RNG, Why it exist, why it sucks, and how we can fix it.

[Welsper59]

Yeah the main excuse for RNG that people like to throw around is "Welcome to MMO's" to which I just think "Soooo MMO's are just going to stay outdated grindfest for no reason other then because of its genre?"

You need to think about why you're calling it "outdated". There's no advanced technology or technique to a difference between tokens and traditional RNG. And yes, there will always be games that utilize the RNG system because it's traditional. If the game does not support the token system (currently), then that's just how this game is (currently). It's one thing to wish/hope the game will use the token system, it's another to think that their intended design is "outdated" when that's not even an accurate thing to say. Maybe they want it to be traditional to the genre? As odd of a concept as "traditional" might be these days. Would you consider a game like Super Meat Boy outdated because it just uses archaic control schemes and basic gameplay mechanic? No guns to shoot things with, no flashy special abilities, etc. I would hope you wouldn't.

I can easily get on-board a token system, but I dislike it when people think their ill-informed perspectives on matters are the only way that things need to be done. You're essentially telling everyone in the world, game designers or not, that using the RNG system is never the right thing to do. "It doesn't matter what reasons there may be, if something needs to rely on random chance, your game is a failure." That's pretty much the gist of what's being implied in your (everyones) argument on the matter. So much for creative freedom these days I guess. And just to clarify, creative freedom does not have anything to do with exclusively being related to revolutionizing something.

*edit: this came off a lot more hostile than intended lol. Apologies on that.