Getting to 30 - Getting Over the Triple Triad Beginner's Hurdle

[JayCommon]

Im afraid it is, as I ran Garuda HM 30 times without seeing a card drop. :P

RNG gonna RNG is all I have to say. I would reasonably expect EX Primals to have a higher drop rate on the cards than the Hard versions, but I seriously doubt we'll know any time soon unless someone starts working to collect a massive data set.

I agree with RNG is RNG, but RNG by itself can only go so far to explain why I have beaten the Imperial Indolent at least 500 times (but honestly probably closer to 1000...not really counting) and I have gotten over 150 Livia/Rhitatyn cards combined, over 40 Nero cards and not one single Gaius.

There has to be higher percentage of RNG for lower tier cards then there is for higher tier cards for NPC's. Just because a couple lucky people went in and got a 5star card from an NPC on their first win only proves that there is RNG involved....but there is RNG involved in everything. Anyone who has farmed any of the NPCs for any amount of time will know that they see a bevy of common-uncommon cards and very few epic/legendary, regardless of how quickly you get the card you were looking for.

I see absolutely no reason why this logic can't be carried over to dungeons. Sure, I agree with being able to get a Ramuh or a Shiva card from the HM version, but being 4 star cards I would try my luck in Extreme version instead.

Vice versa - It makes much more sense to me to get a 1 star card from a low level dungeon, as opposed to the HM variant if you are given a choice between the two.

But hey, whatever works is the only right way to go about it.




*says the guy who just ranted about the logic in RNG....*

[Synestr]

So currently at 37 cards, getting that upgrade has made a nice improvement on my win rates. Once I hit 30 cards I put together some decks based on what I have read around the interwebs. For the most part though I used the recommended deck when going against NPC's. When I hit 30 cards I was @ 14/30 NPC battles. I got lucky on some duty drops and spent time farming the NPC's I could for cards. Once I unlocked the upgrade it took slightly over an hour to get the last 16 down, mainly due to the ET windows for some opponents. My hardest opponent was the captain in Gridania, he was using two 5* cards, one 4*, and two 3* cards on me. Took a few tries but ended up getting the win and all his cards in the play time frame. He was the last to beat as well for Squall, which I promptly ran and retrieved!

I do hope they expand the amount of decks we can have created. I like to swap Squall and Terra around depending on rules and opponent and would like to just have the decks already made.

[Shyluv]

At what amount of cards is the next deck upgrade? 60?

[Synestr]

At what amount of cards is the next deck upgrade? 60?

Yes. At 60 you allowed to use unlimited 3* cards as opposed to unlimited 2*.

This though is a grind as I am finding out. Some of these bas@rds are unwilling to drop anything lol.

[Spawnie]

Yes. At 60 you allowed to use unlimited 3* cards as opposed to unlimited 2*.

This though is a grind as I am finding out. Some of these bas@rds are unwilling to drop anything lol.

haha thats why im grateful for the low % drop of those rare cards gives me somethin to do in between df pop ups for my zodiac quest

[Lynne]

has anyone else been redirected to a canadian pharmacy website when trying to use http://FFXIVTriad.com?

[Welsper59]

has anyone else been redirected to a canadian pharmacy website when trying to use http://FFXIVTriad.com?

Nope. You might wanna run some scans or check if you have spyware on your browsers addons lol.

[Lynne]

Nope. You might wanna run some scans or check if you have spyware on your browsers addons lol.

ok i will and its back to the triad site now @_@ was weird maybe the Canadians are invading! that stereotypical niceness was a ploy the whole time D: lol

[Archadius]

ok i will and its back to the triad site now @_@ was weird maybe the Canadians are invading! that stereotypical niceness was a ploy the whole time D: lol

Phase 2 is complete.

[Kamakaze]

Just got a Tonberry from Memeroon in Upper La Noscea.