So, any ideas how that granite chance work? If it were ~50% chance adventure guides talk about, i can't imagine how so many people can fail it 5(3% chance), 8(0.4% chance), 10(0.1% chance) times in row. There must be some code:
If(onquest) Then realchance=listedchance/Select(TryCount,1:100,2:50,3:10,4:5,.....,10:1)
As a lvl 50 player i felt this is a total waste of time.
All you have to do is read what BlueFairy put on page 2 and that is exactly what i felt about it, why should i bother to build a DS maker?
Another poorly thought out Event.
Mother that is my point, how is it mathematically possible? http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/t...hlight=friends the middle of this first page there is the list of what you need and what is the % of receiving things.
In my case and I quote ....
10. Pay 3000 meat, get 400 granite loot from Old Friends (61% chance).
PFTTT! I think either they need to up these % so that "certain" players dont have to do the same adventure 4,5,6,7 timeswhen the odds should be almost 2 out of 3 you get it
Peck_ ed sorry for my 2 letter expression but this is really frustrating, on a time frame and down to the wire on the last thing I need to do. Just wasting resources doing the same thing, not to get the prize.
I feel wronged but I am so far in on loss of resources that I feel like I just have to keep trying. It would be like running a marathon and seeing the finish line just to up and quit.
Last edited by Dreamxcape; 14.03.13 at 21:46.
well here I go again on Old friends, maybe just maybe there will be an end to my agony!
I know the feeling. Finnished 10 Surprised Attacks now without any granite.
This quest is a joke. I won't even start it or do it. I don't like it. Don't waste your time at the end you will lose much more than you can win... make a simple calculation and you will see that the reward is like 1/5 of this you spend at ressource and time.Originally Posted by franciscraven
look at the poll results- obviously more agree than disagree- so pick and chose if u want to participate or not- it isnt mandatory and for each the cost vs benefit equation is different.
Simply put- gem rewards are pretty priceless as items like licenses can only be bought with gems- and saving em from quest lines and weekly rewards is very slow. That leaves buying gems or getting em from these special events on forums and in game
Scarcity in sourcing means high relative value and with no real means to trade gem vouchers in game these are pretty much all the game in town for the non money spenders/low money spenders
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess you are max or close to max building licences and have a few nice generals and such hanging around.
Yeah it's 11 weeks worth of gems all at once and having 10 extra buildings 11 weeks sooner how much is that worth? Having a go at this quest is worth it for non/low spenders.
Just "gems" and "having" are purely virtual - you simply don't get them. 5th granite fail atm, and reading forum I know it will take at least 3-5 more. This obviously have nothing to do with "luck" - just greedy algorithm. I think its something like:
If(spent_gems_during_event OR more_than_8_tries) Then basechance Else basechance/100
Actually I dont even want these gems, I like playing in conditions when strategical planing of limited resources (buildings) count, just this grind algorithm kill all fun.
Going to try Salem
I have come to voice my disapproval in regards to the random granite element of this quest. If it had no time limit I would not be as annoyed but being a player that has bought 4 bandit nest for 1500+ gc I am at a loss of why it would be engineered in such a manner as having a chance never to be able to complete it...
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