how do the game make choice on who to assign ectos to?

lets say,do a dual uw run,how do the game decides who this ectos goes too when a ecto drops? and can a person get 2 ectos in a roll?

I'm pretty sure it's just random, you can get two of anything else in a roll, so I don't think ectos are an exception, just rare.

it's 50/50 depending on your character name --- if it starts with a-m, you get it.

>.< wtf? please tell me u r kidding ^^

it's completely random... if u have 2 players in the group... 50% chance the item that drops is urs... has nothing to do with ur name...

i was doing a duo with my me/ne (21 second SV, 29 dmg SS) with leslie from xD and after the end of one run:

Les: 4 Phantom Keys, 1 ecto
Me: 3 Gold Weapons

I know for a fact that my elementalist cannot get shards.

[random comment] i had 2 cheese in a roll once... [/random comment]

All your ectos are belong to me.

Seriously it's random just like all drops.

Spin 4 times while in combat clockwise for ectos in UW and 2 times anti-clockwise in FoW for shards.

The game checks to see if I'm in the party - then assigns the ecto to someone else.

LOL.

In a related question, how many monsters do you usually have to kill to get an Ecto drop?

I was in the UW for 3 hours on Friday night, and not a single Ecto dropped for anyone in the party.

It's not a matter of how many. It's completely random. You could get an ecto from the first Aatxe you kill, or some random monster in the furthest reaches of the UW.

The other night an ecto dropped on the stairs with the first group of ataxes.

I got both ectos that dropped that run (4 man team)

I heard it checks how many you have in storage, and then gives it to already has the most.

Yep, I've got over 500 Ectos in my storage already, and I get about 5 each run, since I get all that drop.