Game's RNG seems whack

[Yochanan]

I think it's a bad seed for the rng as it seems to become static at times but then the seed could be anything server side. Ifrit seems to drop the same thing over and over when doing multiple runs in a row but not always. It's just random i would also check gear condition if that makes any hidden difference to the % chance of gathering success.

[Ksenia]

It's similar in beast mat drops. Kill 10 mobs, get one drop. Repeat like that for 50 mobs, then get 10 in a row.

The current RnG forces grind at an exponential rate. If they ever raise level cap to 70 the amount of RnG churn is going to be in the tens of thousands.

[Sixmp]

RNG has no memory. That is why RNG seems wrong.

You guys know that RNG's are flawed, right? or are you just talking about how some are better than others and the FFXIV seems below par?

[Rhindas]

Yeah here's the problem I have with RNG.



That's an awful log of consecutive failures for 80% success rate.

EDIT
Though I guess you can't see I have it up huh. Well, I did, for whatever it's worth.

[tymora]

They might be reseeding the random call at every call...that would be a bug.

[Pride_Xiv]

I came from FFxi where RNG means ranger. I'm not up to speed in the cool lingo but WTF does RNG stand for? Lol

[Wobi]

I came from FFxi where RNG means ranger. I'm not up to speed in the cool lingo but WTF does RNG stand for? Lol

RNG = Random Number Generation
As to the crafters, what direction were you facing and what was the moon phase?

[Pride_Xiv]

RNG = Random Number Generation
As to the crafters, what direction were you facing and what was the moon phase?

Thanks amigo ^^

[azethoth]

One of my programming instructors made mention of True Computer RNG, as opposed to an algorithm which often relies on system clock or other influences as was stated earlier.

This is done on a hardware level.

Here is a link, quite an interesting read for those who like this sort of thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwar...mber_generator

[Rochetm]

I have seen so many books from the primals it is amazing to me. I forgot garuda drops a bow because I never have seen it. Titan seems to have a large stockpile of shields.

Steady hand seems buggered. Gathering is really out there.