Tracking of drop rates
Well, since I got abysmal droprates today, decided to start tracking the rates for shaakti. Day 1 (1-Oct): Main - 3/25 (12%) Alt - 7/15 (47%) Overall - 10/40 (25%) Day 2 (2-Oct): Main - 9/2...
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I haven't collected drops in several months--it became too tedious--but did so for over a year with a total of 10,070 Light/Dark node attempts, 4177 Cantina node attempts, and 1568 Fleet node attempts. Here are the results (note, I didn't do any 8-energy Cantina nodes in that stretch of time):
So, the short answer, is basically, that the energy per node doesn't matter, and neither does the node type. Hope this clears that up.
For the morbidly curious, the Percentile column is simply a measure of how many possible outcomes have fewer successes, similar to how some standardized exams are scored. In this case, it is also a roundabout measure of the likeliness of getting that result, based on statistical probability. A percentile of 50% means that you exactly hit the expectation of 1 in 3 successes, whereas a percentile of 97% means that there is only a 3% (100% - 97%) chance of getting better. If there were no statistical variation (meaning this was deterministic), one would get 50% for all of the percentiles. Most of the percentiles are relatively near 50%, so these are not unlikely results. Only the 20-energy Light/Dark and the 20-energy Fleet nodes could be considered somewhat atypical under the assumption of 1/3 success rate. One is high, though, and one is low. In the end, the total percent drop rate is pretty consistent (and varies more with smaller sample size).
So, the short answer, is basically, that the energy per node doesn't matter, and neither does the node type. Hope this clears that up.
For the morbidly curious, the Percentile column is simply a measure of how many possible outcomes have fewer successes, similar to how some standardized exams are scored. In this case, it is also a roundabout measure of the likeliness of getting that result, based on statistical probability. A percentile of 50% means that you exactly hit the expectation of 1 in 3 successes, whereas a percentile of 97% means that there is only a 3% (100% - 97%) chance of getting better. If there were no statistical variation (meaning this was deterministic), one would get 50% for all of the percentiles. Most of the percentiles are relatively near 50%, so these are not unlikely results. Only the 20-energy Light/Dark and the 20-energy Fleet nodes could be considered somewhat atypical under the assumption of 1/3 success rate. One is high, though, and one is low. In the end, the total percent drop rate is pretty consistent (and varies more with smaller sample size).
