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But that means we’re taking away the stress of raw guesswork, that’s what the calculator above does for you. But even more important is knowing what it spits out. After all, most people think about drop rates as a promise: “If there’s a one-in-thirty chance, then I should get something on my thirtieth try.” The … Read more

That changes once you clear The Doom of Mokhaiotl for the first time. You’re pumped up after finishing the Gauntlet tutorial, and now anything seem possible. That’s when reality hits. So you try again. And again. All that’s on-screen is a few generic resource. That’s when math stop feeling academic and becomes a tool to … Read more

In RuneScape, that particular sting of trying to farm a rare drop begins with anticipation, followed by frustration after three hours spent gazing at the identical boss screen. Your kills increases; your inventory stays stubbornly blank. It usually isn’t because of a lack of effort. Rather, it’s typically an issue of misunderstanding probability. Many player … Read more

OSRS players must be patient while chasing a Scythe of Vitur in Theatre of Blood. You suffer through death after death at the hands of Verzik himself or teammates yelling about their health bar. On top of that, you’re up against an unfair-feeling chance. While mathematics is in your favor, many players have heard tales … Read more

Stop guessing. Start planning. Know the feeling? You grind away at a game for hours and miss that one part you want AGAIN. Well, this is for you: a drop rate calculator for The First Descendant. This thing takes random number generation and makes it manage-able. It will show you exactly how long you have … Read more

If you’ve ever been grinding out a Nex mass for hours only to see somebody who had half your damage total recieve the Zaryte vambraces, you might be upset. But I’m here to tell you it’s not personal, it’s math. The RNG in loot table isn’t maliciously rigged against you, but it do work on … Read more

After running a raid boss the twentieth time in Granblue Fantasy, there’s a certain type of despair involved when you stand before it again. Twelve hours to go until maintenance. No copies. And you know the drop rates aren’t great and “not great” varies based off if you’re hosting, racing for blue chests, or praying … Read more

For three hours you sit next to a bonfire. Your thumbs are cramped from button mashing and the music has faded away. You need a weapon. The drop rate is one percent. One percent sounds small, but that means you could fail forty times before succeeding once. In Dark Souls this can feel punishing. The … Read more

Raiding in Destiny 2 require a certain type of patience. It’s the kind of patience that isn’t related at all to mechanics; it’s the kind of patience related to probability. Your execution is flawless, your fireteam is tight, you’re standing in the Void facing down Atheon. But the screen is still empty. Luck doesn’t care … Read more

If there’s one kind of pain you’ll learn to endure as a card farmer in Ragnarok Online, it’s the one that comes from standing on the same map for hours at a time and killing monsters as mechanicaly efficient as possible. You watch the numbers in your fatigue meter climb as the ones in your … Read more

Farming boss for a rare mount is a game of chance; at least the first time you try it. You slay the dragon, open your bag… and see nada. Repeat. Still nothing. After a few dozen attempts, you get tired of waiting. After a hundred, you start to doubt yourself. Maybe you’re cursed. Maybe the … Read more

When you ring the Beckoning Bell and nobody answers, you can get upset. You might feel this way when you’re low on health, stuck fighting a boss, and there seems to be no one online. It’s never personal, usualy. But more times than not, you just fell out of Bloodborne’s mathematical bounds for matchmaking. The … Read more