The /random and /dice commands.

/random [value] Shortcut:/dice

Roll a random number between 0 and the desginated value (up to 1,000). Results will be displayed in a /say radius.
Rolls will be between 0 and 100 when no value is designated.


Anyone noticed this feature is now missing? Anyone here for getting it re added to the game? Helps with dice rolls for Roleplay, friendly rolls on wagers for gear, and even contest.

Yes, some people noticed and asked for it just like you missed the forum search feature.

It would be a good thing, indeed.

I assume they got rid of it in favor of the current Need/Greed/Pass system we have now. But yeah, it would be pretty neat to have again for other non-gear-related stuff.

In before someone points out that you didn't use the search functio.... aww rats.

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Originally Posted by cotti

Yes, some people noticed and asked for it just like you missed the forum search feature.

It would be a good thing, indeed.

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Yeah sorry, was making my post from my phone while at work, it was hecktic enough signing up, didn't bother to do a proper search before hand. My bad guys.

I'd support this idea as long as it's only usable/visible in party chat. That way you keep the spam out of the public channels.

So people complain about not using the search feature, unless its a topic such as "lag sucks," "game is bad," or "I hate casuals/elitists/everyone"?

On topic, I think this could be fun but like errors said, could cause a bunch of spam.

Putting it in would encourage player casinos, and that can lead to fast gil, either by the person running it or people playing, and anyway to make fast gil without "working" for it they take out, or leave out all together because of RMTs. Putting it in for loot purposes would mean they need to change the loot system and add some type of Master Looter option.

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Originally Posted by Mcshiggs

Putting it in would encourage player casinos, and that can lead to fast gil, either by the person running it or people playing, and anyway to make fast gil without "working" for it they take out, or leave out all together because of RMTs. Putting it in for loot purposes would mean they need to change the loot system and add some type of Master Looter option.

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That doesn't make any sense. How does a random roll, conform all that to RMT? Just crack down on player casinos, there's no need to remove the function as a whole. It makes no sense. :/

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Originally Posted by Arky

That doesn't make any sense. How does a random roll, conform all that to RMT? Just crack down on player casinos, there's no need to remove the function as a whole. It makes no sense. :/

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If it's not in the game, there is no need to police it, meaning they spend no manpower dealing with it.

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Originally Posted by cotti

Yes, some people noticed and asked for it just like you missed the forum search feature.

It would be a good thing, indeed.

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If all you are going to do is go around and post bomb people with "use the search function" please search for a different forum. It's honestly getting massively annoying. I'm sure if he bumped a thread from five months ago you would bitch about that as well.

"It would be a good thing, indeed."

Now, on topic. I miss /random, if player casinos are the only problem, I would welcome them to get it back.

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Originally Posted by Mikara

If all you are going to do is go around and post bomb people with "use the search function" please search for a different forum. It's honestly getting massively annoying. I'm sure if he bumped a thread from five months ago you would bitch about that as well.

"It would be a good thing, indeed."

Now, on topic. I miss /random, if player casinos are the only problem, I would welcome them to get it back.

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I agree. And besides, it's NEVER the better option to remove a feature. That's taking a backwards step. Always look for an alternative.

Sorta self bump. But my friends and myself are all putting in suggestions using the in game feature to do so. If anyone else wants to do this, maybe we can get Squeenix to add it back.

I really hope they do notice though, there are hundreds of friends just i know that would love to have this feature back.

I miss /random and /sigh. I often used both when gambling.

Sorry for the big bump, but I have some information to share.

We originally planned to release the “/random” text command in patch 2.3, but due to a bug that was discovered we will be pushing this back to patch 2.4.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Sorry for the big bump, but I have some information to share.

We originally planned to release the “/random” text command in patch 2.3, but due to a bug that was discovered we will be pushing this back to patch 2.4.

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And what about /countdown ?

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Originally Posted by Camate

Sorry for the big bump, but I have some information to share.

We originally planned to release the “/random” text command in patch 2.3, but due to a bug that was discovered we will be pushing this back to patch 2.4.

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How do you place a bug in a rand() function? And how does it take 3 months to fix it?
I am just curious really ... :D

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Originally Posted by Sepix

How do you place a bug in a rand() function? And how does it take 3 months to fix it?
I am just curious really ... :D

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Nothing is ever as simple as it should be in programming.

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Originally Posted by Aizzi

Nothing is ever as simple as it should be in programming.

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Only if you are yet to discover google.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=random+function

I can't wait for this feature!

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Originally Posted by Aizzi

Nothing is ever as simple as it should be in programming.

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Zirael, let me reiterate what he said above because you seemed to have failed to acknowledge it. Programming is a very complex environment with strict deadlines, roadmaps, regression tests, and versioning. It is not as simple as "oh but look at da google." Just because it's easy doesn't mean they have developer time to fix it right now this close to the patch release.

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Originally Posted by Tiggy

I can't wait for this feature!



Zirael, let me reiterate what he said above because you seemed to have failed to acknowledge it. Programming is a very complex environment with strict deadlines, roadmaps, regression tests, and versioning. It is not as simple as "oh but look at da google." Just because it's easy doesn't mean they have developer time to fix it right now this close to the patch release.

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Not to mention not every engine may handle the same formulae exactly the same....so while it is a basic thing, the fact a bug cropped up should prove that lol.

I think it would be fun to add a /janken (rock, paper, scissors) command

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Originally Posted by Kio

I think it would be fun to add a /janken (rock, paper, scissors) command

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...lizards, Spock

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Originally Posted by Sepix

How do you place a bug in a rand() function? And how does it take 3 months to fix it?
I am just curious really ... :D

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I am not a game DEV. My only assumption is that it's a low priorety thus why they're pushing it back to 2.4

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Originally Posted by Sepix

How do you place a bug in a rand() function? And how does it take 3 months to fix it?
I am just curious really ... :D

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rand() doesn't return a uniform distribution of numbers, they'd probably use something more complex.

also, i imagine the bug isn't just "Oh, our random command keeps returning 7, that's weird."

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Originally Posted by Holyhunter

rand() doesn't return a uniform distribution of numbers, they'd probably use something more complex.

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Like /dev/urandom?

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Originally Posted by Felis

And what about /countdown ?

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ooooo.....

I miss that emote. I forgot it exist. Why we don't have it anymore? That was a fun emote. XD

I'm going with the comedy "someone discovered a way to screw with the /random seed clientside" reason.

Alternate comedy reason: NSA backdoors.

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Originally Posted by WizardShotTheFood

I'm going with the comedy "someone discovered a way to screw with the /random seed clientside" reason.

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Just a sec ... it's a joke, right? Or are you serious, it was done clientside?
That's even a bigger fail than SE's notorious refusal to encrypt the TCP streams.

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Originally Posted by Sepix

How do you place a bug in a rand() function? And how does it take 3 months to fix it?
I am just curious really ... :D

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You clearly aren't aware of absolutely terrible the engine and coding they use is. It's over complicated for no reason. I mean look how many months it took them to add a '%' feature to hp? Far too long.

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Originally Posted by AlyssaFhey

You clearly aren't aware of absolutely terrible the engine and coding they use is. It's over complicated for no reason. I mean look how many months it took them to add a '%' feature to hp? Far too long.

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"We tried to use it and it just kept returning modulo!!!!"

Sorry to bump an old thread.. but was hoping this was active for an FC event i just did... Seems cant choose a number value.

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Originally Posted by Mysticales

Sorry to bump an old thread.. but was hoping this was active for an FC event i just did... Seems cant choose a number value.

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Necromancer!!


But I can confirm it's not taking a number variable.
The /? text for it doesn't show it even having the option...

Taran! I havent talked to you in awhile! =D
Since irc url changed... Here. https://discord.gg/fbk3JZP rejoin the room. (dont have a way to PM ya)

Also yea, I didnt wanna start a new thread since this one was here.

At least it's back now. What a pleasant surprise

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