Case booster are bull sh!t

(BananaSlug) #61

there us some bullshit going on…

(AnonOmis1000) #62

@Jostabeere or super unlucky. 30% isn’t that much. It’s not hard to believe that in 25 games you wouldn’t get one.

(Nord) #63

I’ve been asking people in game if they have gotten a suspect case when using boosters and haven’t found a person yet that has.

(Shirobon) #64

A friend and I are both running 5 boosters atm. We only got a shitload of regular cases but no guaranteed ones.

(OmaGretel) #65

Maybe some dev was just using the wrong scale in this particular case? So instead of probabilities ranging from 0 to 1 he thought it was 0% to 100%. So instead of the 30% chance with 10 boosters, we get a 0.3% chance. Wouldn’t be the first time in computer history …

(Amerika) #66

Nope. I explained above how this type of system typically works if you’re going for truly randomized numbers. A CPU crunching numbers is actually the exact opposite of what you want if you are going for a true randomization. Also, you don’t open cases during gameplay :slight_smile: Of course the system being used might just be some program that isn’t really giving out truly random numbers and might just be buggy. I honestly have no idea without further information. I’m going off of my own personal experience which might be completely different than SD’s or some 3rd party software’s implementation. But mostly I doubt the OS has much to do with it. I do think hardware in systems might though.

So I’m not saying this is the issue people are seeing or even if that is an issue and not just bad luck. But I am putting out information as to how the system could potentially be bugged or not working for some people while working for others.

(somberPlasma) #67

im now up to 60 Matches, 30+ regular cases, 0 suspect cases, all with a stack with 10 booster. just reminding you, “Same drop rate as regular cases”

stopwatch almost aways give me a case, some times 2 cases.

(Jesus) #68

[quote=“somberPlasma;166910”]im now up to 60 Matches, 30+ regular cases, 0 suspect cases, all with a stack with 10 booster. just reminding you, “Same drop rate as regular cases”

stopwatch almost aways give me a case, some times 2 cases.[/quote]

@stayfreshshoe @RazielWarmonic There must be a problem with that it cant be possible

(Backuplight) #69

I mean, even if it is bugged, I doubt we’d hear about it. I’m not counting matches or cases, just playing and if/when I get one great. Not a fan of this low drop RNG system, as I’ve been very vocal about in the past, but I’ve run out of energy to complain about it.

(Sorotia) #70

I only purchased two boosters so far, I decided to wait to purchase more till some mercs I really want event cards for are on rotation…but with two boosts so far I haven’t seen a single event case.

(FerfyDerf) #71

Two people on the DB Discord said they got suspect cases after buying boosters after not a ton of games. Some people have it working at least.

(Backuplight) #72

I feel like with the amount I’ve played with 2 I’d be due one, not making me particularly optimistic for the event. Especially since even with a drop you have to play the game of hoping it’s for a merc you’ll use etc.

(Sorotia) #73

I feel like with the amount I’ve played with 2 I’d be due one, not making me particularly optimistic for the event. Especially since even with a drop you have to play the game of hoping it’s for a merc you’ll use etc.[/quote]

Yeah…

Why I’m gonna go all in for a specific merc or two and hope for the best…it’s going to be a uphill battle getting the merc I want and then a decent loadout for the one I want…but I figure it’s better to focus than to just play hoping to get lucky with some merc I may not particularly even want.

(Infected) #74

At least now I know, I’m not alone. Bought eight boosters at the start of the event, played over ten hours so far…no case.
I wouldn’t mind giving them back and getting a refund so I can at least buy some cases with them cycles…and getting a large pile of leads :wink:

(triteCherry) #75

I’ve seen game developers make mistakes like these and it usually takes the community a long period of time to gather data to point out the error. That’s one of the problems with RNG, it could be broken or it could be “just bad luck” and because events are generally short it makes it that much harder if not impossible to find out that it was indeed broken somehow.

(MisterMurder) #76

With 7 booster and 30 hours of stopwatch I got a lot of regular cases and 0 event ones. Also leveled up twice…

(Randomdeath) #77

I’ve seen game developers make mistakes like these and it usually takes the community a long period of time to gather data to point out the error. That’s one of the problems with RNG, it could be broken or it could be “just bad luck” and because events are generally short it makes it that much harder if not impossible to find out that it was indeed broken somehow.[/quote]

I think we have enough people saying it doesnt work over the people saying it does to confirm its buggy.

http://strawpoll.me/7318679

Vote here, and once i get 50 to 100 votes ill tweet the devs and post this on the forums. Can you guys spread this poll too? Please :slight_smile:

(Jesus) #78

@RazielWarmonic @stayfreshshoe im gonna harass you until we get a clear answer

(Randomdeath) #79

[quote=“Jesus;166993”]@RazielWarmonic @stayfreshshoe im gonna harass you until we get a clear answer
[/quote]

@RazielWarmonic @stayfreshshoe me too lets go

(MarsRover) #80

@RazielWarmonic @stayfreshshoe

I have 3 boosters and played enough games to get a case with 97 probability. Nothing yet.