Bummer! Shame they don't get dropped in NM or normal, I know that running
hell Nilly (especially) can be very difficult. I use my necro, and lvl 35
CE, most of the time I don't see him. However, those poison snakes still
manage to kill my merc. :-(

Part of the problem is probably that you're running alone. It helps a
lot to have a few more players in the game. In fact, it seems the odds
as predicted by various sites are a bit off in regards to key drop rates
in games with 1 player.

That being said, key drop rates seem to go in cycles on B.net. I say
this as someone who has gotten enough keys for about 50 UT runs by now.
You tend to really notice this when you have 22 Destruction keys, 12
Terror and 2 Hate keys. :-p Key holders run hot and cold, much like the
drop rates of various items on B.net. Since I'm always running all three
in games, the pattern is pretty easy to see.

Anyway, if you want to really improve key drop rates, the best thing to
do is hook up with 2 other people and each of your run one key holder in
a series of runs. You can each keep whatever you get or trade amongst
yourselves or with others. This shouldn't be too hard to do either
inside or outside the AGD community. You can probably go into a public
channel and say you want to run one of the key holders and ask if two
other people want to run the other two and find some takers.

Shari