I have a few questions that will imply a lot of numbers (very simple maths, no worries!)
I'd like to understand how exactly the DAR boost from the HBR works.
I’ll give an example so my questions will be easier to answer.
Let's say I'm interested in hunting a v502 from Mericarol Greenill.
The drop chart says that the drop rate is 1/1280 (including DAR for classic style drop or PSO2 style drop with 1 player).
I saved many years ago an old website called "Tycho PSO" that contained a lot of information like monster DAR. Based on that, Mericarol DAR is supposed to be 80%.
That means the actual rare drop rate for v502 from that specific ID and specific enemy would be 1/1024 ((1/1280) / 0.8).
The HBR this month is all 4 PW quests.
Let's say I complete each PW quest 8 times on Ultimate, based on this thread (
https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/hunters-boost-road-added.854/) and Spuz numbers, clearing each quest 8 times would grant me 48 points, which would result in a boost of 27% to my DAR. This same thread also implies that HBR is stackable/cumulative, so if my wife also completed each PW quest 8 times on Ultimate and I was playing with her, she’d also have a boost of 27% to her DAR and playing together a PW quest would result in a boost of 54% to both our DAR if I understand correctly.
If we ignore the current 25% DAR boost we are getting this week, normally, for a 2 players game with PSO2 drop style, the DAR is 82% of its normal value. So, in this case (Mericarol), it would be 80% * 82% = 65.6%.
However, if I play a PW quest with my wife, I would multiply 65.6% by 1.54 which would result in the DAR being 101%. Now, the DAR is a probability and a probability can’t be over 1. So I’m guessing the DAR caps and becomes 100% in this case.
1. Are all my calculations correct in the previous example? Did I make any mistakes?
2. Also, given my example was correctly calculated, am I correct to assume there would be no benefit for me to complete each PW quest more than 8 times because the DAR can’t go over 100% anyway? (granted that I always played with my wife that would have the same DAR boost from the HBR as me and if I’m ONLY interested in hunting a v502 from Mericarol).
3. If a third player join us and that player hasn't cleared any PW quests (so they don't have a DAR boost on their own), would they "inherit" our 54% boost while playing with us?
Thank you to anybody that will take the time to read my lengthy questions and try to help me out!