Guild Wars 2

Hi!

Early in the GW2 history devs stated Magic Find only worked when mobs dropped loot. Bonus chests, World chests, loot bags (except the WvW loot bags dropped on ground for us) and champion boxes weren’t affected.

But has that change?

The reason I ask is Preserverance and discussions in my Guild where the Guild leader tells everyone to save all bags and boxes from Fractals etc, then go to Silverwastes and get 5 in Preserverance, use Magic find boosters and all and then open the bags.

I tried to argue against it giving the sources found on the wiki but was basically called an idiot.

Now Anet does change things as time goes by so I might have missed an update or missunderstood something but this feels wrong. Would be a really curious design if it was intended that way. Then again, the Preserverance working on Lost Bandit Chests already is a new and curious design?

And it feels strange that almost no monster drop loot but instead Bags of Gear. Following what was said in early GW2 days Magic Find probably isn’t affecting Bags of Gear – but that also feels a Little strange since that’s the main way we get loot from monsters?

So in all – I feel confused. Can anyone set me straight? (And I would love a source for it too if possible.)

The magic find boost for the Perserverance buff doesn’t affect what you get from champ loot bags.

“Bonus Magic Find When Opening Lost Bandit Chests.”

That only affects what you get from opening the Lost Bandit chests (ie. increases your chance of higher tier mats or a rare instead of a masterwork item). The other MF boost (+30 or whatever) works as it normally does, affecting the quality of your drops (better tier mats, more supply bag-type items, better chance at rares or exotics, etc.).

The only boxes outside of lost bandit cheats that are affected by magic findare the PVP boxes.

Thanks for reassuring me. I guess I will keep argue against my guild leader, hmm :-)