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    Player Adrian74's Avatar
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    I''''''''l I''''''''l
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vorpal_Spork View Post
    Any half competent coder could implement this in minutes. All you're doing is calling math.random() or whatever the equivalent is in FFXIV's language and outputting the result to chat after some slight modifications. I'm incompetent in 4 languages and even I could do this quickly.
    Those java times....! Random methods <3

    But, perhaps.... Things are more complicated for Square Enix?
    *Take advantage of situation to launch another pun to PS3*

    I mean.... Maybe the coding in PS3 is different and it would be annoying to recode it once you finished in PC and then PS4.
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    Chen Kotomi
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian74 View Post
    Those java times....! Random methods <3

    But, perhaps.... Things are more complicated for Square Enix?
    *Take advantage of situation to launch another pun to PS3*

    I mean.... Maybe the coding in PS3 is different and it would be annoying to recode it once you finished in PC and then PS4.
    What it probably is is they want to do something a little special with it. I probably wouldn't expect just a simple "X rolls the dice, and they come up Y."
    We might be getting an actual emote, and those take time, especially one with a variable.
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