Originally Posted by
Energizeric
Wrong. If the next higher color is on the drop table, and you have a shamus 100% luck elixir, you WILL get the upgrade every time. Here is an example that proves it....
Back when they had the forgotten dungeon, the only colors on the drop table were purple and pink. I ran for most of that week with shamus, and every single drop I got the entire week was a pink. Not all were rerolls, but all were pink. I never got a single purple when I had shamus. The reason is that every purple was upgraded to a pink. We are talking hundreds of drops here, so not just a few that I happened to get lucky with.
In addition, I tried the classy looter elixir on top of the shamus, and then I got a pink bow every single time. Some others may remember me poking fun about this while playing.... While we were fighting the boss each time I would yell "PINK BOW!!" and every time I got a drop it was a pink bow. Other players were like "WTF?" after it happened a dozen or more times in a row, until I then told them why.
But yes, shamus does give an upgrade 100% of the time provided that an upgrade is available. In the case of getting a purple from the mob, you won't get a reroll since purple is the highest available. But with shamus, a purple at the boss will always turn into a pink. Which pink you get of course is just random based on the drop table percentages.
If you don't believe me, then run the halloween dungeon with shamus and I bet you never get a single green halloween item. They will all be purples and pinks, because the greens will all upgrade to purple.