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WoodDaversTrain's avatar
5 years ago

May the 4th "Double" drops - not really double or is it just me?

Is anyone actually getting "double" drops?! 2 x 0 = 0, and I seem to be getting more zeros today than usual. So, I've actually farmed less salvage & shards today than on a normal day. And (at least for me) this seems to be the same every time they do "double drops".

2 x 0 = 0, always. If they really wanted to help us out, they'd double the actual payout percentages. A whole lot of 0 is not a 'rewards,' and it's not making me want to spend money on crystals for energy refreshes. In fact, it's done the opposite. On a day with crystal deals when I might otherwise have spent a few bucks, I specifically will not be spending money, because I feel like all I'll get is a whole lot more 0.

(To be clear, I know I'm just a 'guppy' and CG doesn't care about my $10 unspent. I'm just wondering if others are having the same results, or if I just happen to have terrible RNG every time there's "double drops".)
  • Been pretty good to me so far so must just be you. They probably spent hours coding a special way to screw just you over because of how much the devs despise you
  • It is not just you.

    It's just math.

    No matter what anyone says, they are double drops, as the any drops you get are doubled when receiving the rewards.

    Yes good runs and bad runs can happen and that is completely independent of the fact that any pulls that happen are doubled.
  • I got 18 Shaak Ti shards on my alt today from 10 attempts, so double drops were pretty good for me. I also got a good amount of G12 salvage.
  • Nope, sorry mate. You just have had some bad RNG.
    I went from 15 shards left for Shaak to 7 stars in 3 resets. Same odds as normal for me.
    Also, just so it isn’t a one off, I got 13 shards for hux and 16 for sith trooper and a whole lot of mods, though they are a given at this point.
    Sorry about your RNG
  • You still have the same chance so it won’t actually show you getting less after a long experiment with verified data. Either way, double drops don’t excite me.
  • I've spent all my regular energy on node DS8-B today. Including free energy and three 50-crystal refreshes, that's almost 600 energy. And from all that energy I've gotten exactly 8 stun gun salvage. Not 8 x 2 = 16. Nope, just single-digit eight.

    Edit: Point being, that is a statistically significant departure from normal bell curve returns based on previous normal/average outcomes.
  • Bad RNG for me on my ships' farm but otherwise not bad at all. Mod slicing materials have been good.
  • I did 4 refreshes on RH Poe, got NO shards at all, and then they go and raise the cap from 5 to 8, bastards!
  • It's just bad RNG. I spent all my crystals saved up since the last double drop and got 22 whopping KR Shuttle ship shards today after refreshes. Pretty much happy with that. Now I need 28 more before the Finalizer event drops in 4 days.