50 runs must be an average. I have done hundreds probably and never found a single one.
Maybe I am just unlucky. I have also never managed to have the Sentinel drop the 75th level mage helmet blueprint either, and I have done tons of runs at just the right level (according to Grimtools) for it to drop.
And while I know all loot is randomized, it is still annoying that in all these years, I never managed to find a Mythical Shadowflame Mantle, when my Harbinger Pyromancer build could really use that.
Honestly I’ve found only one or two Shadowflame myself, it seems to be a fairly rare drop just like mythical Shadow’s grasp is for some people.
It’s my own personal experience and I wasn’t the only one thinking that… I feel like to truly kick that RNG u need to not die even once doing the runs and between, hope u don’t crash in that farming spree + do this with high-level character because, perhaps or maybe, it does influence the drop rate. Not 100% sure on last point of mine but that’s my 3 suggestions.
Who dies in SoT?? smh weak character lol
Funny, I found Mythical Shadow’s Grasp a lot of times! I just destroy the ones that are weaker than the current one I have stashed away. RNG truly seems to have its quirks. I mean, I now found some shoulders I have never seen drop before, the Mythical Lifeblaze Mantle, for the first time ever, too. But overall I mostly just find stuff I already had. I tried using the random item lottery smith on Ultimate too, but no luck.
As for dying, well, that hardly ever happens to my top builds I do my farming with, especially my pet build Ritualist. And Steps of Torment is a roguelike dungeon, so if you die, you won’t ever get to Alkamos at all, anyway.
Funny btw, looking back, when the game was in Alpha I thought the Steps of Torment were ridiculously hard, especially the death rooms. How things change.
That’s great that you guys are almost immortal there. Applause to that.
However, my original intentions were to remind folks of my take on the alkamos ring hunts. I have done it a couple of times over the years now, having more than 5 legit sets. Maybe that’s not a lot but I don’t always farm those rings since all u need might be one or two of those rings in a set, which is enough already for life.
In the past alkamos ring had like 1.X something % chance and now it probably has 4% if not mistaken… so 25 runs sounds reasonably high probability there, huge unlucky if u still can’t get them.
Shadow Grasp gloves… aren’t those like normal generic blue items which drop from time to time everywhere for me. Maybe I am stealing your Shadow grasps loot there, I dunno.
Nah point is RNG is sometimes indeed very random and won’t drop certain items despite theoretically having the same ish chance to drop as the others.
I don’t disagree, however, I also think that RNG can be influenced by deaths, crashes or what level character u are playing.
Fair point. I was talking about end game max level farming, where running totems and skeleton dungeons for blues and purples is fairly easy without dying.
Annoying or maybe exciting, that there’s still something in the game, that you haven’t seen.
Too true. I now started setting up excel tables to document what items I have and what I still need… I have like 6-7 characters whose inventory I use to store the loot, other than the shared stash, LOL.
I try not using mods frankly, as they can break games. Plus GDStash can be used to just give yourself items, and I would probably not be able to resist…
As Barnabas in Devil’s Crossing said, suit yourself.
Btw, did Von Aldritch’s scepter like, drop for anyone, ever? I have done that dungeon many times with many characters and I never even got the Epic version. Same for the 3 councilmen in Malmouth. I wonder if their loot table is bugged. The most they drop is some tainted brain matter.
it drops, at least in the past like 3 or 4 years ago when I farmed every single purple MI item in the game possible.
Don’t give up! I guess u aren’t a fan of using tools but grim internals saves sanity with x3 speed, although it’s a bit risky as well.