MI drop rates lower than pre-expansion??

I took a look at the drop rates in the game files after trying for bloodsworn vestments and solael-sect legs for hours with no luck and I believe the drop rates have been significantly reduced.

The equip chance is the same I believe. It’s the actual affix weights that seem approx 3x worse. I believe the difference post expansion is the introduction of 40% chance the MI will be a broken item (and so evaporate) and the chance for one rare and one normal affix has been halved.

From my calculations 1 in 1000 doomsayers will drop a one rare and one normal affix MI vest. Hero and cult captains are 1 in 500.

Approx 1 in 100 solael guardians will drop one rare and normal affix MI leg.

I can’t confirm if they have in fact been reduced as the extraction of game files post expansion overwrote the prior database. Wish I had kept a copy.

Maybe my memory of what the numbers used to be is just incorrect. Anyone else feel like they are worse?

Reduced in that the badly rolled versions you’d never use no longer drop, yes, thus less screen clutter.