tl;dr - Can anyone help me understand the nuances of magic find? Links are much appriciated if you have suggested reads!
I've read that changing equiped skills and spells before bosses has a detrimental effect on magic find, and thus the quality of loot dropped is lower. However, changing equiped gear will not have a negative impact. This is confusing because I was under the impression each RNG event was completly seperate from all others. One suggestion was to switch out equipment in my build before opening certain chests to increase magic find... sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Does anyone do this?
Anyway, I feel like such a dunce. I have a lvl 30 wizard and have been focusing my gear only on vitality, intelligence, and damage. Turns out, magic find % has a HUGE impact on the quality of loot found in the game. I was playing with two buddies yesterday and they both have 101% magic find. They both had great gear without using AH, and one had 3 set items and a legendary as a lvl 27 WD. I think I'm going to start a new demon hunter and prioritize magic find.
only once you reach 60 do you take a penalty for switching out skills