Square Enix's RNG

[Murakamo]

Anyone else feel like SE's RNG is a complete joke?

I have been crafting all night getting about 80-90% chance of HQ and swear I have failed about 50% of the time.

Meanwhile I barely get any HQ with 15-20% chance HQ.

Same goes for gathering. Several misses in a row on 80% chance.

They really need to update their RNG formula.

/rant

[fixitman]

The RNG works properly, considering the percentages are calculated per action. There doesn't seem to be any long-term calculation going on (nor should there be). I get occasional NQ results with 99% quality, and I have missed 6 times in a row on 99% gathering. That's how real life works sometimes, so why not have the game work the same way? Sometimes, luck just isn't on (y)our side.

[DenzelTaru]

Sometimes, luck just isn't on (y)our side.

once you have levelled multiple crafters to 50, and gotten all your cross class.. should luck still be a factor? to a degree i guess but it is really annoying to consistantly hit 100% HQ then on one craft fail fail fail fail and hit 10% lol

[diulalasing]

RNG is a joke

What a random joke

[Doson]

Keep this thread going. When I wake up i want to read about people bitching about RNG. I love RNG. My favorite way to get loot. I wonder if i'll get my Allagan weapon before 2.2? Just love being rewarded for clearing hard content. Wait. I haven't.

[Amyas]

Keep this thread going. When I wake up i want to read about people bitching about RNG. I love RNG. My favorite way to get loot. I wonder if i'll get my Allagan weapon before 2.2? Just love being rewarded for clearing hard content. Wait. I haven't.

Just be glad something drops. And it wasn't dark matter.

[Youmu]

Keep this thread going. When I wake up i want to read about people bitching about RNG. I love RNG. My favorite way to get loot. I wonder if i'll get my Allagan weapon before 2.2? Just love being rewarded for clearing hard content. Wait. I haven't.

Just be glad something drops. And it wasn't dark matter.

If anything, he can be glad that his item exists. The item I need, ancient shield, doesn't.

[AryaUnderfoot]

I've HQed with 2% chance as well as missed with 99%. Thats what rng is, it's random. Chance is chance. High chance doesn't make it certain it just makes it more likely. It's just (bad) luck.

[AdvancedWind]

I've HQed a lot of stuff on auto synthesis (1%HQ chance) and I've also failed a few 95%+ HQ crafting. RNG is RNG.

[Bigby]

RNG is certainly RNG with a small sample set, but a large sample size of a couple hundred synths should be closer to the expected percentage. The largest sample I tested was 100 synths at 80% chance and my average was 67% success. That probably isn't a big enough sample though.