Where are all the High Runes?

I've been playing since release. During that span, I've done hundreds of Cow Runs, Travs, Pit, Chaos,

Baal, Meph, Countess... etc

I've yet to find anything higher than a

Mal

Where are all the high runes hiding?

found a

Sur on my second week and thought "this game is a blast"
yes, not a single hr after that

That sounds unlucky if it is actually hundreds. Ive also got no runes above

Mal for probably 150ish cow and Chaos runs but have been very lucky elsewhere. Got a

Lo early on from mephistos chest. Then a

Sur in matrons den of all places. (I dont kill much there). Then got a

Ber off Nhilathek while

Key hunting haha.

Easy to say when you've been lucky but I think you just have to enjoy the game outside of HR drops and then if you ever get one its just icing...

RMac85 wrote: 3 years ago

That sounds unlucky if it is actually hundreds. Ive also got no runes above

Mal for probably 150ish cow and Chaos runs but have been very lucky elsewhere. Got a

Lo early on from mephistos chest. Then a

Sur in matrons den of all places. (I dont kill much there). Then got a

Ber off Nhilathek while

Key hunting haha.

Easy to say when you've been lucky but I think you just have to enjoy the game outside of HR drops and then if you ever get one its just icing...

Yup, hundreds. Haha. I've gotten lucky with Item drops. But for some reason the High Runes just arent dropping

What do you mean by hundreds really? What % of cows do you kill and loot personally? What player setting? And I assume hell difficulty of course?

Also is it hundreds of cows only or hundreds of what you mentioned? Because out of the things you listed, you'd only expect runes from cows and Chaos.

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

What do you mean by hundreds really? What % of cows do you kill and loot personally? What player setting? And I assume hell difficulty of course?

Also is it hundreds of cows only or hundreds of what you mentioned? Because out of the things you listed, you'd only expect runes from cows and Chaos.

Online Bnet

Yeah, i kill about 95% of the cows
With Chaos, i do the seal pop.
I mentioned etc on my original post. That includes things like Arcane Sanc and

Lower Kurast chest runs. Hundreds of both of those too.

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

What do you mean by hundreds really? What % of cows do you kill and loot personally? What player setting? And I assume hell difficulty of course?

Also is it hundreds of cows only or hundreds of what you mentioned? Because out of the things you listed, you'd only expect runes from cows and Chaos.

Online Bnet

Yeah, i kill about 95% of the cows
With Chaos, i do the seal pop.
I mentioned etc on my original post. That includes things like Arcane Sanc and

Lower Kurast chest runs. Hundreds of both of those too.

I don't think you mentioned how many players in game. Hundreds doesn't sound outrageous if you're doing solo.

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

What do you mean by hundreds really? What % of cows do you kill and loot personally? What player setting? And I assume hell difficulty of course?

Also is it hundreds of cows only or hundreds of what you mentioned? Because out of the things you listed, you'd only expect runes from cows and Chaos.

Online Bnet

Yeah, i kill about 95% of the cows
With Chaos, i do the seal pop.
I mentioned etc on my original post. That includes things like Arcane Sanc and

Lower Kurast chest runs. Hundreds of both of those too.

I don't think you mentioned how many players in game. Hundreds doesn't sound outrageous if you're doing solo.

Oh, I play solo.

And that's hundreds of each spot. I've done Cows, Chaos, Pit,

Ancient Tunnels, WorldStone Keep walks from Floors 1-3, killing everything, Arcane Sanc, Travs, Mephs, Countess. Altogether easily a thousand+ runs

I Kill everything. I don't just hunt the boss packs

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

What do you mean by hundreds really? What % of cows do you kill and loot personally? What player setting? And I assume hell difficulty of course?

Also is it hundreds of cows only or hundreds of what you mentioned? Because out of the things you listed, you'd only expect runes from cows and Chaos.

Online Bnet

Yeah, i kill about 95% of the cows
With Chaos, i do the seal pop.
I mentioned etc on my original post. That includes things like Arcane Sanc and

Lower Kurast chest runs. Hundreds of both of those too.

I don't think you mentioned how many players in game. Hundreds doesn't sound outrageous if you're doing solo.

Oh, I play solo.

And that's hundreds of each spot. I've done Cows, Chaos, Pit,

Ancient Tunnels, WorldStone Keep walks from Floors 1-3, killing everything, Arcane Sanc, Travs, Mephs, Countess. Altogether easily a thousand+ runs

I'm not surprised then. From analysis I've read (google HR farming guides) it does take abut hundreds of Chaos/cows (a lot more runs of Chaos actually) to get a "

Sur value".
for AT, Bosses, etc, i wouldn't even count them.

You'll find a LOT more runes if you start doing what you're doing on games with more players. Last two weeks of ~2h cows have netted me about 5. P8 of course. And I kill away from people so I can get my drops.

Yes I also just started doing this way, just join a game with many players and find some areas that havent been looted and kill everything without other players around, then when they quit you also quit and find another game

I just create trade games and farm. If someone comes in for the trade, I stop and trade. But generally I'm usually solo. (farmed

Jah/

Vex in cows trying to sell a 2OS COA).

But for my

Ber (in cows), I created a 4OS

Monarch 4

Lem game and no one came in.

I usually just kill everything and pop all chests.

Shenk -> Pindle -> Meph ->

Ancient Tunnels -> Pits ->Cows -> Diablo ->Andy-> Countess -> Summoner -> Nihilthak->

Baal

(I mix up the areas and refill rejuvs for the harder areas).

Just off hell countess in the last week I'm in the multiple digits for Ists, Mals, Ums and Puls.
Cows have given me more than a single

Gul,

Vex,

Ohm and one

Lo.

I only ever farm solo and I speed clear cows and Chaos. Unless I'm

Key farming.

I set a goal of number of games and intended area without ever setting a drop intent. Then I just collect anything of value that drops.

So what you guys are pretty much saying is I have the worst Luck. haha

I farm about 4-5 hours a day every day and haven't found any High Runes

You have average luck, you're just farming ineffectively. Solo is just bad for runes.

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

You have average luck, you're just farming ineffectively. Solo is just bad for runes.

Not according to the guys above me who also farm solo

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

You have average luck, you're just farming ineffectively. Solo is just bad for runes.

Not according to the guys above me who also farm solo. Average luck would have found at least 1 rune higher than a

Mal after thousands of full clears. lol

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

You have average luck, you're just farming ineffectively. Solo is just bad for runes.

Not according to the guys above me who also farm solo. Average luck would have found at least 1 rune higher than a

Mal after thousands of full clears. lol

You said hundreds, not thousands? Also you should probably not rely on a single data point but rather expected value with true drop rates lol. Seriously do the math. You'll hardly get near average in just few hundred P1 runs.

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

You have average luck, you're just farming ineffectively. Solo is just bad for runes.

Not according to the guys above me who also farm solo. Average luck would have found at least 1 rune higher than a

Mal after thousands of full clears. lol

You said hundreds, not thousands? Also you should probably not rely on a single data point but rather expected value with true drop rates lol. Seriously do the math. You'll hardly get near average in just few hundred P1 runs.

Hundreds of each zone. Cows, Travs, Meph, Chaos, Pits,

Ancient Tunnels, Arcane Sanc,

Lower Kurast, Andy,

Baal. I've done them all hundres of times each. Hence the total of runs in the thousands. I've done the math, I've seen the numbers. Statistically, I should have seen multiple High Runes by now.

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

You have average luck, you're just farming ineffectively. Solo is just bad for runes.

Not according to the guys above me who also farm solo. Average luck would have found at least 1 rune higher than a

Mal after thousands of full clears. lol

You said hundreds, not thousands? Also you should probably not rely on a single data point but rather expected value with true drop rates lol. Seriously do the math. You'll hardly get near average in just few hundred P1 runs.

Hundreds of each zone. Cows, Travs, Meph, Chaos, Pits,

Ancient Tunnels, Arcane Sanc,

Lower Kurast, Andy,

Baal. I've done them all hundres of times each. Hence the total of runs in the thousands. I've done the math, I've seen the numbers. Statistically, I should have seen multiple High Runes by now.

4-5 hours a day with all the zones you mention is almost 30 minutes per game. In the span of that one game. I'll full clear 5 cow levels and start a 6th already. Cow rune drops are all about numbers. The more cows you kill the higher your chance to find a rune. Statistically your odds are bad just because of how you farm.

MysticNocturne wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Bounder wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Diezle wrote: 3 years ago

Not according to the guys above me who also farm solo. Average luck would have found at least 1 rune higher than a

Mal after thousands of full clears. lol

You said hundreds, not thousands? Also you should probably not rely on a single data point but rather expected value with true drop rates lol. Seriously do the math. You'll hardly get near average in just few hundred P1 runs.

Hundreds of each zone. Cows, Travs, Meph, Chaos, Pits,

Ancient Tunnels, Arcane Sanc,

Lower Kurast, Andy,

Baal. I've done them all hundres of times each. Hence the total of runs in the thousands. I've done the math, I've seen the numbers. Statistically, I should have seen multiple High Runes by now.

4-5 hours a day with all the zones you mention is almost 30 minutes per game. In the span of that one game. I'll full clear 5 cow levels and start a 6th already. Cow rune drops are all about numbers. The more cows you kill the higher your chance to find a rune. Statistically your odds are bad just because of how you farm.

I'll pick a spot to farm for the day. I dont cycle through all of them in a single game. Cows I full clear i. 3-4 minutes.