Stupid question about goblins

[Cem]

Had a thought tonight about why I even bother killing them. Correct me if I'm wrong please! Goblins are lvl61 so the best loot they could possibly drop is going to be average at best, right? I should be skipping to speed up my runs perhaps.

 

[Rakurai]

Interesting question. Are goblins 61 in A3? or in MP1+? I wonder if their drop rolls are affected by their level.

 

[Wizofoz]

What are u talking about? goblins can drop good stuf too, iv found like 2echoing furys from them last week or so

 

[CodenameG]

but i think the real question is are the droprates high enough for those better items from those mobs to justify killing them.

 

[LordBob]

only puzzle ring goblins stay at 61. i think thats the confusion.

 

[Cem]

I thought all goblins were 61 irregardless of if they were from a puzzle ring or just in the instance. I believe I read a blue post about this a while back... I'll try to find it. If this is true then is the very small chance of a legendary off of them worth the hassle of killing them. Would you have just as much chance getting a legendary off another mob that you would be killing instead of the goblin?

EDIT: Affixes based on ilvl of monster - Forums - Diablo III Found the post. Like was said above all puzzle ring goblins are 61 so they are useless but it doesn't say anything about normal goblins that spawn in the instance. I do know from experimenting a puzzle ring goblin has a lot of HP so its life is effected by the monster power buff. I guess this just means we can't conclude automatically that goblins that spawned in the instance at creation are 63 monsters. Having said that all monsters in act 3 are 63 so the goblins should be too? Why would a 61 goblin and a 63 goblin have the same high HP value, that is strange? I wonder if they don't have the same HP and it is slightly different.

That was a lot of thoughts in a short space of time.. id better go lie down b4 i hurt myself.