XP Freezing at L51

[FluffNStuff]

I think 52 still gets 51 drops, and 54 still gets 53 drops. I got a 53 drop when I was 54. So you could go one lvl higher.

This is a rare occurrence, and I would say you got this by joining a game late, where the other players were under 53. What happens is the boss 'level' is decided when it is targeted, so if a player joins after the boss is being attacked, they will not effect the level of the drop. Note that if all players get wiped or the boss is pulled far enough to 'reset' then he will get the ~new~ level.

[StompArtist]

This is a rare occurrence, and I would say you got this by joining a game late, where the other players were under 53. What happens is the boss 'level' is decided when it is targeted, so if a player joins after the boss is being attacked, they will not effect the level of the drop. Note that if all players get wiped or the boss is pulled far enough to 'reset' then he will get the ~new~ level.

Could it have to do with the threat level?

[drewcapu]

Could it have to do with the threat level?

Unless a group is somehow rushing a BS map, threat level probably won't come into play with the boss' drop level.

I imagine threat level might/can come into play in Fetid where a farming group would typically just go straight to Noxious, which could/would cause a L51 group to drop a higher level item. Very similar to a L10 group dropping L11 items in DF1 if they don't clear enough. I haven't been in a L50/51-only Fetid run in a long time, so this is just a guess. It should be pretty easy to see where the clearing cut-off would be, if there is one, for Fetid.