No. lol I'm trying to get to the bottom of the logic that nobody is admitting: - This was only a complaint when drop rates became so slow. - Nobody ever cared about this before (it's been a thing ever since vanilla). - Nobody has a problem with the loot pool consisting of all the other items you've already discovered. The exotic loot pool encompassing all of your 'discovered' items has always been a thing in D2. Everybody's whining about quest items [b][i]now[/i] [/b]because the drop rate is slower. I'm just trying to point out that if you're calling for a change in the way the game plays, you should have a better argument than 'because I want more new stuff faster', because that's literally what everyone is whining about. A quest reward is still a 'discovered' item. The loot pool consists of 'discovered' items. ALL items you are free to re-generate from collections. The fact that this small number of items (quest rewards) is a point of frustration is just another way of saying 'my logic makes no sense, but change this ONE thing because I want better stuff faster'... Which is where the game was when D2 launched - and nobody wanted/wants that...

Okay bud you need to do your research. It has NEVER been like this. In D1, you couldn't get ace of spades out of an engram, even after you did the quest line. You're nutso lol

The loot pool doesn’t consist of discovered items only. What you’re doing is rationalizing a shitty business practice so you feel less uncomfortable about it, it’s a psychological defense mechanism. They simply include quest exotics into the pool to make it even harder to get what you want, which equals more playing hours on their game, which equals likelier chances at visits to eververse.

[quote]The loot pool doesn’t consist of discovered items only.[/quote] I never said that. lol [quote]What you’re doing is rationalizing a shitty business practice so you feel less uncomfortable about it, it’s a psychological defense mechanism.[/quote] I'm not rationalizing anything. I'm just describing how things work, and asking people to explain why they're asking for the change they're asking for. And the only answer I keep getting is 'because I want stuff faster' which is why D2 sucked balls at launch. Congrats on the psych degree, though... [quote]They simply include quest exotics into the pool to make it even harder to get what you want, which equals more playing hours on their game, which equals likelier chances at visits to eververse.[/quote] So what? Heaven forbid players are encouraged to spend more time in a video game they bought. Seriously? Wait, you're one of those people that thinks everything should be free, right?