So, what is your impression? I’d say your experience at Palifico is tracking at about 1/3 of the uncertain rate of 0.00085 legendaries per skull chest and your HW numbers are about 2X that rate. The Palifico results should be more nominalized since you spent more time there but aren’t. To me both results seem possible but far enough from nominal to make me wonder whether it’s right.
Alright makes sense..
Thank you!@Boots/Darkness
Check out @Bart Gunshot ’s comment in this thread.
Loot - An explanation of Loot Drops, and what actually affects them.
All the superstition people throw around regarding loot drops has always bugged me, so while the game is down for an update, I figured that I could post a list of factors that ACTUALLY have an effect on loot, to get rid of a lot of the nonsense floating around. All of this has been checked...piratesforums.co
Our odds aren’t the same as POTCOs.
While an interesting idea, I think something like that may add a unattainable amount of extra work in tracking each individual pirate and every nuance of each and every boss/enemy battle. Data bits take up space. I believe the game already does all sorts of tracking, but that sounds like quite a bit more pressure to pull off. Obviously I could be wrong with my opinion.
I remember when I had been putting upwards of 50 hours of looting in a week or more. I don't mind drop rates %... I DO care about how random bosses indirectly decrease drop rates for old LC. That is the only problem I see at this time.
Thank you.
lol. I'm not sure if we are actually seeing patterns that could be repeatable, or causing chemical imbalances in our brain membranes like some sort of dopamine rush from fatigue. But I'll tell you what, the last two legendary I got was after getting 7 + fames in a row in less than three hours grinding a boss and the second time I even predicted it in chat and I'm sure I've posted something about the whisper with those comments. I may have deleted them however.
I'm not giving it back
I can see your concept, however I believe it may go down that slippery slope of rewarding special people. Also, if the community knows that you get a guaranteed reward, and there's no doubt there that its a form of guarantee of reward say after 25 hours of looting, then everyone will only do 25 hours and expect a legendary. I don't think the game should go there. It's probably better to have a chance of getting a legendary in 3 hours or 3 years. I mean, if the game says "Hey, if you spend 35 hours straight, you TOO can get a legendary.
It's not a guarantee just makes it a bit more likely to receive an item.
This is certainly doable depending on how we implement it, but it would take a lot of careful design work and planning to get right. If it ever comes down to having to rework the way loot works behind the scenes, we'll definitely be keeping systems like this in mind. Thanks for the suggestion!
Also, for what it's worth, we totally understand the frustration with not 'winning the lottery' as you put it. Staff have to put up with the same grind as everyone else, so we have a pretty good feeling for what it's like to never loot a legendary. wheres my yore
IDK. We get awarded in these kinds of games for doing quests and battles and in game functions as part of the game itself. I really feel strongly that just coming on a game, grinding away at the same enemy for hours instead of going outside in the real world is anything worthy of any kind of even slightly better that average drop award. That's my opinion that there's absolutely nothing special about personally choosing to stand around in groups midlessly stabbing a enemy, especially when people are doing three or four different things like watching uboob, another computer or netflix while either just pounding the ctrl key or even auto clicking should be given any kinds of breaks.
Is it so much of a sin that someone prefers using their computer to something like working on a car or playing football or basketball?
Well said, There are players out there who don't get the chance to go 'outside'. I'm personally one of them, I spend most of my time inside taking care of a sick family member and games like this are my break from real life. Honestly I'd be lost without TLOPO and the amazing guild full of my amazing friends who are always there for me no matter what. ( Thank you Devs for bringing this game back
) "It's confirmation bias and it's dangerous to the community. " Would you mind explaining that comment, I do not understand the context here.
Then we're right back to rewarding 30 people on a boss who surpass a certain numbers of hours standing around clicking that somehow they deserve better odds on a legendary than another who is questing, running around fighting enemies, guilding with friends.