"Indominable_J;1014299" wrote:
"Calbear949;1014287" wrote:
"Indominable_J;1014255" wrote:
"Spyda;1014247" wrote:
How can you even justify that comment? Rewards (double or not) are based on RNG. You talk like you've never gotten hosed by RNG before. Have you ever dropped 120 cantina energy only to get 0 shards? Guess what, 0 x 2 = 0. You can't determine whether or not double rewards are in effect based on the results of 360 energy expenditure. Abysmal results could just as easily by you getting hosed by RNG, just as it is any other day.
If you're referring to people not checking to see if the shard count under the 'possible rewards' section shows 2 or not, then you are making the very poor assumption that newer players are supposed to know that that number will actually change
Double drops aren't just shards. Cantina currency is a set amount every time you do the node. It's easy to tell if that is doubled or not.
Is there something to indicate that to be the case? Drops for me meant shards...everything else is basically ancillary results.
"Spyda;1014280" wrote:
Double drops aren't just shards. Cantina currency is a set amount every time you do the node. It's easy to tell if that is doubled or not.
That's a valid argument, but I've only been playing since mid-March, and up until this point I working under the assumption that double drop rates only applied to shards. There really hasn't been anything to tell us otherwise. EA has not been very specific about what it means, and the only thing anyone in the forums talk about are the shards.
Also agree...drops to me means shards and the ability mats, both of which are dictated by RNG. Everything else seems like ancillary benefits based upon the level of node you are farming at and not dictated by RNG.
"Drops to me means...." is not really a great indicator of what drops actually are. That you've only been playing for a month is a valid issue -- you haven't been through double drops before, so you don't know what to expect.
That the forum only talks about shards is because that's what people are focused on.
Agreed on the importance of the shards...and that's what I was focusing on when I ran the sims.
My point on this is not that EA made some earth shattering mistake...things like this happen especially when we are dealing with a game that is going on 24 hours at throughout the world. I was more addressing those that are mocking others for spent crystals and energy.
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