For once I actually agree with almost everything you just said, except that I tried the rock candy thing and it sadly doesn’t work (maybe it used to as a glitch, idk, it started somehow)
I know there is one that is the opposite of over damage,I’ve seen multiple people who think that the more damage you do the likelier you are to get loot
This one seems to be true for me recently, my 4/8 priest dies and I get a puri, my 4/8 necro and 2/8 sorc both die and I get a deva and a mad robe