’ve sent about 110 mails to that account. Has me a little worried that some may be deleted. Guess I will find out in 7 long days lol.
Thank you for the offer though.

I dont think we will get jeweler/cooking 500 with the feature patch, so you might have to hold on to it a little longer.