Gathering % Rates

[Lux_Rayna]

I've been very lucky with my mining.

Its not really "lucky".

For one, your % is not at a constant 15%. It will vary anywhere between 15-50% depending on what abilities you use and when. If you use your abilities regularly, your avg % HQ will be quite a bit higher than 15%. There's no way we could do the math on it w/o a lot more information, but what you're saying is not lucky nor unusual. You just aren't accounting for all the variables that lead to those results.

[WarJunkie]

It's called the 'relative frequency estimate of a probability'

In laymen terms it means the more times you attempt the listed activity, the closer you get to probability of that activity occurring.

Problem is the number of times you can do it is limited by the game mechanics and RNG. End result % achieved is never going to exactly the % listed for the activity unless its 100%.

Statistics can be a real headache, and SE can't do anything about it.

[Keoeson]

Statistics can be a real headache, and SE can't do anything about it.

That's not really true.
They controll the random number generator, if they picked a generator with a better distribution of the generated numbers, we wouldn't have this problem.

[Rabbio]

Its not really "lucky".

For one, your % is not at a constant 15%. It will vary anywhere between 15-50% depending on what abilities you use and when. If you use your abilities regularly, your avg % HQ will be quite a bit higher than 15%. There's no way we could do the math on it w/o a lot more information, but what you're saying is not lucky nor unusual. You just aren't accounting for all the variables that lead to those results.

Sorry, I forgot about this thread. I would say it's the definition of luck. I do not mine in sizes large enough to meet the intended percents. If I get higher than the intended percents I was... lucky! The entire "art" of gambling relies on exactly that. Beating the odds then quitting before they average back out.

I also was under level 20 mining when I posted this. I don't have HQ percents from 15-50. I, as I mentioned, have HQ at either 15%, or 25% with a buff. Those were the variables at the time for me.