Drop Rate Experiment

All right, I have read many places that the drop rate has reduced and there are less +1s or DBs or whatever dropping. I hear these kind of things all the time and never know if they are true or not. So, I want to do a little test, actually a long, time-consuming test, to get an idea on drop rate in one of the more common hunting areas, the Elf Apes. My plan is to kill 250,000 of these critters and keep tabs on what drops by the 1000.

I will post my first 25000 now, with totals for the whole thing and totals for each individual 1000. I hope this will help settle some questions on the drop rates and make me rich at the same time.

Anyway, here it is, unis and refs aren't specified unless they would be considered valuable <ex, a uni no sock hammer will be listed as just a uni whereas a uni 2sock club would be listed by name. > I will list all elite and better by name, no matter what.

First 25000 --

32 mets

+1 attack ring

2 DBs

2x +1 warrior helm

37 refs

+1 archer cap

9 normal unis

+1 bracelet

uni L20 1s sword

+1 2hand

uni L25 club

+1 bow

2 Dance 6

+1 tao cap

6 blessed items

+1 necky

elite L40 shield

+1 coronet

elite L55 club no sock

Ok, breakdown by 1000

1. 2 mets, 2 refs, 1 blessed
2. 5 mets, 5 refs, 1 uni
3. 2 mets, 1 blessed
4. Dance 6, 2 mets, ref
5. met, uni, ref, +1 attack ring
6. +1 warrior helm, 2 ref
7. ref, blessed
8. 2 mets, 4 ref
9. met, elite L40 shield, ref
10. +1 warrior helm, met
11. DB, uni, 3 refs
12. +1 archer cap, 2 mets, 4 refs, blessed
13. +1 bracelet, 2 mets, ref
14. met, uni, blessed
15. 2 mets, uni
16. uni 1 sock L20 sword
17. NOTHING
18. DB, met, +1 2h
19. +1 bow, 3 mets, uni L25 club no socks, uni, 2 refs
20. met, ref, uni
21. met, ref
22. +1 tao cap, 2 ref, blessed
23. +1 necky, +1 coronet, elite L55 club, 2 mets, ref
24. met, ref
25. 2 uni, 3 refs

I will continue to post them in 25k increments as I finish them. Let me know if this is helpful to anyone. I hope so.