Farming over and over again is the whole basis of the game really, farming for loot upgrades, for paragon exp etc. Thats what the game is.
I quite like the whole infernal machine mechanic, it gives another objective to the farming so theres more of a reason to do it. You have to move through all the acts (well 4th act only till you get the plan) so it makes you mix things up too.
Can easily farm a machine in an hour or two, then join a game with at least 2 others with a machine and fight all 3 uber bosses for a chance at a ring
Try not to use 1 machine at a time. As its a random chance of which bosses you fight, using 3 machines in one game means you will always get to fight all 3 (as each boss combo can only spawn once per game). This means you have less chance of ending up with loads of one kind of organ and none of the others.
It is just another random element of luck in a completely luck based game though, D2 was similar, and it's sadly going to be the way all action RPGs with loot work. I had 6 keys of terror and 6 of destruction, yet it took over a day to get 3 keys of hate from that damn Oasis, and then I hear of people having the KW spawn very close or right on top of the waypoint and dropping the key...
Funnily enough, they're usually the people with all the best rolls on the best legendaries that can drop...
Some people say luck isn't even a thing!
Yeah I totally get that, I'm just saying that for me personally, I don't have the time to do that over and over again. I like going through areas of the game, killing everything in sight and seeing what there is after each kill, but my time on the game is limited so I want to be able to do that over farming the same mobs over and over again for what might end up being nothing. I understand the mechanics of the game and that it is all a grind, and I don't have an issue with that per se, I played D2 and loved that but these days, having a family means I don't get to throw much time at the game and I need to balance my playtime accordingly. I am just saying that from my point of view I have more fun going on a few runs for items than I do farming bosses constantly. I wouldn't mind if you could use the Infernal Machine for an unlimited amount of times within say 3 days, that would be a bit better for me. But logging on when you only have about an hour to play, and then spending that looking for the Keywardens and then trying to get the keys to drop means I can only do that in an evening and then I'd have to wait until the next day to then go through the portal to try for the drops.
Thanks for the kind offer Eulogy. Unfortunately as I say, my time is limited and I don't make it on during the day even on weekends, but perhaps I'll look you up one evening over the weekend? I didn't manage to make it into the OcUK clan but my ID is CHokKA#2145.
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just never got how these guys got so much loot and I'd try and get naff all! 
