How good is Zana's Perandus Mod? Stats inside (ongoing research) 27/12/16 UPDATE

Well the challenge Complete These Encounters III and its sub-challenge "Open 10 Perandus Coffers" made me think a lot about Zana's Perandus map device mod. So i started running maps with it, and took notice of every single perandus box that appeared as well as how many coins i got plus how many times i encountered Cadiro and how many of those times he actually had something impactful/rare for sale. For those who are unfamiliar with the mod : For 4chaos orbs it grants 3 perandus boxes to the map and a chance for Cadiro to appear. No extra quantity.


Up to this point i have :

-Run 39 maps from tier 11 up to tier 16 (mainly 13-15) with the perandus mod for a total cost of 156c.

-Gathered 4613 perandus coins for an average of 39,42 coins per chest or 118,28 coins per map

-Encountered Cadiro 12 times. Most notable item offered : Rathpith Globe at 4.6k coins


From the 117 perandus boxes i've opened :

-perandus chest 71
-perandus safe 1
-perandus jewellery box 14
-perandus hoard 10
-perandus wardrobe 2
-perandus coffer 10
-perandus trove 2
-perandus cache 5
-perandus locker 1
-perandus catalogue 1

So what did make me come up with this. It strikes me very odd that this mod is priced at 4c for what it offers.

First of all it doenst offer any quantity to the map
Second it only provides the map with 3 perandus boxes
Third it costs 4c and requires Zana lvl 7
Fourth its still laggy as hell

First things first, nemesis and ambush from this league dont provide quantity too you might say and you are right but both those mods provide other things. Strongboxes offer a much larger pack to kill and can be rolled depending the situation, so they offer both more interaction with the content but also valuable experience by killing more monsters plus more chances for maps.
Nemesis adds 50% more rares monsters on the map plus it grants to all of them some nemesis affix. Not taking into account that headhunter belts can be chanced inside this mod (one of the more, if not the MOST, powerfull and expensive items in the game), this mod offers more rare monsters aka more exp, more loot and more map drops, making it excellent for running it with an mfer or some mf gear, and very fun experience in general.

Three perandus boxes mean as i said above around 100coins per map, for 4c! Let this sink for a bit. Not only this but the chances are heavily stacked towards the most common perandus box that is the perandus chest, which literally is a white/vanilla chest with around 30coins in it. Currently coins are at 70:1chaos at BSC and around 50:1c at BHC.

I understand that because its part of the challenge it much require some grinding and some cost, and i find level 7 zana (at least from a solo perspective) to be enough of a time-sink for a t3 challenge. (t1 being the 10k tiers etc). And 4c is okeish in paper, but when you need for examble to waste 200c to get 10coffers then its not.

Lastly the performance issues that perandus mobs cause. Why are they still causing so much shit? How is it possible after so many performance fixes those basterds still cause huge spikes?

From that minimum experience with the mod i have so far, i believe its by far the worst one to choose when doing maps. It doenst grant quantity, the drops are WAY below average, Cadiro spawns in an ok rate, BUT the lack of coins make him redudant. Its laggy and problematic performance wise, and the chances to spawn the vanilla perandus chest are way too high. Its by FAR the worst mod one can roll to enhance his experience with the maps.



Please consider the following suggestions : Improving the perforamnce issues they cause. Adding 2 more perandus boxes for a total of 5 per map. And/Or reducing the cost to 3c. Also raising the chance/ration that perandus coffers appear so its around 50c total to get all 10 of them and also make the average coin return per map closer to ~130.

It costed me 156c to complete that challenge and the feeling is that i got scammed.

Final Verdict : Its simply not worth running perandus mod from my experience in new leagues at least. The lack of coins makes that lucky cadiro deal you *might* have worthless. The lack of %quantity on the map and the lack of considerable extra mobs render perandus zana mod trash compared to the other ones. The lag and fps issues the prandus mobs cause on top of how bad the mod actually is, are the final nail in the coffin. Even if you are chasing to do the challenge it is much more easy and cheap to just buy coffers from trade chat, the total cost will not surpass 80c (while i paid 156). Overall 2/10 only because of nostalgia reasons and how fun perandus was when introduced (despite performance issues).

PS: People chasing their luck trying to find perandus cartobox saying its worth are out of their mind. By far the worst zana mod possible atm. See suggestions above to make it better

Reserved

Updated the OP.

I finally completed the challenge after 156c spent on the map device alone. Never gonna run perandus as it is now. Much better options to run either bloodlines or ambush.

What other people think? Did you haave more luck than me? Or worse? Is perandus worth it what do you think?

I obviously wont make other perandus runs since i finished the challenge and i despised the mod. What about you?

@_Saranghaeyo_

What do map returns have to do with perandus mod? Unless you found a perandus cartobox, those returns could be possible with any other mod.

I specifically analyzed what perandus mod offers that other map mods dont, and its lag, sad rewards and frustration.

ppl in my guild have been running it, Im gonna have to run it for the challenge. Its obviously a rip off, I dont think any zana mod priced at more than 2 chaos is justifiable to start with and perandus is a total joke. 1 chaos is maybe fair at a push, if it were me in charge Id price it at 2 alchs. I asked my guild mates who were running it if they thought it was worth it and they laughed, literally, that was the answer I got.

TLDR it's a typical Zana scam.

At 4c is a total scam (aka currency sink).

Played in Perandus to lvl 91 + 84 and I never encountered a Perandus Archive. No way I'd ever run this Zana mod.

Bloodline is the best. MM and quality. And only 3C.

ran the mod about 40 times got 10 coffers for the challenge plus i got the boots(the50% ms ones) so gues i lucked out and didnt lose money on getting the 10 coffers but ater i completed i didnt run it once its just not worth it imo.

The game is full of worthless content to be honest. helm enchants'''cought'''normal,cruel lab'''cought''
Lets hope for 3.0