Guild Wars 2

I have done this same thing with a group of my friends here and it had very similar results that you had. And to this day there is one with no MF gear he has yet to get a even rare out of the dragons chest. For clarification those of us with MF gear were killing dragons with MF gear on for the entire battle not switching at chest now get more rare/exotic than not. Maybe coincidence maybe not but I’ll call it my lucky armor the dragon runs….

Sinbold.8723:

I’ll get crucified for this, I’m sure, but here goes:

Since there are (or SEEM to be) two types of “chests” in the game, persistent PvE chests such as those found in and around PvE zones & at the end of jumping puzzles (i.e. those that do not “spawn”), and those that spawn after a meta-event or a dragon (where you cannot loot the dragon’s corpse, for example), are BOTH immune to one’s magic find percentage?

My guildies and I have been testing dragon events (spawning chests, not persistent) for the last few weeks, and here is an example:
Guild 10% magic find for 3 days is active, full party of 5 guildies fights Tequatl the Sunless (not a lvl 80 event). Two party members are in full MF gear/weapons/omnoms, with MF at 185% and 190%, including the guild 10%. Each loots 2 rares, a lvl 80 crest, and greens from the spawned chest. Three party members are in karma armor, with no MF except the guild 10%, and each loots a lvl 65 medallion, and a bunch of blues.

So we keep our eyes on the dragon timers, and hit Shatterer and Claw of Jormag the same night. Again, the two loaded up with MF pull rares, including orbs and crests, and an exotic from the Frozen Chest, and the three with nothing but the guild 10% MF loot lvl 65 medallions and a bunch of blues, even from the Frozen Chest. Three events, not even a green for the non-MF guildies.

So we try again the next night (all 3 dragon events), the only difference being the non-MF guildies loot a green or two with their blues.

One player, seeing what his guildies are getting, buys MF armor & accessories, 5 Runes of the Traveler and one Rune of the Pirate, and gets an omnon bar from another guildie. First dragon event we do, he gets his first exotic ever, a rare, an orb, a crest, and some greens and blues. With his new set of MF gear, we see him getting much better results from dragon-spawned chests (as well as normal drops, but that’s to be expected). No significant changes for the other 4 guildies.

Coincidence? It sure doesn’t seem like it.

Isaiah, can you calrify? Are all chests created equal?