Curiosity Haunts Me

Hey Guys,

I just had two questions since recently I've been noticing something. It might be interesting data for those of you who go deep into the research of Guild Wars. Anyways, here's the story which leads to the questions:

I was farming feathers as a Necromancer/Ritualist using variants of the Any/Ritualist feather farming build for Jaya Bluffs found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4neVrcYH0Q

Now, in order to make it faster as a Necromancer I attempted many variants. The best two I came out with were using Destructive was Glaive, and one using Icy Veins.

Here's where my mysterious query begins:

I have noticed, that when I use Icy Veins, I get better drop results than when I use Destructive was Glaive. Icy Veins damages one unit, and after that unit dies it will spread on to the other units. Destructive was Glaive affects all the units when dropped. So, that brings back the question:

1. Is killing things individually, faster than killing at the same time (I have not tried the N/Rt spirit spammer build because I found it not as fast). I know there is still a lot of drop research going on, but I do hope this helps. However, this is only one source of information, only one place and possibly not enough trials.

2. Has anyone else noticed that in Underworld Dayway Speed Clears along with FoW Manlyway Speed Clears, that you get some golds, but sometime their mods aren't always perfect? In Jaya Bluffs, when I get a gold (which isn't as often as a Manlyway SC or an Underworld Dayway SC) it tends to have more perfect modifications than a Hard Mode place elsewhere? Or perhaps it was just luck of the draw. ^^

1. there is meant to be a sort of routine thats been mentioned on guru before - mass killing within a time frame gives less drops than killing same amount of foes individually - eg 10 foes in 1 sec may yield 2 drops but 10 foes in say 20 secs may yield say 5 drops but as always its something that cannot be proved or disproved due to random variables plus anet wont say.

2. Ive seen quite a few perfect mods in jaya bluffs but sadly they are always the damn type you cant salvage - and your right where you say luck of the draw.Ive probably had the same amount over time of perfect mods in both hm and nm.

hope this helps.

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