Reduced rarity of itmes found?

[DONAR]

So I just found an item that says it has "20% reduced rarity of items found", and it's really confusing me since I have another item that says "8% increased rarity of items found".

So does reduced rarity of items actually mean that I will be LESS likely to find rare items?
If so, why would this be a thing? That seems absurd to have for a stat.

[Corehowl]

Well, why would that be absurd? I am pretty sure that the item in question does have some upsides, so that reduced rarity of items found is used to balance those.
Plus items with rarity of items found don't really matter all that much, since it doesn't really affect currency drops (or at least it didn't in Incursion). The items that do matter though, are those that increase/decrease Quantity of items found.

[The_Driver]

Some items have drawbacks, it's for reasons of balance. Although maybe you find balancing stuff "absurd".

Btw, reduced is just negative increased and those will be added together, so it's not as bad as it sounds as you can counteract it. Not that rarity is really that important, would be worse if it were quantity.

[DONAR]

I see. Thanks.

[davidb11]

For what it's worth, you need Increased Item Rarity at about 70+ to really notice it.
I wouldn't worry about it at all.

Also, which item is it that has the 20% Reduced item Rarity? Did you find a Ventor's Gamble?