Forum:An Experiment In Farming

So 2 of my friends and I have been experimenting with Pearlescent weapons drops. The current rate is 1 per 66 legendary, as stated on this Wiki. We're beginning to believe that is simply not true for everyone. One of my friends (I shall give him credit as SPV999) and I theorized that with the 1:66 rate, that having more orange weapons on the field increased the rate at which a Pearl would drop. For example: if there were a die rolled for every orange weapon, and when it lands on 1 of 66, that a Pearlescent would drop. We theorized that if more orange weapons remained on the field, the die would roll again due to it's already having rolled an orange, thus increasing our odds. In the end, we found this to be untrue, but it was worth a shot. However, my main point is this: my other friend (I shall give him credit as Cyclone Jookah) and I farmed Sebastian and sold every other weapon but orange ones on the field, and repeated this process over again until there were enough orange weapons on the map to make at least 2 or even 3 Crawermaxx drops on their own. We did not yield a single cyan weapon. There were at least 66 orange weapons. We both used +2 rare items class mods, his being a Catalyst for his Siren and mine being a Scavenger for my Hunter.