tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post335430971309291483..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Making Your Own LuckTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-67979898693367553562012-11-09T10:56:12.527-05:002012-11-09T10:56:12.527-05:00That is a lot to take in and do all for one lucky ...That is a lot to take in and do all for one lucky rabbits foot. Either way, losing a foot was not lucky for the rabbit. I agree, keep the whole rabbit, let it live, then it is a lucky rabbit and it might share its luck with you. :)<br /><br />I noticed I get them in dungeons off bosses, but that is the only time I saw myself getting any. I don't need justice for anything so I do not really pay attention to it but maybe I will take a look before doing dailies.<br /><br />I know they recently said that in a future patch if you are capped on valor you will get justice instead from quests, which is good, but then what happens when we are capped on justice with nothing to spend it on? They need to add something we can buy with justice, even if it is only some 450 BoE stuff to help gear up alts, that would be nice.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28556558125170410972012-11-09T10:19:57.375-05:002012-11-09T10:19:57.375-05:00Hiya gang,
You know, I was writing this morning e...Hiya gang,<br /><br />You know, I was writing this morning exactly (well, almost exactly) what you two are chatting about - how the game could (and should) be able to figure out what classes are in a group and drop loot just for that group. And if there are say 3 dps, then that would figure into it OR drop loot for each class, but the other classes can't see it. But after 6 paragraphs, I lost my track of mind, starting straying and had to get off. <br /><br />Lucky rabbit's foot - LOL, I was waiting for this question... I really was and I have no answer. However Wiki says... <br />"In some cultures, the foot of a rabbit is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck. This belief is held by individuals in a great number of places around the world including Europe, China, Africa, and North and South America. It is likely that this belief has existed in Europe since 600 BC[1] amongst Celtic people. In variations of this superstition, the donor rabbit must possess certain attributes, or have been killed in a particular place, or killed by a particular method, or by a person possessing particular attributes (e.g. by a cross-eyed man)." and " The belief in North American folklore may originate in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. A number of strictures attached to the charm that are now observed mostly in the breach:<br /> First, not any foot from a rabbit will do: it is the left hind foot of a rabbit that is useful as a charm.<br /> Second, not any left hind foot of a rabbit will do; the rabbit must have been shot or otherwise captured in a cemetery.<br /> Third, at least according to some sources, not any left hind foot of a rabbit shot in a cemetery will do: the phase of the moon is also important. Some authorities say that the rabbit must be taken in the full moon, while others hold instead that the rabbit must be taken in the new moon. Some sources say instead that the rabbit must be taken on a Friday, or a rainy Friday, or Friday the 13th. Some sources say that the rabbit should be shot with a silver bullet, while others say that the foot must be cut off while the rabbit is still alive."<br /><br />That's why Roo rubs a whole rabbit on me self! Lots of luck (and a little kinky)!!!<br /><br />Remember when I wrote a few stories ago about how I am getting Justice Points with the dang valor stuff? Yup, happen again this morning. And no, I was only doing the cooking shack crap in Valley of Four Winds (bad place). I've told Blizzard about it but the standard answer of "deleting the 3 folders" is all I got back. Their loss.-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-60338097546614252682012-11-09T09:26:35.150-05:002012-11-09T09:26:35.150-05:00@ Jaeger
The rare spawn / rare item thing is anno...@ Jaeger<br /><br />The rare spawn / rare item thing is annoying, but you can use it to your advantage. Me and a fellow rare hunter in guild have charted out the spawn times, down to the exact minute for all rares, so we can baggie hunt. We kill ever rare on the server within minutes of them respawning because it is not random at all. They do the 1 hour or 1 and a half hour thing and if you do not pay close attention it might seem random but it is not. I can tell you when a rare will spawn, the exact minute. I am sure others have figured this out as well. They did a piss poor job with simulating random on the spawns. That is for sure.<br /><br />I wish they would fix the crit bug and fix it fast. It sucks doing the same 5 minutes on the dummy and getting 62K one run and 89K the next when I fired the exact same amount of shots. That is too wide of a variance just because of crits and it is proof something is wrong.<br /><br />I agree with the drop thing. It is all a matter of "feeling" it is against you. Like spirit plate dropping off every boss every week when we do not have a holy paladin in the group. :( For as much as I complain, there is some group that has someone that needs it and it is not dropping it for them. Or it is and they need it.<br /><br />I do think that the game should see who is in the group and random drop loot that someone in the group might be able to use. They have smart looting, they should use it.<br /><br />@ Roo<br /><br />How come they call it a lucky rabbits foot? It surely wasn't lucky for the rabbit if someone killed it to take its foot. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18367375628240689462012-11-09T08:02:13.519-05:002012-11-09T08:02:13.519-05:00Yes, Crit damage definitely seems like a bug. Som...Yes, Crit damage definitely seems like a bug. Someone must have really fat-fingered a weighting factor in the damage calculation or something.<br /><br />For item drops and procs and stuff, there are probably exceptions that have bugs but I think most of it is just reporting bias where we hear more about the lucky or unlucky ones. If anything, they might be considered TOO random.<br /><br />I've never liked how Blizz does rare spawns though. It has clearly been shown to be linked with Server Restarts and that's just bad design. They don't seem to want to fix it though since it's been that way for years.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-68113323478626069742012-11-09T07:34:44.539-05:002012-11-09T07:34:44.539-05:00Hiya and thanks Jaeger (6 letters, lol). In Chines...Hiya and thanks Jaeger (6 letters, lol). In Chinese tradition, certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious or inauspicious based on the Chinese word that the number name sounds similar to. The numbers 6, 8, and 9 are believed to have auspicious meanings because their names sound similar to words that have positive meanings (yes! stolen from wikipedia!!) . BUT - I have found that the different dialects of the Chinese language or even other Asian countries have lucky or unlucky numbers. Even the western world has them("7" anyone, no "#13" at a hotel or motel, etc).<br /><br />Well, it's 6:30am, time to feed Sweet Bob and Miss Peachy and get on with getting ready for work. Thanks for an interesting dialog. <br /><br />To heck with the foot, I got the whole dang rabbit here! LOL-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-80204366004393275662012-11-09T06:38:13.868-05:002012-11-09T06:38:13.868-05:00Yeap, as Jaeger said, just type /reload
I used to...Yeap, as Jaeger said, just type /reload<br /><br />I used to do a lot of coding, do you know how I made random stuff happen? Based on the time it was done, I would retrieve the time and base it off the last three milliseconds.<br /><br />It is a well proved fact that it is impossible to code random numbers. It is just not possible. You need to have some sort of frame of reference. So I used something that I felt would not be capable of being manipulated. No one can plan out the millisecond they do something, so for me it felt like I did the best I could to fake random.<br /><br />Yes, like I am extremely unlucky, so I say it a lot.<br /><br />As for Roo's 3,6,9 and 4 being bad luck, one of my bad luck characters has 4 letters but by best luck character has 8. So I might chalk that one up to more a "feeling" of being lucky or unlucky, just like most of things I mentioned here are.<br /><br />As for blizzard screwing up, I would bet money on it. They screwed up a lot of numbers in this expansion. There is no other explanation for how one ability could crit for 60K or 200K with no outside influence. That is just a flat out error in their coding.<br /><br />The post I made earlier about the odd numbers had plenty of people saying they have seen the same thing. There is a problem with the critical damage numbers, a huge problem with them. They span a range way to large. So if blizzard could make a mistake like that, let it linger this long, and pretend like all is well in random number land, I would not put it past their bad coding to have made other mistakes such as allowing name and reloading and stacking the deck to work.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-61438704369675729102012-11-08T20:47:51.735-05:002012-11-08T20:47:51.735-05:00/reload
If reloading (or anything else for that m.../reload<br /><br />If reloading (or anything else for that matter) actually makes an impact, it's a bug, plain and simple.<br /><br />Random Number Generators are technically not random but they are random enough that a human can't tell unless you sample billions of times or something.<br /><br />Raid boss loot should be really simple. Two basic options are: randomly select N items out of the X-sized loot table or for each item in the loot table, if a random number is greater than W, drop that item.<br /><br />If it's not that simple, then Blizz screwed up.<br /><br />There will always be people who seem lucky or unlucky, but most don't have the patience to do things enough to get actual statistics. The lucky or unlucky ones are just louder than the rest.<br />Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-12282689684605857632012-11-08T18:30:50.835-05:002012-11-08T18:30:50.835-05:00if you want, go ahead :D 3,6,or 9 letters is ext...if you want, go ahead :D 3,6,or 9 letters is extremely lucky. So is 8, hence Chinese Olympics was Aug 8, 2008 at 8:08pm - 8's out the butt! Now, some will say numbers that are even are good and odd numbers are bad, but that doesn't take into account 3 or 9 (and anything RED, like red armor!) . Just don't do "4". Not good, you may want to go put on a tin foil hat- I do sometimes, especialy when I feel like my brain is receiving Spanish TV signals. :(<br /><br />A question though - how do you reset your UI? I would like to try it, can't hurt (rub me lucky rabbit's foot)-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-11508722963806263012012-11-08T13:00:51.163-05:002012-11-08T13:00:51.163-05:00Don't worry, I just delete the comments people...Don't worry, I just delete the comments people deleted themselves.<br /><br />Perhaps I should try the name roo. Name a character after you. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-48559520292270628982012-11-08T11:50:27.057-05:002012-11-08T11:50:27.057-05:00dang, when I catch spelling errors AFTER the posti...dang, when I catch spelling errors AFTER the posting. Didn't mean to mess up the comments count. <br /><br />why you think I am called "roo the hunter" - 3+3+6. Very lucky in Mists.<br /><br />As always <br />-roo -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.com