RNG Logic [Concerned] Question

[Govalon]

I wish you were in my server :/ We could mess up with the RNG since I never see DRG and to me it seems every chest has tank gear. You never see tank gear but you see plenty of DRG gear. What would happen if we ran dungeons together?
RNG would be totally confused and would not know what to drop. I guess we would only see Bard gear.

[Aegis]

You know what's funny is that back in 1.x it was acknowledged that then rng implementation was pretty terrible and needed to be overhauled. Do any crafting or melding? I swear that the rng we have now is the same one.

Ummm... I did play Version 1 and don't remember any such statement. Gonna need a citation on this one.

[sharazisspecial]

I personally believe that it isn't truly random.

[snowybell]

I wish you were in my server :/ We could mess up with the RNG since I never see DRG and to me it seems every chest has tank gear. You never see tank gear but you see plenty of DRG gear. What would happen if we ran dungeons together?
RNG would be totally confused and would not know what to drop. I guess we would only see Bard gear.

Lol. My bard has only 2 drops since September. Actually 3. One of them was the chest they didn't need at all. Rng sigh. I rarely see drg too. still waiting on my turn 4 visor. Gonna get myth though .

[Cobayn]

I'm from Coeurl. I ran CT this week. We got 3 dragoon onions, 1 tank gauntlets, 1 prostitute tank legs, and I got my monk top.

RNG is RNG is RNG. Sometimes it feels like the gods are plotting against you or for you. Goods were on my side that day. Heh.

[ispano]

I personally believe that it isn't truly random.

No RNG ever is.

[Aegis]

No RNG ever is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clustering_illusion

They all are, but the odds of you seeing brd, drg, mnk, pld, war, whm, blm, smn, sch is the same as you seeing drg, drg, drg, drg, drg, drg, drg, drg, drg.

If the odds of any given drop pattern from CT is 1000/1 and there are 5,000 CT runs per week 120 (24x5) people, on average, are going to see that drop pattern.

Random Number Generator does exactly what its name implies; generates numbers randomly. We are predisposed as humans to see patterns where there are none.

[ispano]

My point was that RNG in games is never truly as random as say a human throwing a die. Doesn't mean it doesn't work. Games tend to have Psuedorandom generation, ie it's all based on an algorith. Without basing the algorithm on some random real life event or whatnot, it's not truly random.

[Kantide]

That's why you can fail 3 89% HQ attempts in a row.

[mythicrose]

Can SE explain how RNG makes it possible to see drg/brd loot in BCB on every single boss for 3 weeks straight. Or how 95% of the drops in CT are Onion Armor? Literally run CT like 10 times, onion armor every time.

RNG is a bitch. I've yet to see DRG loot in BCB aside from earings. I've looted a ring and bracelets that were "need" rolls to monk, though. Every damn week for my group is tank or black mage/summoner loot.