Just RNG lol

Let's share all those times the RNG has blessed us... Or screwed us over. I'll start us off. :p

Crafting the Ixal items at coerthas, and here's my three attempts at "A High Wind in Ishgard".

1. %81 quality, no HQ (unlucky but it happens)
2. %95 quality, no HQ (dafuq, is this like an atma bad luck)
3. %99 quality, no HQ (... Flips Titan)

Now the good.
Melding a giantsgall longsword to desynth. Melded all forbidden melds with no failure, with %35, %22 and %13.

Failed 7 Steady Hand II + Hasty Touch in a row.

Probability of that is 0.00128%, if I'm not mistaken.

The bad:
Desynthing i55 PvP accessories for demimateria, 97% success rate, 5 of 22 fail. (If I remember my statistics correctly, the probability of that happening is astronomically low.)
I own (and have seen) a total of two pieces of High Allagan for BLM (my main). I have 5 for WHM (my sub, I believe I'm the only healer secondary in my static) and 1 for DRG. (Not sure if this is actually a bad thing, but I would like to see more loot for the class I actually intend to play for endgame)
Farming Thornmarch (Hard) before 2.2, trying to get a Mogblade for my leveling PLD. At least half the party was my FC, they knew I wanted it, and rolled against me...I had to see the weapon drop FIVE times before I actually won the thing.
(This wasn't me) WHM in static got Stardust 9 times in a row. She wasn't pleased about it XD

The good:
One time back when first Coil was on lockout...won 5 of the 6 pieces of loot from T1-4, I think at least 3 were off of greed rolls. Felt kinda bad about it afterward, but nobody really had any hard feelings since we'd still poke fun at another person in the static about all of HIS loot.
Farming a second set of Atma during periods of extreme boredom...got 3 in 5 FATEs. (runs far away)
Outrolled someone 98-97 on a wind-up onion knight in Syrcus. (runs even further)

The derpy:
While I was making those i55 PvP accessories mentioned above, I got bored and started using non-Steady Hand II Rapid Synthesis just to see how many fails I could get in a row - most so far was 11. Obviously not nearly as rare as failing 9 80% Hasty Touches, but I found it interesting to hear it blow up over and over again.
FC member rolled 93, said "I'd like to see someone beat this roll"...another person rolled a 97.

Early today, failed 8 straight attempts at grade 3 carbonized matter, at 95% success rate. Oh how I hate the "You obtain nothing" thud...

Failed 8 materia in a row at 45% 45% is pretty easy, I usually get it on the first or second time. Well..not this time

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Originally Posted by ArkAurelius

1. %81 quality, no HQ (unlucky but it happens)
2. %95 quality, no HQ (dafuq, is this like an atma bad luck)
3. %99 quality, no HQ (... Flips Titan)

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That's some serious RNG, considering it is impossible to get 99% quality. You certainly meant to type 98%, and then decided to up it by one for the sake of dramatic flair?

If I would post every instance RNG screwed me over, I would sit here for days.

i remember last October when I was doing some crafting and tried to make a HQ Ash Bow, I made it to 100%, and finished it. Guess what happened? Yep. NQ, which should be IMPOSSIBLE. I was infuriated by it. It hasn't happened since and it is probably ninja-patched since long.

Screenshot or it didn't happen. *whistles*

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Originally Posted by HaelseMikiro

That's some serious RNG, considering it is impossible to get 99% quality. You certainly meant to type 98%, and then decided to up it by one for the sake of dramatic flair?

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I don't got any proof showing it was %99, so if you say it Is impossible, I'll take your word for it, but I was around 50ish quality away to %100, but memory can be a flimsy thing.

You think it may be impossible to lose to RNG with a %1 fail rate? I mined an HQ Umbral Rock with a %1 HQ chance. Its very whimsy lol

Oh god where to start...

Failed 13 overmelds in a row @ 45%
Failed 6 Hasty Touches in a row with Steady hand
3 crafts in less than 5 minutes, one 92%, one 95% and one 98% quality, all came out NQ
Cleared T6 and 7 for the last five weeks with only one healer drop (the earrings) which I promptly lost to the other healer
Ran T2 at least 50 times before I saw the caster body
Ran Garuda HM 30+ times for the sword (before I got my relic) only to one shot titan the next day
Ran CT for 3 weeks (5-10 times a day) before the MNK gloves dropped
Ran ST for 3 weeks (3-5 times a day) before the BRD pants dropped
Lost a 97 lot for Onion Knight to a 98
Failed 6 Savage Might 3 melds for Novus pattern @ 50%

I'll add more later if I can remember, but you get the gist of it.

...Positive story, and about the only time rng has been kind to me!

Ran T2 ages ago as blm.
Saw the caster body drop.
Holy crap. (at the time) dream piece, and the reason I'd set out that day to spam T2 until it happened.
Lot.
...97. Not 37. Not 17. 97!

I was that impressed, I took a screenshot. (http://imgur.com/AwJ20A7)

...now I run t1-4 a lot for bonus myth (lots of new people and very little work involved), and have farmed t2 for all members of my FC to get what they wanted. I've done a hell of a lot of T2 runs, and I've never saw that body again. Not even once.

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Originally Posted by ArkAurelius

I don't got any proof showing it was %99, so if you say it Is impossible, I'll take your word for it, but I was around 50ish quality away to %100, but memory can be a flimsy thing.

You think it may be impossible to lose to RNG with a %1 fail rate? I mined an HQ Umbral Rock with a %1 HQ chance. Its very whimsy lol

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I absolutely believe that 1% RNG does make the difference in this game. But also, I believe that the game is programmed so that 98% is max quality on crafting, specifically so people can't complain about failing crafts at 99%. An example of me crafting an item 1 point below max quality.

http://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acci...4e015dee9e.png

Ixal Finishing Component, 6% HQ, first attempt: success.

Today was awesome.

The bad : Spending literally 3 days straight no sleep with only a couple hours of break in between fate'ing and 2 weeks altogether of 6 hours a day after, in Upper La Noscea for the Atma. I almost could of cried when I finally left that zone.

The good : Getting 4 Atma within an hour after finishing Upper la Nosceas Atma then going to bed.

Got the Onion Knight Minion and Sands in the same ST.
I outrolled the Sands by 1. That was a shock. xD Wish I had that RNG luck during Atmas.

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Originally Posted by HaelseMikiro

I absolutely believe that 1% RNG does make the difference in this game. But also, I believe that the game is programmed so that 98% is max quality on crafting, specifically so people can't complain about failing crafts at 99%. An example of me crafting an item 1 point below max quality.

http://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acci...4e015dee9e.png

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Oh wow, proven wrong XD. Still sucks to love to such RNG

98% chance to get enjoyment with good graphics and amazing rep. Got Frontlines. gg.

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Originally Posted by LTEvil

98% chance to get enjoyment with good graphics and amazing rep. Got Frontlines. gg.

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What? ?????

We killed Nael Deus Varnus 16 times with this week.

Last week we were lucky to find a weapon we were missing: the paladin sword. So now instead of 4/8 players missing their weapon after 16 tries it's "just" 3/8 people, including me.

I never saw a SCH book, or a SMN book, or a WHM staff drop from Nael.

We saw tho':

5x BLM staves
3x WAR axes
3x MNK weapons (and no monks in the group)
2x DRG spear
2x BRD bow
1x PLD sword

Yesterday doing theasure hunt

1- the first theasure i got roll 1 in NEED

2- the second theasure i got roll 2 in NEED

DAFUQ???????????????????????????????????????????

My friends laughed at me all night :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Proof

https://scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/...77&oe=54CABE5F

and...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...124956de74b364

:mad:WORLD FIRST!:mad:

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Originally Posted by ArkAurelius

I don't got any proof showing it was %99, so if you say it Is impossible, I'll take your word for it, but I was around 50ish quality away to %100, but memory can be a flimsy thing.

You think it may be impossible to lose to RNG with a %1 fail rate? I mined an HQ Umbral Rock with a %1 HQ chance. Its very whimsy lol

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ARKIE <3

bwahaha

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Originally Posted by HaelseMikiro

I absolutely believe that 1% RNG does make the difference in this game. But also, I believe that the game is programmed so that 98% is max quality on crafting, specifically so people can't complain about failing crafts at 99%. An example of me crafting an item 1 point below max quality.

http://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acci...4e015dee9e.png

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I have had 99% on multiple occasions.

A couple days ago I was farming atma with a FC member in Upper La Noscea. I got the atma pretty quick, but decided to stay and do the fates to help out since soloing fates gets rather boring. I ended up getting 3 of the same atma... She didn't get any.

http://i.imgur.com/PjaYHT5.jpg

Dont speak about RNG to me, when I meld or something els, and I see 35% success, you'll be sure I'll fail 12-15 times, it appennend already 3-4 times.
And then on next materia with 10%, take me 3-4 try only... Where is the logic ?
Also, once I tried to gather something new, 25% chance (and 75% when I had enough GP for the buff), I finaly success the gathering after 37 tries (at least 4 or 8 try with 75% in)

Atma was also a nice exemple of RNG or frustration, or fate popping, at least, with Atma, I cant complain, get normal luck I guess.

But for the fates for the book...
This is a true story, appen to me 3 times with the books :

I wait a fate for 3-4h, I go afk 2min to make a cofee, I come but, the fate is spawned and it's done, or I'm too late (75% done), cant get max reward.
Second and 3rd time that appen, I said to myself " I cant be that unlucky ? I can make a cofee "

Best RNG was a 14% HQ on an i95 primal weapon. Even a two 3 star mats that came out as HQ at 3%<----which is still high than an atma drop. Needless to say the 98% 3 star fails are rare but happen. I find with the 3 star crafting 85% ish has a 50/50 chance of nq. Don't have these bad of numbers on one and two star items.

I like to desynth summoning bells in batches of 10.

Keep in mind I have a level 100 BSM for this, so the success chance is at its maximum (70 %).

My last 30 summoning bells have been averaging 7 out of 10 fails, or a 30 % success rate.

Oh, and since people like to mention this sort of thing! My record for most consecutive missed Hasty Touches under Steady Hand II is 9 in a row.

-vnbr

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Originally Posted by Squa11_Leonhart

I have had 99% on multiple occasions.

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I've done a master token craft, landed 5 quality below cap (out of some 4900) and it was still 98%. Unfortunately I don't have proof, nor can I easily replicate the scenario (or replicate it at all), but for all the crafts I've done I've never seen a 99% (I have the GSM Luminary too).

gather 5 HQ mats, in a row, with 14% chance success rate.
getting my 4th twin atma...cause i did NOT want it. was just doing some fates while waiting for mark-fate, when i though, oh well, already have 3 of these, don't want another one, but i'll probably get one, just cause i dont want it, and i got it.
a FC member did hunting for few days, and apparently got 40+ logs.
crafting HQ items, with 1% success rate.

failing to do stuff, 5 times in a row, with 95% success chance.

the bad

made 3 spicy tomato relishes at 98% and all 3 were NQ

the good i got atma weapon in 1 day within 12 hours of fate farming from atma 1 til atma 12

told me friends about that and never saw them for days already

maybe got heart attack?

The bad: I have tried to slap God knows how much materia on my stupid Astral Ring for my crafters. It just doesn't want to take more than two currently on it.

The good: Formed a learning party for Leviathan Ex last night, a few FC members and LS members graciously decided to help as well. We cleared it on the fourth try. Mirror of the Whorl dropped. Rolled a 66.... Got the Mirror.

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Originally Posted by Squa11_Leonhart

I have had 99% on multiple occasions.

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So have I.

Failing 2 DET4 infusions on the Novus scroll with 96% and 94% success rates.


Where's my medal ? I think i won the thread.

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Originally Posted by CUTS3R

Failing 2 DET4 infusions on the Novus scroll with 96% and 94% success rates.


Where's my medal ? I think i won the thread.

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there should be a flushing sound effect when that happens...all that gil/time...