Inspired from some of those 100 runs or so posts i saw somewhere before, i decided to make my own. However, this one is different in that i decided to do 20 runs from 8 bosses instead of just 1 boss. The primary aim is to compare boss drops from old acts to new. The bosses i decided to farm are:
Act 1: Hydra
Act2:  Aktaios Telkine, Manticore
Act3: Typhon (I’m old school I still consider Olympus as part of act 3)
Act4: Secret Passage, Hades
Act5: Fafnir, Surtr
All in Legenday of course with exit to desktop after each 10 runs. No xmax because i die against 3 surtr sometimes and also because zeus is very irritating against typhon. I decided to list only arcane fomulas, blues, purples and some worth mentioning greens. So here are the results:

Hydra:
1st run: zero
2nd run: zero
3rd run: zero
4th run: arcane formula-effigy of the panther
5th run: mark or ares, black pearl ring, necklace of harmonia
6th run: Battlemage Circlet
7th run: zero
8th run: Rod of the Ancients
9th run: zero
10th run: arcane formula-tounge of flame
11th run: Golden Shield of Pelaron
12th run: Achilles Shield, arcane formula-talisman of the jade emperor, Naglfar, Divitiacus' Protective Weave
13th run: necklace of harmonia, Lykaion Malleus
14th run: Scale of the Black Dragon, Adept's Diadem
15th run: Apollo's Will, Warrior's Buskin, arcane formula-conqueror's mark
16th run: zero
17th run: Caduceus
18th run: Orpheus' Garland
19th run: arcane formula-effigy of the panther
20th run: zero

Manticore:
1st run: zero
2nd run: zero
3rd run: zero
4th run: Achilles Shield, Bloodthirst the Glutton
5th run: Crest of Taurus, Archmage’s Mantle, Umbral Crown, Soul Quencher, arcane formula-effigy of the panther
6th run: Athena’s Mirrored Shield, Spear of Renenutet
7th run: Shiva’s Companion
8th run: Hallowed Babylonian Helm of Erudion
9th run: zero
10th run: zero
11th run: zero
12th run: zero
13th run: Hades Aspis, arcane formula-elemental rage
14th run: zero
15th run: zero
16th run: zero
17th run: zero
18th run: zero
19th run: Spear of Renenutet
20th run: Myrmidon’s Pendant

Aktaios Telkine:
1st run: arcane formula-morpheus dreamweb
2nd run: zero
3rd run: zero
4th run: Battlemage Robe
5th run: Apophis Serpent
6th run: arcane formula-silver heart
7th run: zero
8th run: zero
9th run: zero
10th run: arcane formula-talisman of the jade emperor, Bracelets of Aman’Da (grants skill spellbreaker oh wow)
11th run: Mark of Ares
12th run: Umbral Crown
13th run: zero
14th run: zero
15th run: Amazonian Spear
16th run: Shavo’s Relic
17th run: Eye of Flame, arcane formula-talisman of the jade emperor
18th run: arcane formula-conqueror’s mark
19th run: Orpheus Garland
20th run: Alexander’s Bracer, Nebuchadnezzar’s Greaves
*no archmages clasp.. still, this is one of your best bets for it along with Alastor and Secret Passage

Typhon:
1st run: Kuan Ti's Sorrow, Eye of Flame
2nd run: zero
3rd run: Hera’s Shield
4th run: arcane formula-sigil of bast
5th run:  Prometheus’ Gift, arcane formula-morpheus dreamweb, Adept’s Diadem
6th run: zero
7th run: zero
8th run: arcane formula-symbol of the polymath
9th run: zero
10th run: Hera’s Shield
11th run: zero
12th run: Alexander’s Pelta, Chiron’s Loop
13th run: Qin Warbow
14th run: zero
15th run: zero
16th run: Unyielding Shackles of Tartarus
17th run: zero but I got 1 Axe of Tereus from minotaur mobs on the way to Typhon
18th run: Artemis Silver Bow
19th run: Caduceus, arcane formula-glorybringer
20th run: arcane formula-maiden’s kiss

Hades:
1st run: arcane formula-elemental rage
2nd run: Battlemage Bracers
3rd run: ordu thumb ring
4th run: Spectral Defender
5th run: Priam’s Gate
6th run: zero
7th run: Myrmidon’s Pendant
8th run: Necklace of Harmonia, Eye of Reveries
9th run: zero
10th run: Battlemage Bracers, Bronze Heart of Talos
11th run: Protean Armor
12th run: zero
13th run: Gera’s Walking Stick
14th run: Abyssal Shield
15th run: zero
16th run: arcane formula-maiden’s kiss
17th run: Diomede’s Buskin
18th run: Alexander’s Greaves, Legionnaire’s Gauntlets
19th run: Rod of the Ancients, arcane formula-tyrants fist
20th run: zero
Not one overlord

Secret Passage:
(I decided to not list those santas, detectives you know what)
1st run: zero
2nd run: zero
3rd run: Permafrost Bracers, arcane formula-thot’s glory
4th run: Shavo’s Relic, arcane formula-Eye of Ra, Impenetrable Brocade Wraps of the Pegasus
5th run: Polydegmon
6th run: Hallowed Wreath of Grace
7th run: Prophecy
8th run: zero
9th run: Silvercharm of Cassandra, Plouton’s Cornucopia, arcane formula-Marduk’s Tablet of Destiny
10th run: Wall of the Damned, Bracers of the Nehemean Lion, Adept’s Diadem
11th run: Heartsong Armlets
12th run: Tracker’s Hood wew
13th run: zero
14th run: Legguards of the Flameborn wew
15th run: zero
16th run: zero
17th run: zero
18th run: zero
19th run: Plouton’s Cornucopia, Kael’s Visage
20th run: arburing, arcane formula-Glorybringer

Fafnir:
1st run: Impenetrable Aesir Winding of the Pegasus just looks bad
2nd run: zero
3rd run: zero
4th run: arcane formula-Apples of Idun
5th run: zero
6th run: zero
7th run: zero
8th run: zero
9th run: zero
10th run: zero
11th run: Eye of Reveries
12th run: zero
13th run: zero
14th run: zero
15th run: zero
16th run: zero
17th run: zero
18th run: still zero
19th run: trash
20th run: garbage
And why no andvaranaut this time?

Surtr:
1st run: zero
2nd run: Arcane formula-Gambanteinn, Hesione's Golden Veil
3rd run: zero
4th run: Deimos
5th run: zero
6th run: zero
7th run: plouton's crown
8th run: zero
9th run: zero
10th run: zero
11th run: zero
12th run: zero
13th run: zero
14th run: archmage's mantle
15th run: zero
16th run: zero
17th run: band of souls
18th run: zero
19th run: zero
20th run: arcane formula-ikon of zeus, Arcane formula-Gambanteinn

act 5 boss drops terrible? lol

i know 20 runs/boss is only a small sample size but after doing all these runs, there's no way i'm doing more. Farming just isn't my thing anymore. Took me about 9 hours in the span of 3 days including writing and transferring items to vault

characters used: Sorcerer, Prophet

don't have a link but i saw it somewhere.. never tried it but a caster warfare has the potential to be a tanky mage with permanent battle standard (70%+ CDR).. you need ragnarok to be able to choose rune but storm alone is enough to beat normal

edit: i encourage you to buy ragnarok though because if you beat AE legendary then jump to ragnarok, you might be too bored to play act 5 normal and epic.. you'll miss 6 bonus skill points (that's what happened to my characters pre-ragnarok

if you get a mastery shrine, you have to resummon all your pets.. the +4 won't effect if you don't resummon them but if you do, the +4 stays on them even after the effects of mastery shrine wears off.. off course it goes off when they die.. actually there is an old tactic of wearing +to pets or +to skills on secondary.. like if you have wolves but only able to summon 2 because you don't have +2 skills.. and you have +2 on secondary, you can switch to secondary to summon 3 wolves.. then switch to main weapon, you will still have 3 wolves

more info on granted skills.. CDR and refresh don't affect their cooldown unfortunately

Skills from items aren't boosted as far as I know

correct.. psyche dude it won't add.. but is there an item that grants battle standard? that would be dope

Yes, I agree, but I think things are getting a bit mixed up here.

A sharder should not be a hybrid. Basically we're going for a warrior look, by holding one or two swords, and maybe occasionally smashing some ice, but essentially it's a unadulterated caster.

if you're willing to farm, i wrotr a theoretical build before

https://www.reddit.com/r/TitanQuestAE/comments/7jf4r7/ragnarok_version_of_the_dual_wield_icesharder/

I'm too sleepy to think where to farm it atm

actually i haven't tried core dweller in higher difficulties yet because i stopped playing my stonespeaker long before

but it's easy to see it's tankier now.. i have no core dweller in my haruspex so i cast multiple lures instead

about ragnarok

for my skinchanger, i have points in rune weapon up to the 3rd upgrade.. no transmutation.. she's going to be a hybrid petmaster most probably.. i'm planning to use sapros.. that has reduced resistances for the elem damage from rune weapon.. HoO will offset the -25% HP penalty

yes %physical damage happens after conversion.. i actually don't see why people think transmutation is a must if you have rune.. me, I'd rather add damage than convert it.. if you lack resists time for some farming then.. i actually tried a little farming myself recently to test the "bosses drop sh*t loot now"  thing that they say.. just a little like 3 typhon runs, 2 hades runs and about 12 surtr runs (some in xmax).. my early findings is that boss drops seem untouched.. it's just that surtr drop loots are terrible.. in 3 typhon runs i got like 2 purples.. Hades, can't remember but at least 1.. surtr, i farmed him the most but i only got 1 measly plouton's bracers.. and what's funny is just the one run leading to him, i got sybaris from black elf mobs and verdandi's knots from fire giants.. so if my theory is correct that act 1-4 boss loot are untouched, i recommend you farm hydra

(there's some weird thing in xmax surtr but i haven't read any about it yet so i don't know if it's only me)