RNG: How fake is it?

[StouterTaru]

Alot of people think that the percentage is based on 100 tries..

Why would anyone think that percent is out of 100?

[Sibyll]

Why would anyone think that percent is out of 100?

If I had to guess it's because percent literally translates to per 100 and because in school people are generally taught that x% is the same as x/100. Not everyone has taken a statistics course and understand sample sizes.

Some one has already stated this, but I don't see why they even bother showing the percentage if the statistics are going to be based on 50,000 tries. At that point what meaning does this have? With the exception of Good/Excellent procs, the way RNG is handled in melding/crafting is very binary and that's part of the reason it's so easy to complain about. If you fail 20 melds on a 45% chance there isn't much you can do. If you fail 80% of your Hasty Touch + Steady Hand II spam and then fail your Reclaim, there isn't much you can do.