drop in D2E online participation

I have been spending more and more time not playing D2 LoD recently. And the biggest reason for that is the dismal drops Pindle has been giving me. I feel almost certain that in the latest patch, the drop rates of Pindle were very badly nerfed.
So I switched back to my account on the Asia server, all the characters there are now non-ladder. I do extremely quick pindle runs there with my Windforce-carrying strafe amazon. And pindle still drops total shite. Of course, I still drop down to Mephisto and do the big D once in a while. Hephasto runs also figure in the picture from time to time. However all everybody drops is shite. No more drops. So what's a boy to do except get bored? The game is no longer playable in later stages without the best possible gear. I might just switch to single player and regress to version 1.10. Perhaps that will be more fun. But for the moment, my interest in D2 is steadily plummeting.
I have a few screenshots lined up. But nothing eye-popping or terribly exciting.
Keep gaming!