How does MF work?

[rastamun1234]

From what I remember on bnet MF just increases your chance to find items blue and above not really more of a chance for uniques. I was wanting to know if that's still the case on this server. Pretty much every kill in inferno areas and dl/lich king drops mostly yellows/blues even when I have like no MF. So is it really worth it to make a build geared towards stacking MF?

[Research]

http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/images/9/97/Magic-find-diminishing-returns.jpg

[nedamettin]

mf only effects quality of rolls

[LordManhammer]

http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Magic_Find

"What order are items checked to drop?

The game first determines what type of item will be dropped; Magic Find has no effect on this. Once the item is determined, your MF is checked in determining if the item is Unique, Rare, etc. The game rolls for Unique first, then Set, Rare, Magical, and normal. This is why more MF is always better, since it boosts your odds of Unique, Set, and Rare. Since SuperUniques, bosses, and Act Bosses always drop at least magical items, (and have much better odds of dropping higher quality items than normal monsters do) MF there will make a big difference.

If the game rolls a Unique, and there is no Unique of that item type you will get a Rare item with 3x normal durability. If the game rolls a set and there is no set of that item type, you will get a magical item with 3x the normal durability."

[rastamun1234]

Thx for the info guys