Garuda Weapons: DoW need not apply

[AveKyuubi]

I thought it was common knowledge by now that if you want a specific drop you have to be the absolute worst player, blame all your mistakes on lag, die several times, and have the worst possible gear for the fight. To boost drop rates even further try being a complete jerk to everyone.

[Steeled]

I thought it was common knowledge by now that if you want a specific drop you have to be the absolute worst player, blame all your mistakes on lag, die several times, and have the worst possible gear for the fight. To boost drop rates even further try being a complete jerk to everyone.

Yep, do a horrible job, get carried, spend half the fight dead, and then roll against the person on the same job who actually performed well.

[Lance_Uppercut]

I thought it was common knowledge by now that if you want a specific drop you have to be the absolute worst player, blame all your mistakes on lag, die several times, and have the worst possible gear for the fight. To boost drop rates even further try being a complete jerk to everyone.

You joke but I honestly think there's some truth to that. Took me 100 Ifrit fights to get PLD sword but in all that time it seemed like the worst player got the drops every single time. Sure were a lot of Harpoons.... Bad players are drawn to Lancers like flies are drawn to ****.

[Riepah]

Failing 8 times in a row with Steady Hand II + Hasty Touch, that's what makes RNG look fishy. 0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2 = 0.00000256. That's 0.000256%.
There are also several strange patterns with loot drops that make me think that the RNG in this game isn't really as random as it should be.
I've had my fair share of MMOs and I know RNG can be a female dog, but in this game there just seems to be something off about it.

[Phaylis]

No tokens or Taru to sacrifice all rng this is how Lord Yoshi-P deemed it.

[Aerostein]

Personally, too many people are too ready to call "RNG". Wasn't a turn fixed lately because of the so called Rng?

Who knows what else is broken in all honesty. I agree something isn't right with half of these drops.

[Borfin]

Personally, too many people are too ready to call "RNG". Wasn't a turn fixed lately because of the so called Rng?

Who knows what else is broken in all honesty. I agree something isn't right with half of these drops.

Your anecdotal experience proves what?

RNG is RNG unless proven otherwise. So prove otherwise.

[Kith]

Personally, too many people are too ready to call "RNG". Wasn't a turn fixed lately because of the so called Rng?

Who knows what else is broken in all honesty. I agree something isn't right with half of these drops.

Maybe it is broken, but that couldn't be accurately determined without a huge number of test cases by different groups (gotta test if composition if a factor!) of people with enough samples obtained and given that, people being people, the majority of those who will help submit samples will probably be the ones who have had bad luck, the bias will make that useless to. :P

Anecdotally, I did over 30 Ifrit runs for a Bow and got nothing, I got a Garuda bow on my first kill; doesn't mean Ifrit is broken and Garuda isn't, I just got (un)lucky.

[Schwerpunkt]

Anecdotally, I did over 30 Ifrit runs for a Bow and got nothing, I got a Garuda bow on my first kill; doesn't mean Ifrit is broken and Garuda isn't, I just got (un)lucky.

Why should it be based on luck?

The whole point of an RPG is progression. What you guys are describing isn't progression; it's a lottery, and it really isn't acceptable for MMORPGs anymore. You should be rewarded through effort, not some random number (which is anything but).

[Vahlnir]

Why should it be based on luck?

The whole point of an RPG is progression. What you guys are describing isn't progression; it's a lottery, and it really isn't acceptable for MMORPGs anymore. You should be rewarded through effort, not some random number (which is anything but).

You are rewarded for your effort...if you are willing to put in the time. Random is random, chances are the loot gods will smile on you eventually though. A little bit of patience goes a long way. Has worked in every other MMO that I've played to date and I'm guessing many others that I haven't.