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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2007.11.08 19:39:00 -
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Thought I'd ask here before bothering with a petition (petition that there is a problem with the game...not that I want ISK or something).
Out of the last 15 (or so...didn't think to keep track initially) Storyline missions 13 (cuz I only remember two that weren't) were the mission "Materials for War Preparation".
While that mission is as easy as they come and perhaps I should be glad for it this has gone beyond absurd. I really am not kidding...I get this one almost exclusively be it form combat agents or courier agents.
Is this how it should be or should I tap CCP on the shoulder and let them know their random number generator is borked...at least for me?
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Iracham
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.11.08 19:59:00 -
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True random isn't perfectly random, streaks happen. Bad luck (because Materials has crappy rewards) happens. Try leaving it up so you get another storyline agent instead.
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Sofring Eternus
Amarr
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.11.08 20:16:00 -
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Also try switching regions / systems that you are doing missions in.
Your agent will send you to the closest Storyline agent for their faction. You need to find an agent that is closer to a different Storyline agent, that will improve your chances of getting different missions.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2007.11.08 20:25:00 -
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 Originally by: Sofring Eternus
Also try switching regions / systems that you are doing missions in.
Your agent will send you to the closest Storyline agent for their faction. You need to find an agent that is closer to a different Storyline agent, that will improve your chances of getting different missions.
Actually I get them from different agents. Some combat, some courier, some in different regions as well as on my ALT. Not kidding it has gotten absurd. I understand streaks can happen but c'mon...there's gotta be limits.
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Kelbesque Crystalis
Minmatar
Eve University
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Posted - 2007.11.08 20:58:00 -
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Originally by: Iracham
True random isn't perfectly random, streaks happen.
Streaks happen in true random distributions too. One of the best ways to tell if a "random" distribution was done by a human is that humans will not put in enough streaks.
OP: you were just unlucky. With as many people playing this game, someone is going to get boned.
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Xaen
Caldari
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.11.08 21:33:00 -
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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
Thought I'd ask here before bothering with a petition (petition that there is a problem with the game...not that I want ISK or something).
Out of the last 15 (or so...didn't think to keep track initially) Storyline missions 13 (cuz I only remember two that weren't) were the mission "Materials for War Preparation".
While that mission is as easy as they come and perhaps I should be glad for it this has gone beyond absurd. I really am not kidding...I get this one almost exclusively be it form combat agents or courier agents.
Is this how it should be or should I tap CCP on the shoulder and let them know their random number generator is borked...at least for me?
File a bug report. 13/15 is just ridiculous.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2007.11.08 23:24:00 -
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Originally by: Xaen
File a bug report. 13/15 is just ridiculous.
My thoughts too. I understand streaks but this is just...well...crazy. I keep thinking well NEXT time it surely must be different. Nope. Of course I did not keep count when this all started because it wasn't an issue but while my numbers are probably not exact they really are close. It is annoying as hell.
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Psymon Sezz
Amarr
RAW MACABRE
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Posted - 2007.11.08 23:46:00 -
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Wierd, just recently i keep getting that damn mission. I wouldnt mind but the reward is always a uselss charisma implant :(
Iv just ignored the last 2 :-/
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Daelin Blackleaf
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.11.09 01:20:00 -
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Edited by: Daelin Blackleaf on 09/11/2007 01:20:36
Recently ran a whole load of level 2 missions for thukker mix, brutor tribe, and a mass of Gallente Federation corps. Nearly every storyline has been materials for war (2 exceptions so far in over 20 storylines). If it's supposed to be random it's broken, I hear similar from a lot of people.
It's a damned pain because the mission is near insta-completable through sell orders set-up to take advantage of it and therefore yields very little factional standing, which for me was the only point in running the 15/16 missions before hand.
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Allestin Villimar
Dark Nova Crisis
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Posted - 2007.11.09 05:54:00 -
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Yeah, I'd say I get that damn storyline at least 4x as often as any other. Hell, in all of my storyline missions I have yet to get a single combat mission. Things are definitely not working correctly.
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Vandalias
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Posted - 2007.11.09 06:38:00 -
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Originally by: Allestin Villimar
Things are definitely not working correctly.
Haha... burned by your own sig.
I seem to get that one alot more than any of the others as well. Very annoying since the standings increase is pretty low.
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Elle D
Ars ex Discordia
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.11.09 11:45:00 -
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bad luck man. Just wait you'll get that sweet 10 or 4 parter like 5 times in a row ;)
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Yarry McYaryar
Caldari
Lords of Maelstrom
Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2007.11.09 13:49:00 -
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i got that materials for war one out in guristas space and the lass wanted some omber mined, only prob is that omber is the one of the roids that arnt otu there :(
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Teralya
Minmatar
Ninmu Seijaku
Legionnaire Services Ltd.
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Posted - 2007.11.09 14:07:00 -
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Yeah, it really seems to be broken. I seem to get Materials-storyline most of the time, resulting in a really unbalanced quantity of charisma implants in my hangar... My guess is that it isn't a true random number generator, but more of a random number which is checked against a random generated mission table.
Example:
- You get a storyline mission avaible
- RNG creates a random mission table looking maybe like that:
- Courier mission
- Trade mission (= sucky materials mission)
- Combat mission 1(= easy combat)
- Courier mission
- Combat mission 2 (= 10/10 combat mission with gigantic rewards)
- Trade mission
- Courier mission
- Trade mission
- Combat mission 1
- Trade mission
- RNG creates your mission number
This number is checked against the mission table. In the table above you have more crappy trade (4x)/courier (3x) missions than the juicy combat mission (1x), so the chance to get a crappy mission (7/10 = 70%) is increased. If you are really unlucky with the RNG, you just happen to get the trade stuff all the time...
Just my 2 isk
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Mastin Dragonfly
Absolutely No Retreat
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2007.11.09 17:17:00 -
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Originally by: Yarry McYaryar
i got that materials for war one out in guristas space and the lass wanted some omber mined, only prob is that omber is the one of the roids that arnt otu there :(
You can simply buy the Omber on the market, if you're in a popular missioning area chances are someone will have set up sell orders in the storyline agent's station.
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narccissa
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Posted - 2007.11.09 18:33:00 -
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It's such an easy mission. I've gotten lucky twice. I once got a world's collide storyline I think as a lvl 1 and then by the time I got to lvl 3's I managed to get the 10/10 gurista something. Last room in 10/10 dropped a 30m implant. Now THAT was nice. took me a good 3 hours to run though as I tried to kill the BS's in my drake.
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Dretzle Omega
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.11.09 19:39:00 -
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Funny, I haven't gotten a Materials for War Preparation mission in a long time. I think 2/10 or more storylines I've gotten were Materials for war. I must be stealing all your good missions. Sorry. :S
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Daelin Blackleaf
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.11.10 04:53:00 -
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Originally by: Dretzle Omega
Funny, I haven't gotten a Materials for War Preparation mission in a long time. I think 2/10 or more storylines I've gotten were Materials for war. I must be stealing all your good missions. Sorry. :S
Thats actually quite relieving to hear.
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sheis
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Posted - 2007.11.10 08:31:00 -
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I got the exact same storyline at least a dozen times in a row. Lost track of how many times i liked it for the +4 implant i received each time for an easy mission.
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Calvin Caltrain
Gallente
Exordium Mining Contingent
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Posted - 2007.11.10 11:11:00 -
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I went through a period of around two months where every Storyline I had was Angel Strike (As it was called then). It was annoying at the time, but hell I made a lot of ISK.
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.11.10 22:18:00 -
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There are worse missions. My last but one was to move 40,000m3 of containers through low-sec on a 12 jump round trip. No implant..just 5mil bonus. I told him to stuff it where the sun don't shine 
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PhantomMajor
Minmatar
Guardian Heroes Inc.
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Posted - 2007.11.28 11:58:00 -
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Originally by: Elle D
bad luck man. Just wait you'll get that sweet 10 or 4 parter like 5 times in a row ;)
yep that's what has happened to me, 3/4 storylines were the ten part Gurista kidnapping mission.
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Angel DeMorphis
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.11.28 15:14:00 -
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Yeah, I was getting a lot of kill missions for storylines, now I've been on a streak of several lame courier and Materials for War Preparation missions. It's all random luck.
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Pwett
Minmatar
QUANT Corp.
QUANT Hegemony
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Posted - 2007.11.28 18:57:00 -
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got a table for storylines, seems to be pretty standard aross all divisions, though we could use more data.
http://www.starvingpoet.net/?page=Missions
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