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You’ve killed 3,000 centaurs in a row without seeing the belt you’re after. Your motivation is down, your inventorys full. And this is when math needs to kick in instead of intuition. To grind effectivly in Black Desert Online, it’s not about clicking harder; it’s about understanding things like odds. Once you plug all your … Read more

You look at a Starr Drop on your screen and know which Legendary item will complete it and make it worth having. So you tap it. The animation plays out. Sometimes you’ll get credits. Sometimes you’ll get coins. Rarely, however, do you get the actual gadget or Star Power that’s lingering in the back of … Read more

It’s like a raid boss dungeon the first time you stand in the tombs wielding your super combustions and prayer potions. In Old School RuneScape, they’re the six brothers dropping some of the game’s most iconic armor. But over repeated runs, math eats away at that fantasy, until you see yourself no longer fighting monsters, … Read more

Sometimes farming for a particular weapon in New World seem like a crapshoot. You stand before Lazarus, fully buffed with food and optimized for luck stats. And then he drop, and nothing. It’s frustrating for a lot of player and it’s ultimately the largest factor in your progress timeline. Rather than farming desperately, knowing that … Read more

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