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Anonymous
10 years ago
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Re: The fraud that is NFS:NL

... just thinking ...

Do i get it right? The developers are getting blamed cause the game is not giving random parts on that draw game after races - WHILE savegame is reloaded over and over again until the part gets dropped which is the wanted one?^^

That would be the very last part in the game i would blame the developers on... Don't get me wrong - some people here seem to test over and over again reloading savegames (lol, sorry,  what does THAT have to do with luck?) Did those people test something else, something like "how many times do you have to select the same "card" until you get the part wanted" - statistically - without using the reload savegame "trick"?

Lets see the facts:

• the game does show 3 possible parts the player might get (usually 1 = Money, 2 = Material, 3 =Blueprint -or- a different Material)

• a forth part (visual points) is added to the three above (4 = Visual Points)

Therefore the player will have a -statistically - 1 out of 4 chance to get one of the four parts (1, 2, 3 or 4)

I did test over weeks now: If you ALWAYS select the rightmost "card" you definately get the wanted (1 out of 3 / 1 out of 4) part on every - statistically - 4th try! Always!

Example:

• Underground 10-4

• I would like to get the "Porsche 911(991) blueprint

• Parts are: 1 = Money, 2 = Valve, 3 = Blueprint (and 4 = Visual Points)

• If you ALWAYS select the rightmost "card", you will get the 3 = Blueprint not later than every 4th try - which is the exactly the random medium.

... just thinking ...

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Please read Paladin's post to understand what is wrong with presenting the results as a game of chance or as a game of skills; here in USA it's mostly illegal to represent one as the other. Do you realize that what you said amounts to ask the player for gold (that costs money) to get a 4th try? I'm at level 80 now, VIP 4, invested money in in-apps and in order to run a race more than 3 times I have to pay gold for it. If you have the option to run 4 times the same race within the timeframe (8 to 12 hours) then we are not playing the same game
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    Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    I did read Paladin's post and i understand how it does affect US law as he and you said. Looking from that point of sight, i think i would be angry too... I don't know if i would try to do something against that - even if money is included - cause overall statistics are not affected. But things have to be handled law-concurring in general - i totally agree with that.

    Instead i prefere to look at the overall chance to get the parts i need  - and cause i can count on getting it within 1 out of 4 tries - i am happy with it as it is. Cause i can run 2 times 3 races a day, i will get the part at the end in 95% of all cases (if i have the time to race repeatedly), but often i get not only one but 2 of the needed parts on one day.

    On the other hand it makes me kind of angry - but no, wait, it makes me feel bored - tha i have to race that much times to get parts which i will need dozens and dozens of...

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    Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    I can say your guarantee that you ALWAYS get what you want on the 4th try is not accurate. There have been many times where I have needed one item and have done 6 races and never received it, always selecting the same position.

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