I got to lvl 8 on my first play through and I took note of what some of the locations of the best items I had seen up to that point. Namely the orc armor and helmet buried on the beach and the club "clobbering time" dropped by the ghoul at the lighthouse.
I started a second play through with a more optimized party but it seems to me that all the unique items that my characters found on my first play through have been taken out of the game for my second play through on a different profile. Namely the orc corpse that you dig up for the armor is empty, and since this is quest type item not a random drop it was my biggest clue.
The reason I believe this to be a bigger issue than just the orc armor is because of another item, the club "clobberin time". I have two other friends playing their own games and the first run through all 3 of us got the unique "clobberin time" club off the lighthouse ghoul. 3 for 3 first kill. Made me think this is guaranteed drop. I killed the lighthouse ghoul many times 10-15 at least, on my second playthrough and it did not drop the club at all.
This leads me to believe that what ever function the game uses to remove unique items from the loot spawn table of a game after it has spawned into the game is effecting subsequent play throughs of mine on different profiles.
Has anyone else gotten the same unique items in subsequent play through that you got the first play through. Has anyone noticed their absence? This would be hard to know or notice since most unique items appear to be random drops/chest spawn/vendor inventory.
Any data to support or refute this theory would be appreciated.
Thanks
