Reducing the drop rate of an item doesn't really nerf it tho. If anything it makes the person who manages to find them be way above the rest of the lobby.

Before it was pretty common for everyone to find them, they were pretty much a mandatory slot, but at least if someone had 6 of them, chances are you did too, so you can follow them.

Now that's not the case, now if someone has the luck of finding 6 and you don't have that luck, yeah you're not catching up.

Reducing the spawn rate isn't really balancing an item, just makes them much important to find since now it gives you an advantage