Guild Wars 2

Well i need some help of you guys to review some basics on how Magic Find works!

Without the variety of items that boost MF in-game, we now have the essence of luck which i think it’s a better system, giving us the opportunity to equip other stats in the place of MF in equipment.

But here comes what i think is the downside, does MF diminishes over time? I need someone to answer this question. Because if it does, what are the requisites for it diminishing and why does it diminishes! Everytime i play, i boost MF with essence of luck of all types, but today i noticed something strange. I had a MF of 60% without consumables yesterday, but today i had MF on 37%! I don’t know if it is a bug or something, but i really think that’s utterly unfair…

How are you identifying your MF ? The base MF is displayed on the Achievement tab of the HERO window.

That value only changes as you USE Luck Essence, but that bar only indicates how close you are to the NEXT 1% of base MF %.

There are still a few items that effect MF, so the front Hero display would take that into account and could be different from character to character.

Yes i identify it always through the Achieve Tab!
That bar has nothing to do with what i said, i referred percentages, not the bar of luck.

Again, as i said, how come my MF goes from 60% to 37%?

You have your account bound MF from achievements and your luck bonus, both of which are permanent.

Besides that you still have MF boosters, MF food buffs, MF banners, and maybe WvW bonuses (I know they get an “outnumbered” bonus that increases MF, I forget if one of the base things from WvW is MF or not though). There is also guild MF boosts. All of those are temp.

Edit: and in between you have the Magical infusion which gives a +20% as long as you have that amulet equipped.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Magic_Find

You most likely had a buff/boost that ran out (if it wasn’t a consumable/banner I’d assume it was the guild wide buff).

The only DR I know if in the game is from drops. MF just gets harder (ie, requires more luck) to increase from X% to (X+1)%. My perm MF has never dropped a % since they enacted this gold sink system.

Thanks Wallace, i am enlightned now. That could be it. A guild boost… I have to check out with the guild!