u/Notched_Vermin

Just got my first drop at paragon 115 and wondering whether they're rare enough to save or it's worth burning early to get basically a primal weapon whatever power it gets (I've no decent weapons I'd want long term use but a half decent throwaway primal would be a nice boost at this stage of the game).

Google gives me "Angelic Crucibles are moderately common consumable items in dropping significantly more often than Ramaladni's Gifts (roughly 4 to 5 times more frequently)" - which suggests pretty much burn it asap because, rngesus willing, I should get plenty.

Never played this season theme before, just making sure I don't waste it if it's a proper rarity.

I've read somewhere Nemesis appears as a result of player deaths - if that's accurate presumably it's account bound not character bound?

In my slow but fun way last night I was levelling my seasonal sader, 0 deaths so far, and at level 11 up pops nemesis.

It was a good thing, after a lot of running about and ducking for cover nemesis gave me the best item drop I've had so far, but was a bit of a surprise seeing nemesis to begin with.

I'm aware maxroll gives spawn rate for visions at .33% but wondered if any factors influence this or if it's a constant.

Bearing in mind I'm fairly new to seasons so my experience is limited, and the answer could well just be rng being rng, it seems I'm getting far fewer as my paragon increases (at 3k currently) when I'd expect the opposite as I'm clearing mobs far quicker. Eg cow level usual 3-4 starting out is now down to 0-2 and has been for weeks.

I'm deliberately not activating pylons as I think it's established clone kills can't spawn a vision.

Hardly any primals so far this season, but...a primal puzzle ring and a primal smoking thurible. I await the primal bovine bardiche with growing despair.

The lord RNGesus is a cruel lord, his ways are mischievous and malicious - he even prevents my grubby paws from falling on ancient rings or necklaces with worthy rolls.

So, on behalf of all suffering his evils - be they struggling for gear, or gibbering gemstones, or even a mouldy mushroom - I name him a scoundrel.

That's all, I feel mildly better now.

Just a really quick question - does anyone know how ethereals impact the drop rates of other items?

I mean it's obvious adding another set of items is like adding an extra symbol on a fruit machine or numbers in a lottery and will alter percentages, so just wondered if anyone knew an answer.

I get that it could well be rngesus being horrible to me, happens, but wonder if a high rate of ethereal drops comes at the expense of say primals or ancient legendary.