How many Hell Countess runs before . . .

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you got a decent Rune? I think I've run her at least twenty or thirty times
before she dropped a Fal. Every previous drop was a Rune I already had in
abundance. My MF necro is 87 now, so is he high enough to expect better or
should I wait 'till he's 90? Or does clvl have no effect on Rune drops?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been playing this game for
years and I'm still astonished at the length of the learning curve!

Dave S.

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Hi,

"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in
news:zyhCe.5976$BK1.3622@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> you got a decent Rune? I think I've run her at least twenty or thirty
> times before she dropped a Fal. Every previous drop was a Rune I
> already had in abundance. My MF necro is 87 now, so is he high enough
> to expect better or should I wait 'till he's 90? Or does clvl have no
> effect on Rune drops?
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been playing this game
> for years and I'm still astonished at the length of the learning
> curve!

these are numbers from the dropchange calculator on indiablo.de:

Hel Rune 1.8336809% 1:55
Io Rune 1.2249136% 1:82
Lum Rune 0.9323419% 1:107
Ko Rune 0.6221944% 1:161
Fal Rune 0.4701207% 1:213
Lem Rune 0.3135744% 1:319
Pul Rune 0.2360572% 1:424
Um Rune 0.157412% 1:635
Mal Rune 0.1351686% 1:740
Ist Rune 0.0901257% 1:1110
Gul Rune 0.0008193% 1:122049
Vex Rune 0.0005462% 1:183073
Ohm Rune 0.0004685% 1:213465
Lo Rune 0.0003123% 1:320197

So you were quite lucky to get a FAL after only 20-30 tries. I must have
made at least 500-1000 runs over all my Diablo play time, so I can tell you
the average numbers seem to fit..

Statistical deviations might give you a MAL after 10 runs only, or you'd
need 10.000 runs to get it.

Only reliable source for higher runes is Hell Hellforge. AFAIK, it can drop
from HEL-GUL with equal drop chances, so chance for any of these runes is
1:11..

Anyhow, Hell Countess is a good way to fill up your rune stash up to KO. My
retired ThrowBarb could do a run in about 90-120 seconds (in SP, with
Countess place close to WP), averaging 30 runs per hour. And don't forget
to cube up all the lower runes.

Regards,

Oliver