Pretty sure loot tables are just set up like “here’s your items, here’s their chance to drop, and here’s some rules for dropping (like drop 2 tier tokens)”
Some bug probably resulted in the drop chance being set to 0 or a negative number.
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Actually, loot is handled by two tables server-side.
One is the loot table itself, which dictates what items will drop and the second table is the changes of each item dropping.
To manipulate the loot table is as easy as changing either of these tables to either change the loot, or the changes of things dropping, and that is it. No major work or effort.
This is why it is so easy for retail to have higher drop chances or different loot for higher instance difficulties.
Hypothetically speaking it would take very little effort to add a hidden “luck” value to each character’s DB record that can be modified with an AI algorithm to change each player’s individual drop chances. A simple modifier to change someone’s drop odds. Programmatically it is actually very simple. Something along these lines:
Drop_chance = Default_drop_rate * Individual_luck_modifier
Default_drop_rate = static % from a DB
Individual_luck_modifier = positive or negative value determined by an AI algorithm
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No it wouldn’t. I’m a software engineer and I can assure you there are several algorithms that tailor rng to player engagement metrics (playtime, login / logout periods, etc.). This has been done in casino 20 years ago, its not new. I do know blizzard uses mass data collection on players and machine learning algorithms to further engagement and this is well documented.
I don’t think its applied at the individual level but you’d be kidding yourself if you think it would take a lot of people to develop something to individually tailor rng based off your behavioral patterns. Facebook and Google already do this. This is an automatic process.
You’re a rat in a skinner box mate. Have fun for sure but this is a business, why do you think people develop severe addictions to this game? If it isn’t in the game, I bet its not long before it is.
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Unbelievable. If you didn’t post about it Blizz probably wouldn’t even know and they would have left it as is.
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Hey, think about it, you’re just gonna love the game even more!
can u fix the mage bug with pet nova this is another thing holding mages back also the kara chess event bug we cant use pet abilities or pet nova inside instances and its dumb please fix this asap!
It would be cool to know what wasn’t dropping is that something we can get a list published on the hotfix?
Anyways appreciate the quick response.
Why do we even pay a sub for this game? You guys really don’t give a single F about your players. Pets are completely bugged since patch as well, which also makes Chess completely unbeatable in Kara as you can’t control pieces.
It’s a joke that every time you guys patch something you break 40 things and reintroduce old bugs to boot. Really speed running the collapse of your entire brand.
Not to mention we don’t even get patch notes for what you guys did.
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Can you acknowledge the realm populations, specifically low population ones? Most topics on the front are related to dying realms.
Woot. Thank you for the update and the hotfix.
Our mages are going to be happy!
May we know which items are currently part of the bug and not able to drop? For EPGP systems and alike so we know what to not hold out points for currently.
So this hot fix made mages pet nova bug? Lmfao good job blizz
Talon of azshara wasn’t dropping either
Doubt it since the hot fix is being applied with the weekly maintenance that hasn’t happened yet.
Listen m8, you can either get the trinket or a pet nova, stop being so greedy.
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Okay sure, but every time they’ve brought out a patch/update since (and including) the TBC pre-patch it has been absolutely riddled with bugs. It just keeps getting worse. Vanilla Classic or even Retail never had this many problems.
dead game only 50 people online
Retail has a crap ton of bugs every patch and classic was a much simpler game honestly.
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