1:7 ratio is 14.25%. Chance to get a 5 star is lowered.

whitecat31
whitecat31 Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
edited March 2017 in MPQ General Discussion
The chance to get a 5 star has decreased from 15% to 14.25%. This is from a single draw. Granted there is a 0.75% chance to get a second 5 star from a single pull. Nevertheless the chance to draw a 5 star from a single draw has been decreased.
The old ratio was 3:20, which was 15% in the past, it has been changed to 1:7.
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  • Fightmastermpq
    Fightmastermpq Posts: 995 Critical Contributor
    OR 1:6.6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 didn't fit on the banner, so they rounded it to 1:7.
  • amusingfoo1
    amusingfoo1 Posts: 597 Critical Contributor
    Fightmastermpq wrote:
    OR 1:6.6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 didn't fit on the banner, so they rounded it to 1:7.

    And it does say "~1:7", not "1:7".
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    look closer TC

    It clearly says ~1:7. They are rounding to make the ratio nice and neat. It's stupid, and a bit misleading. But more plausible than a stealth nerf to 5* token odds. hopefully we can convince them to switch back to percentages.
  • FierceKiwi
    FierceKiwi Posts: 505 Critical Contributor
    Oddly on Steam it still lists everything as a %. And it's a straight up 15%. So it's a bizarre choice to suddenly start doing approximate ratios on mobile but this is a bizarre company that seems to make choices by picking things out of a hat.
  • homeinvasion
    homeinvasion Posts: 415 Mover and Shaker
    Why have a champion system where you can't get covers for all those old champs anymore?
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    homeinvasion wrote:
    Why have a champion system where you can't get covers for all those old champs anymore?
    shameless self promotion:

    https://d3go.com/forums/viewtopic.php?style=1&f=33&t=60265
  • aesthetocyst
    aesthetocyst Posts: 538 Critical Contributor
    Quick! Someone pull 10, 000 legs and post the results!

    The proof is in the pullin'.
  • whitecat31
    whitecat31 Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
    You guys do know that the same space it takes to put ~1:7, is the same room for 3:20. It is 4 characters.
  • JHawkInc
    JHawkInc Posts: 2,604 Chairperson of the Boards
    whitecat31 wrote:
    You guys do know that the same space it takes to put ~1:7, is the same room for 3:20. It is 4 characters.

    But you're only opening one pack at a time, so ~1:7 is a more useful metric in showing the customer what they're actually getting. You put 3:20, you're going to get people asking "What are the odds for a single pull?" which is going to get the ~1:7 figure anyways, so it makes the most sense to lead with that.
  • Fightmastermpq
    Fightmastermpq Posts: 995 Critical Contributor
    whitecat31 wrote:
    You guys do know that the same space it takes to put ~1:7, is the same room for 3:20. It is 4 characters.
    Stop. Just stop. The odds didn't change. They made it ~1:7 because that was the easiest way to convey 15% in a way that the majority of players would understand. If it were 3:20 you'd have more people thinking their clock was broken than understanding they were trying to show 15%.
  • aesthetocyst
    aesthetocyst Posts: 538 Critical Contributor
    If you're going to be ridiculously pedantic, you could at least do the basic arithmetic right.

    1 / 7 = 0.142857

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  • JablesMc
    JablesMc Posts: 235 Tile Toppler
    aesthetocyst wrote:
    Quick! Someone pull 10, 000 legs and post the results!

    The proof is in the pullin'.
    I will be happy to do so if they spot me the LL/CP!
  • cozmo1682
    cozmo1682 Posts: 135 Tile Toppler
    One must respect and honor the tilde
  • JamieMadrox
    JamieMadrox Posts: 1,798 Chairperson of the Boards
    Don't spread misinformation about game changes that have not occurred. There has been no change to the pack odds for star.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.png characters, just a change in how it's displayed.
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