"RNG"

We_are_Venom

So lately I've noticed I've been pulling covers in batches. It started about 3 weeks ago with Falcon where with back to back standard tokens I pulled 2 of his purple which I already have 5 of. His DDQ hit netting me his 5th yellow, and that same day I pulled 2 more yellow from heroic tokens within minutes of each other.
After this it was classic Magneto, which I pulled 3 blue, which I had to sell since I had 5 and he's only got 10 covers.
Then it was 3* Daken purple and I pulled 3 of those. I already have 5.
Storm green I pulled 3, already had 5.
Daken 2* I pulled 7(!) Black within 2 hours.
Wolverine yellow 5, same day.
I pulled 5 2* cap blue the same day going 0 to 5, and pulled 3 more a day later.
I got 2* Bullseye from 94 to 103 pulling only purple over the course of a day and a half.
Today, I've pulled 6 2* marvel covers, 5 being yellow, which I already had 5 of.

This doesn't strike me as random. It feels like RNG is broken.

Roughly two weeks ago I sold 13 4* characters. 15 LT/CT later, I have every single one of them back with the only new cover being bss. It seems IMPOSSIBLE that I would consecutively pull every MF character i sold, but it happened.

Chief270

There is no true random in computer programming. What is usually done is some calculation based on some time capture (when i did it, i used thousandths of a second) then run it through an algorithm that fits into a preset results list. Ie.. a random number between 1 and 10, or a cover from a pool of say 100 different covers.

Mpq may run a couple of these each time to determine which pool of prizes to pull from, then again to see which proze from that pool you get, but i digress )

If you are pulling the same covers too often (especially back to back) the non random data used to portray randomness may not be sufficient enough, and needs to be reviewed. I sent a ticket in about this a few months ago and got a canned "sorry you didnt get the cover you wanted" response.

carrion_pigeons

Ikr!

Just today I got 2 Human Torch in a row: one from DDQ and one from the daily resupply. What are the odds?!?

Waitaminnit...

wymtime

From my LT tokens I have been getting a lot of Thing covers lately. The problem is he is so low on the priority list I keep selling the covers

JVReal

I have not pulled a Modern Black Widow in over a month. She's sitting at 4 covers. I had 2 of them for TU's, sold them both during Civil War event for the roster space for Quake and Cap. When I bought the spot to replace her, I went from pulling her left and right... to pulling 4 within a day... and then nothing. She feels almost as rare as pulling a bag man anymore.

Anyone else notice a Modern Black Widow drought?

Nightglider1

JVReal wrote:

I have not pulled a Modern Black Widow in over a month. She's sitting at 4 covers. I had 2 of them for TU's, sold them both during Civil War event for the roster space for Quake and Cap. When I bought the spot to replace her, I went from pulling her left and right... to pulling 4 within a day... and then nothing. She feels almost as rare as pulling a bag man anymore.

Anyone else notice a Modern Black Widow drought?

I've never been inundated with covers for her. Venom and Hawkeye, on the other hand....

JVReal

pulled my 5th Modern Black Widow today... unbelievably long drought with that cover. Glad it's finally over and I can now sell the 200 that will flow in during the next month.

udonomefoo

Sold 6 2* chars when the sell value went up. Of those 6, Cap and Hawkeye are back up to lvl 106 (25 covers?) while none of the rest have more than 10.

Dayv

This is not a bug or a technical issue, it's just player dissatisfaction with random results. Locking thread.