I would like to know how and where you get all of those nice items. I once had a level 71 but I used MQ as soon as possible and never found anything nice

transmutation box with or without +magic luck items
welling all non-magical items
catacombs non maze
arena

it's all luck though

Or you can do the arena and kill yourself a couple times before lvling to 71( in softcore ofc) Because once u summon mobs lower lvl than you your drops decrease dramactically

Are there better chance of getting nice items in non maze cata rather than maze cata?

That's right, non-maze cata drops a lot better, yet it is a lot harder aswell.

mostly yeah, harder monsters. not sure all the details. but they are harder.

if u really want nice items, i would put some fg into this game and make one gg character, with one gg character u can make 14 gg character

also i'd make a char that can solo arena without a problem or kill over 5 monster without regen (my guess a mage ) yet there are many characters that can solo in arena greatly if u put the time into it by building/buying it items.

i swear i wasted 5k into my mage and i dont regret it one bit since if im bored i can just climb it over and over again for fg.