Summary:
Striders always drop 2-5 string, even when killed with a Looting 3 sword.
Steps to Reproduce:
Spawn 10 adult striders
Kill them without a Looting sword
Notice how much string was dropped
Spawn another 10 adult striders
Kill them with a Looting 3 sword
Notice how much string was dropped
Repeat these steps multiple times
Observed Results:
Striders always drop 2-5 string when killed with a Looting 3 sword.
Expected Results:
Striders should drop 2-8 string when killed with a Looting 3 sword.
Confirmed. However, I can't confirm that this is a parity issue since I don't have Java. 2-5 does seem high so I wonder if it is supposed to be 0-2 base, with a max of 5 with looting 3?
Anyway, looking at the Vanilla Behavior Packs it has been this way since the 1.16.0 release. Due to the strider.json file in Vanilla Behavior Pack loot_tables\entites\ folder missing: