Machinist Splitshot

[Omegabear]

Is it just me or is Machinist Splitshot acting up really weird?

I mean at least once per dungeon I'm spamming Splitshot, 10-20 times with 0 triggers that increase Slug Shot potency. Is this a known issue? At first I thought it was RNG but this is happening on a regular basis for days now.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I've gone entire dungeon runs with only one or two non-ammo procs. I've also had runs where it procced every second or third shot. RNG's weird.

[HyoMinPark]

Coming from a BRD main, that's just RNG in a nutshell. Sometimes you get runs where procs simply don't exist.

[AppleJinx]

any non caster dps in dungeons is just suffering in general

[Jijifli]

Aren't only like half of your shots RNG anyways because of ammo?

[AxlStream]

Welcome to BRD/MCH, where the parses are made up and your skill don't matter!

Note: Not saying there isn't skill to play these jobs. It's a joke on their reliance on RNG.

[Rongway]

At first I thought it was RNG but this is happening on a regular basis for days now.

If the probability is not 0% or 100%, there are no guarantees.

[Kazrah]

The system this game uses for RNG is renowned for just how genuinely godawful it is.

Want proof? Ask any crafter.

[Iscah]

Random chance is random.

It's entirely possible* to flip a coin 20 times and have it come up heads every time - and your 21st flip still only has a 50/50 chance of finally coming up tails, however "overdue" you feel it must be.

* Possible but unlikely, of course: specifically 1 in 2^20, which comes to 1 in 1,048,576. But the outcome of the next individual flip is still 1 in 2.

[RiyahArp]

It's entirely possible to flip a coin 20 times and have it come up heads every time - and your 21st flip still only has a 50/50 chance of finally coming up tails, however "overdue" you feel it must be.

The problem is the 50% chance is assumed by getting increasing amount of people flipping coins. Over time, you should see the total number of flips be 50%, but there seems to be so much weirdness in the individual that sometimes its useless as a guide in the short term.

Like I remember in older rpgs they would give you this massively damaging weapon that hits 25% of the time, but they were 100% useless since you could miss every time in any particular encounter. Youd eventually see an average of one in four hits, but that doesn't help when one encounter you game over. So its true, but it can end up being useless too.