Too bad you can't write mods for MS like WoW... I'm pretty sure wowhead uses an applet to automatically keep track of what players find so there's no reporting bias.
I think this could work out, not sure if 25000 is reasonable though? I guess it depends on the monster and the people killing it. That would be about 20 hours on the stuff I train on (estimated) for the Paladin, and maybe 70 hours for the Hermit (not to mention I would level up, 8 to 10 times).
& things like Leprechauns with limited spawn have a more constant limit, in their case approx. 1000 per hour.
Maps with pure spawn are easier targets too, since you can get an accurate idea of meso & pot drops.
I know enough statistics to get the basics down, I'm not sure how the numbers work out for rarer stuff (eg. throwing stars, scrolls) which I've observed to be in excess 1 in 50000 in some cases (making it hard to get a good idea of actual rarity - when you can kill 200,000 and still have found zero (in the case of a 1 in 100,000 drop, there's about a 1 in 8 chance of finding none after 200k), it does point to being more than a single person is up for). The more people contributing the better, of course.
I think this could work out, not sure if 25000 is reasonable though? I guess it depends on the monster and the people killing it. That would be about 20 hours on the stuff I train on (estimated) for the Paladin, and maybe 70 hours for the Hermit (not to mention I would level up, 8 to 10 times).
& things like Leprechauns with limited spawn have a more constant limit, in their case approx. 1000 per hour.
Maps with pure spawn are easier targets too, since you can get an accurate idea of meso & pot drops.
I know enough statistics to get the basics down, I'm not sure how the numbers work out for rarer stuff (eg. throwing stars, scrolls) which I've observed to be in excess 1 in 50000 in some cases (making it hard to get a good idea of actual rarity - when you can kill 200,000 and still have found zero (in the case of a 1 in 100,000 drop, there's about a 1 in 8 chance of finding none after 200k), it does point to being more than a single person is up for). The more people contributing the better, of course.