Hi i player regular bnet and not single player was hoping some of you pvm fantatics would know this. Please answer this if u could.
1. Best areas to mf to find gg uniques like coa or something nice like that. 2. and how much mf should I use to find unique godlies only and less set and magics. 3. how much mf helps essenses drop? 4.more players in game help drop rate for better items? 5. More players in game help drop rate for essenses?

This post was edited by Pogoroo on Mar 4 2018 07:34pm

Lmk and yea im on regular bnet not single player ofc. Thus why im askin if more peeps in game makes a difference thx

1. Anywhere mlvl 85 is good. Pits, mausoleum, ancient tunnels, world stone keep, river of flame, chaos sanctuary, etc. should be fine with 250 mf
2. Tbh not sure about this
3. Yes. More players in game = more items dropped
4. Again, not sure.

Thx for answer also updated my first post

1. https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Guide:Level_85_Magic_Find_Areas_v1.10
2. Depends on how fast you can kill but 200-400% is what you should aim for with a fast kill speed
3. MF has no impact on essences, MF only affects the quality of the item dropped
4. Yes
5. Idk, but more players increases the amount of items that drop so essences probably drop more often

This post was edited by Kenorwox on Mar 4 2018 07:41pm

1. ilvl 85 areas - like pits, ancient tunnels, RoF, CS, WSK. Those are all great areas to farm as mob density and ilvl are high.
As for MF, use as much as you can without slowing yourself down. If HC, use as much as you can without slowing down and without sacrificing survivability.
MF is useless if it takes you 3x as long to do a run.

2. MF will not effect essence drops

3. More players = more drops. Again, run at a player level that doesn't slow you down.

4. AFAIK more players =/= more essences

mf doesn't increase the number of items that drop, it increases the chances for an item that drops to be of higher quality. For example if you find an IK armor it's because the roll for an unique item failed and then the roll for a set item was successful. If you had more mf maybe the roll for unique would have been successful and you would have gotten tyrael's might or templar's might.
But generally, getting mf at the expense of killing speed is not worth it

1. Depending on build, any level 85 area you can clear fast.
2. There’s no cap on MF, but there are diminishing returns for added points. Try getting as high a number as you can, while still maintaining your kill speed.
3. 0% (don’t do that)
4. Yes, try to run at players 8 if possible. Better do 3 fast runs at players 1 then having trouble clearing an 8 players game.
5. No

This post was edited by Chainsaw47 on Mar 4 2018 07:51pm

It also decreases the no drop chance, yes?