Rpgs and insanely bad drop rates.

Why? What is the purpose of having an item drop rate a whopping .4%? For those of you not great at math thats 1 in 256 chance (that doesnt guarantee you'll get it after 256 times either...) I can understand if it was like one or two super powerful items, but 16? And half of them aren't even that great. For those wondering, im currently playing Breath of Fire 2, no hacks. I went from lv 34 to ~55 and only got 2 so far. one monster I went 538 battles (Yes, I counted) and not a single drop. Anybody else crazy enough, and ocd enough, to painstakingly attempt these challenges? If so, what game(s) and how did you do?

The only games I do that on are ones who have a good story if not then I will not waste my time on them. Clearly though the drop rates are horrible I can understand why in mmos to give more time to build the character and not make you get good items instantly. I played a game called enchanted arms once where the rates for certain items was pretty bad still got them all with so many hours put into it just for them.

Coincidentally, after I posted this... <img src="http://i58.tinypic.com/54evs5.png"></img> <img src="http://i57.tinypic.com/15rb7g8.png"></img> <img src="http://i58.tinypic.com/fmmnm1.png"></img> <img src="http://i61.tinypic.com/2a961xi.png"></img> <img src="http://i57.tinypic.com/2hzsosg.png"></img> No screenshot for StoneAR. Missed it while half asleep. <img src="http://i57.tinypic.com/2lt0jlf.png"</img>

I know. Its like at first "Demon dropped something." And you know its insanely low for a drop, even for a "common" drop (which for these is 3/256, making the overall drop rate 1/128). So at first youre like :O ...Then you're like >:O