Zeta Drop Rate

I had good drop rates before 2 weeks ago. I don't know what happened. Hope things turn around.

If your planning to zeta more than one toon I would get the ships to do the challenges first. It will pay off in the long run. Hopefully

"JJBagger;86017" wrote:
I've done 8 ship ability challenges now with 0 Zetas. I would like to know if others are experiencing the same horrible "RNG" and/or having success?

RNG does not stand for Random Number Generator in this game. All the people I know have this same issue with all the drop rates. RNG actually stands for Rigged Number Generator. This game is run like a slot machine and if the casino has taught us anything, it's that the house always wins.

"Tamonizer;836338" wrote:
HOLY FUDGE. Im pouring my fleet shipment currency to getting dark side ships to do the challenges not knowing the drop rates are bad.

So should I just save up and buy zetas from the shipments?

I would. I have only gotten 1 zeta from challenges

"SnakesOnAPlane;836293" wrote:
Well, as we have all learned, RNG isn't set. It changes up and down over time. It's not like playing cards at home. Programmers can and do change calibrations.

They rig it to get the most money. They had good drop rates in the beginning for those that paid thousands on ships and now that the general public has begun unlocking the challenge, they have dropped the threshold so that we don't get as many.

Nobody there will admit that I'm right, but we all know that's what's going on.

"Synergy;836291" wrote:

"amusedam_1;836258" wrote:
If i lose a ship, i am almost guaranteed to get no zetas

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this is just another false superstition. RNG is random for a reason, there aren't (or shouldn't) be any patterns. You don't get less credits from credit heist if you lose a scoundrel, no?
Both times I did the zeta challenge (and got the max reward of 2 zetas each time) I 2*ed it, losing just my tank Biggs because he was taunting. I'm not saying that to get another superstition going, I'm saying that to counter your point.

There is no Randomness to RNG. If there was then I would have gotten a few gold teired mods with speed secondaries after farming them for 4 weeks straight with 3 refreshes a day.

"ATSpain;836363" wrote:

"SnakesOnAPlane;836293" wrote:
Well, as we have all learned, RNG isn't set. It changes up and down over time. It's not like playing cards at home. Programmers can and do change calibrations.

They rig it to get the most money. They had good drop rates in the beginning for those that paid thousands on ships and now that the general public has begun unlocking the challenge, they have dropped the threshold so that we don't get as many.

Nobody there will admit that I'm right, but we all know that's what's going on.

I think the majority of players feel the same way you do. I'm not saying it's correct, nor wrong, but it is a bit of a stigma EA has built for itself overtime, unfortunately.

"ATSpain;836363" wrote:

"SnakesOnAPlane;836293" wrote:
Well, as we have all learned, RNG isn't set. It changes up and down over time. It's not like playing cards at home. Programmers can and do change calibrations.

They rig it to get the most money. They had good drop rates in the beginning for those that paid thousands on ships and now that the general public has begun unlocking the challenge, they have dropped the threshold so that we don't get as many.

Nobody there will admit that I'm right, but we all know that's what's going on.

Yep I think you are right

I haven't earned a single zeta yet from the challenges. It's been about two weeks.

"ATSpain;836360" wrote:

"JJBagger;86017" wrote:
I've done 8 ship ability challenges now with 0 Zetas. I would like to know if others are experiencing the same horrible "RNG" and/or having success?

RNG does not stand for Random Number Generator in this game. All the people I know have this same issue with all the drop rates. RNG actually stands for Rigged Number Generator. This game is run like a slot machine and if the casino has taught us anything, it's that the house always wins.

Your RNG goes up when you put more money into the game. It's tracked by your player ID. Lol

Meh ive done well, I get them at about a 40% clip. I wasted some on QGJ to make a viable tourney Jedi team from scraps and I'm 1 away from either maddening my shard with a Bariss Zeta team or something else.