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Hysteria · Nov 17, 2006, 09:34 PM // 21:34

I payed more attention since posting in this thread earlier an noticed something. When everyone was getting "better" drops from chests it seem's to have been during actuall game play with killing mobs and such. Now that people are just running chests without killing mobs it seems that the drops from chest's aren't of the quality they were during actuall game play. I tried a quick test and did notice that I got more rares from chests after killing mobs in an area than if I just ran the same area. It could just be a coincidense and I will need to test it more thoroughly.

nuggz · Nov 17, 2006, 10:21 PM // 22:21

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Originally Posted by Avarre

I've gotten about 50% gold from Margonite chests (100~ opened)

May i please have some of your crack or whatever it is you are smoking? From my experience ive been getting roughly 95-98% purple on all high end chests using about 200 keys total. i dont farm or chest run, i do that on seperate acct.
I'm not saying you are lying but i know you arent getting that high a percent of golds especially 100 keys or higher where averages should settle down.

Sooty · Nov 18, 2006, 12:39 AM // 00:39

May I ask what treasure hunter rank you are nuggz and Avarre? I'm wondering if having a higher rank has a negative impact on drops from chests.

Avarre · Nov 18, 2006, 04:16 AM // 04:16

I'm tier five, nearing six. I don't think rank makes much difference, to be honest... though with the recent changes, it would be worth looking at.

And suit yourself nuggz. Just so you know, with the tier going to 10,000, 100 chests is not only quite few, but also too few to allow the averages to 'settle', as they still are dropping. I've gotten 3 golds in a row on occasion in the earlier part, now it's dropping to the opposite trend, however, that averages to my statement.

leprekan · Nov 18, 2006, 09:37 AM // 09:37

Rank6 here and as I said before there is definitely farm code on chests. The more I open the worse it is getting. I am currently enjoying a nice run of non MAX req 13 purples from margonite chests and that is not even running the chests I am working on lb title. Non max purples from high end needs to be looked at by anet if they want another 50 bucks out of me.

garethporlest18 · Nov 18, 2006, 09:40 AM // 09:40

I've been getting 1-3 rares each time, opened about 300 chests. My girl though on the other hand has gotten 0-1 purples and opened about 50 or so chests, so I don't understand how she's getting all those purples never opened in NF but I'm still getting rare.

Francis Crawford · Nov 18, 2006, 03:52 PM // 15:52

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Originally Posted by Sooty

It was until Nightfall came out, now everyone has a chance of getting either a gold or purple when they open a chest.

Is that true on the continents for all three chapters, or just Elona?

Francis Crawford · Nov 18, 2006, 03:59 PM // 15:59

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Originally Posted by holymasamune

No realistic random generator? A RANDOM generator means that for some people, it may take 20 keys before getting a gold, and for others they may get 5 golds in a row. If everyone gets the average rate of say 1 gold per 5 keys it would not be a random generator. Poorly proportioned? That's called probability, go learn a few more years of math before you talk about this stuff.

Actually, you're the one who should either learn probability or check his work for exaggeration before actually posting it.

Pick a number for the probability of getting a gold. Check the probability of getting 20 purples in a row. Check the probability of getting 5 golds in a row. Think about how many people post in these threads.

Admittedly, I haven't actually seen anybody claim to get 5 golds in a row. Even so, a lot of casual empiricism suggests there are specific circumstances all over the game (e.g., new to an area) where the results are particularly good. E.g., my first five ettin drops EVER included two sup runes ...