Very interesting replies.A couple of things I do think after all of the reading on the forums.1. Loot IS NOT RANDOM. I know that because according to Marco Swiss law forbids gambling and if the loot was completely random then it would be gambling and EU would be in violation of the law and shut down. I can't find that thread but it is here somewhere.2. I think the avatar does have something to do with the loot simply because what other way could you make the loot not completely random. I don't know how that is done but I think it is.3. I did not know about the cross professions like hunting and mining that was mentioned in one of the post but it makes a little sense to me because I was/am mostly a hunter and when I was a very low lvl miner maybe in the 10 area I hit a 2000 ped iron HOF. I doubt that I have dropped more 1000 bombs and I only mined to see what it was like.Lastly, my first gbl was actually an HOF, an armax cow 659 ped, I was using a merc(did not know about skills and lvl and what it took to use a UL weapon) I think I was 1.9/10 on hit. My point is that sometime you just get lucky but in the long run I think it has to do with mobs, avatar and luck. As far as the OQ it seems like most believe the loot pool is a combo of server and mob together.Just what I think and thanks for all the replies they were for the most part very good.