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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.25 21:36:00 -
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Edited by: Morkt Drak on 25/03/2004 21:43:06
This really does seem now to have gone well beyond the realms of any such thing as "Luck" or "artifacts".
I've now received reports of FIVE people who have been awarded Elite Frigate BPos twice.
Thats the exact same Uber-Uber-uber rare BPO going to the same char from the same agent twice in a row.
FIVE TIMES
Im not sure exactly what CCP regard as proof, what Hellmar needs to see to get motivated ... but for the love of god stop handing out anymore BPs until this is properly and seriously looked into.
Simple fact of the matter is that an ever growing percentage of your players are becomming more and more worried over this apaprent problem and we need to know it is actually being dealt with and not brushed under the carpet.
I will be exstatic with joy if this is nothing but some flukey aberation but as it stands right now I simply cannot see it being anything other than a serious bug or flaw in the Lottery.
This needed acting upon weeks ago, but as none of you have a time machine "now" will have to be the next best time.
Stop the lottery.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.25 21:49:00 -
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This has got nothing at all to do with how many point any individual has.
Try to get that straight right from the start.
This is about multiple repeat winners.
It has nothing at all whatsoever to do with how many ruddy RPs you, me, or anybody else has and any feelings of being "left out".
Nothing.
At all
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.25 22:23:00 -
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Edited by: Tease on 25/03/2004 22:02:47
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Tease, I think your findings are symptomatic but not absolute. It wouldn't explain why the same people are getting the same BPs from the same agent, for one thing. A person with 20k RPs getting an interceptor BP and then getting the same interceptor BP a week or two later with a couple of thousand RPs points to something a tad less obvious being wrong.
except that I shared my findings in game with a few people 2-3 weeks ago and all of them are experiencing the same thing. I won't say who they are since they fear repercussions for "exploiting". I don't consider it an "exploit" because we've told Papa Smurf numerous times what's going on and he continues to deny any bugs or problems in the lottery code.
I remember you saying all that.. I thought "No way - no way could CCP have made such a fubar of it" - i really hope you're wrong.. but everyday that hope gets smaller and smaller.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.25 23:38:00 -
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*******s.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.26 00:41:00 -
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Actually, I don't mind it that one or two people with tiny RPs might get a BP. What I do find bonkers is that the statistics of it mean that these people actually end up getting *most* of the BPs - and that's before we start thinking of any possible bugs that are in there.
Aye.
The principle of the "lottery" and the entire Agent RP thing is something Ive supported and still do. As I said back then though CCP would have to ensure that it was incredibly well checked out for bugs etc.
I think what dissipoints me the most, beyond any potential bugs, is that there does seem to be little incentive to "work" research agents at all and the best "strategy" is simply to use RPM to cover more disparate fields, rather than to specialise and work at one.
But thats not really something for here and now... atm i just want to know that ccp is taking this seriously and will see if these claims are a) true b) indicate a problem and c) fix it if there is... oh and d) tell us exactly wth is going on.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.26 14:16:00 -
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I just don't see the point people are making
about getting BPs from the same agent.
They got a BPO - RPs get zero'd, within two weeks they got another BPO, the exact same type of BPO.
Its significant that its the same agent and not a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th one (or even another account char) because the chances of it occuring on the same agent are so astronimically high.
The fact that some people only have one agent, and thus are bound to, given infinite years, get repeat wins on that agent, is not at issue.
Same BP, within a very short time, from same agent is.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2004.03.26 15:50:00 -
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Edited by: Morkt Drak on 26/03/2004 15:52:15
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Please move to Idea Lab forum.
why? so this issue can be "officially" ignored instead of just plain ignored?
Its not being ignored. (Just ignore Hari he cyber-stalks my posts just to post stuff like that. hes been doing it for weeks now)
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