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Priceykins · Jun 22, 2006, 02:50 PM // 14:50

hey all

jus killed rotscale for the 4th time in 40min with a PUG from toa, and the we have had the jammiest ever person in out group.

The green bow rotscale drops, dropped for him all 4 times, nonone else got the bow!!!! Grrrr.

Now, what could be the possible cause of this, he was a tank, so wasnt dealing damage.

damage received?
position in group(was 3rd from top of list)?
hacking the system?
an anet screw up with drop code?
sheer brutal luck?

This is the weirdesr drop pattern I have ever, ever seen. 4 times to the same person lol. Anyone have any ideas?

Big_Iron · Jun 22, 2006, 06:15 PM // 18:15

That almost sounds like a bug. I can see, twice. Maybe even three times, but four in a row? That can't be "random."

Mournblade · Jun 22, 2006, 06:37 PM // 18:37

"Random" encompasses all possibilities - that one is just really improbable. lol

So was he nice enough to share, or did he keep all 4? :P

Priceykins · Jun 22, 2006, 09:10 PM // 21:10

he kept everyone of them!

Nivryx · Jun 22, 2006, 09:20 PM // 21:20

lol, i won't lie, i'd keep them all too if i was that lucky...i mean come on...you would try to tell your guildies that you just got 4 straight green drops but only 1 to show for it? you'd need all 4 to even make them consider it a possibility. afterall, how often do we get THAT lucky? gotta have some keep sakes...

Arknow · Jun 22, 2006, 09:24 PM // 21:24

RNG+ greed = this post

Blackhawk · Jun 22, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Thats sounds really messed up, bet everyone was really annoyed.

Priceykins · Jun 22, 2006, 10:23 PM // 22:23

lol, we were all pissed. more at the game that anything. its the weirdest drops I have ever seen. I mean lol.

MirkoTeran · Jun 23, 2006, 08:01 AM // 08:01

Pseudo random numbers.

terrible theresa · Jul 14, 2006, 07:29 PM // 19:29

a guildy & myself went out farming totem axes just for fun. ran thru the first parts then started killing everything. she got 4 totem axes in the 2 runs we did & I got nadda. a glitch?? I hope so but I havent gone back with her to find out yet. sucked bad enough the first time.

Former Ruling · Jul 14, 2006, 07:36 PM // 19:36

Oh I've had the same person take the "good drop" at alot of places.

Random doesn't mean that the drops are equally spread...Random means a Number Generator is at work, and like said, it encompasses all outcomes, from fairly spread, to giving all drops to one person.

Rathcail · Jul 15, 2006, 01:35 AM // 01:35

Back in the days when I still used to farm, I think the Oro group I was in was rather annoyed with Drago dropping two different green bows to me at the same time.

Priceykins · Jul 15, 2006, 03:00 AM // 03:00

well as it happens, the day when this thread is resurected is the day i get some screwed up green drops :P

Was out with 2 guildies n 5 henchis in grenths/sf to cap eviscerate.

There were 3 green drops to us human players, more specifically, to me.

We killed morgriff, i got the shadestone, and jus beside him was flint fleshcleaver, i got his staff.

This was jus in grenths may I add.

We get inside SF, and first boss we fight is drago, and I get his 20/20 flatbow. the we kill some stuff, and I get a gold ravenstaff.

I know most of there r useless, part from the bow, but still, those drops were a bit weird.

ps according to my guildies, its cause I slept with the anet staff

Chilly Ress · Jul 15, 2006, 07:25 AM // 07:25

Drops are supposed to be random...hmm...

Sora · Jul 15, 2006, 09:03 AM // 09:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chilly Ress

Drops are supposed to be random...hmm...

But they are no longer random when all drop for the same person....

Soup Erman · Jul 15, 2006, 10:31 AM // 10:31

1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 = 1/4096. Its unlikely but certainly not impossible.

Vahn Roi · Jul 15, 2006, 01:54 PM // 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mournblade

"Random" encompasses all possibilities - that one is just really improbable. lol

that's what I was gonna say. It's perfectly possible, just very unlikely.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sora

But they are no longer random when all drop for the same person....

said occurance is still a possibility of "random"

Amy Awien · Jul 15, 2006, 03:32 PM // 15:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soup Erman

1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 = 1/4096. Its unlikely but certainly not impossible.

The first one could be anyone of the group, so it's 1/1 x 1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 or only 1/512. A bit more likely and when considering that the poor dragon is killed possibly hundeds of times every day it is very likely that such a 'freak' incident will occur, frequently.

Boone · Jul 15, 2006, 05:25 PM // 17:25

I´ve seen something like this before, but I was the one that got the drops.

Was in grenths footpad/SF, We did regular sf(no quest) farming(5 man)
I had in that run, 7 greens, 2 from footpad and 5 in SF (of the 7 bosses we killed in sf), the bonder left cuz he said I was hacking etc. well I was like, wow. (1 boss even dropped 2 for me) The best thing was, they all were like gordacs hook blood, drago's flatbow, brohns rod and stonehart.

Ristaron · Jul 15, 2006, 06:01 PM // 18:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soup Erman

1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 = 1/4096. Its unlikely but certainly not impossible.

grr, I had it all figured out and then I scrolled down and saw you had already posted it.

That's some pretty dumb luck to that party member of yours. He better watch where he steps... there's a powerful elementalist out there always looking for green items XD