Are the lucky loot goggles bugged?

[dex314]

I know a while back wearing the lucky goggles that boosted looting score by +3 or +4 etc actually screwed up your looting level so it thought you were back to level 1 looting. Was that fixed? In A20 as I loot I will find lvl 2, 3, 4, 5 tools and weapons, but the moment I wear the goggles, I literally only find level 1 loot. I am staying in the same biome, at the same game stage, looting the same kinds of boxes. I thought I was imagining it so I did it again, and after a whole looting session, found 4 steel tools, 2 guns, and a socket wrench, all level 1. Am I just really unlucky?

[ElDudorino]

I've found higher level loot while wearing them so I'm sure they don't set your lootstage to 1. That said, they don't really seem to be useful for looting since a bonus of 3-5 on a stat with breakpoints in the hundreds is pretty close to insignificant.

 

Also note that steel tools and socket wrenches aren't lootstage 1 finds even if they are low quality.

Edited March 25, 2022 by ElDudorino (see edit history)

[dex314]

That's a good point about those items not being lootstage 1. And yea, I haven't played in a while and just recently found the loot stage stat in the player stat page. Looks like player level makes a huge difference in loot stage. I guess the next question then is if the goggles add +4 to your loot stage or +4 to some other metric like lucky looter. 

Edited March 25, 2022 by dex314 (see edit history)