ZERO SHARDS!!!! :(

DashRendar03

Do other people sim 5 battles at a time and get zero shards 50% of the time?!?! That didn't happen to often for a long time but now it seems to happen ALL THE TIME! It makes playing seem like a waste of time!

Joebo720

Some days you're the hammer, some days you're the nail.

It happens.

chpMINIsolo_77

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/260201/shard-drop-rate-is-toooooo-low/p1

Legend91

When I sim 5 battles at a time I get zero shards 13.1687% of the time!! This is outrageous!!!!

herd_nerfer

It's common knowledge at this point that if you don't squint your left eye when hit the sim button 50% of the time you'll get 0 shards. That's why SWGoH needs access to your camera on your phone, so they can make sure you're squinting your left eye and not your right eye. You don't even want to know what happens when you squint your right eye.

chpMINIsolo_77

I've heard simming at certain times of the day pays off better than others

TVF

DashRendar03 wrote: »

Do other people sim 5 battles at a time and get zero shards 50% of the time?!?!

No

Thoeb

actually just this morning I had 2 toons give me the following results:2/5 and 0/5, followed by 3/5 and 0/5. I think you're on top something OP.

LordDirt

I went 1/15 yesterday with Boushh Leia. Waiting for the opposite one day.

Jkane

I'm 0/15 this week on outrider. Pretty sure it will even out at some point.

DashRendar03

OK at least I know it's not just me. CG should loosen the lasso a bit. It would entice dedicated players to keep playing!

PeachyPeachSWGOH

herd_nerfer wrote: »

It's common knowledge at this point that if you don't squint your left eye when hit the sim button 50% of the time you'll get 0 shards. That's why SWGoH needs access to your camera on your phone, so they can make sure you're squinting your left eye and not your right eye. You don't even want to know what happens when you squint your right eye.

Now I know why this guy is so angry:

DaarthBrewer

Joebo720 wrote: »

Some days you're the hammer, some days you're the nail.

It happens.

Other days you're the bug and sometimes the windshield.
I went 0/5 on my second refresh of Boushh this morning.

Salatious_Scrum

“I think” is 100% anecdotal. I’ve been getting 2/5 some days, 5/5 other days, occasionally 0/5. In the long run still probably around the 30% drop rate that’s expected.

dogwelder79

LordDirt wrote: »

I went 1/15 yesterday with Boushh Leia. Waiting for the opposite one day.

Is the opposite 15/1?

DarjeloSalas

Pryrates wrote: »

I think they've reduced drop rates across the board to compensate for adding materials to the various shops.

Hogwash. Gather evidence, don't just make stuff up and expect it to be believed.

DarjeloSalas

dogwelder79 wrote: »

LordDirt wrote: »

I went 1/15 yesterday with Boushh Leia. Waiting for the opposite one day.

Is the opposite 15/1?

Although LordDirt has been round long enough to be talking tongue-in-cheek, I fear that for some people the "opposite" of 1/15 is 14/15. Which, of course, would be a failure to understand the Mathematics.

The chance of getting 1/15 is about 1.82%. The chance of getting 9/15 is roughly the same (2.1%) and I would recommend considering that as the "opposite". After all, getting 1/15 and then 9/15 means 10/30 which would be bang on the expected result.

dogwelder79

DarjeloSalas wrote: »

dogwelder79 wrote: »

LordDirt wrote: »

I went 1/15 yesterday with Boushh Leia. Waiting for the opposite one day.

Is the opposite 15/1?

Although LordDirt has been round long enough to be talking tongue-in-cheek, I fear that for some people the "opposite" of 1/15 is 14/15. Which, of course, would be a failure to understand the Mathematics.

The chance of getting 1/15 is about 1.82%. The chance of getting 9/15 is roughly the same (2.1%) and I would recommend considering that as the "opposite". After all, getting 1/15 and then 9/15 means 10/30 which would be bang on the expected result.

It was a joke. I was trying to put some humour in this old discussion.

LordDirt

Apparently we can’t have jokes

DarjeloSalas

LordDirt wrote: »

Apparently we can’t have jokes

Read the opening part of my post again. I was pretty certain you were joking!

Screerider

I find yelling out "Maclunkey!" helps.

herd_nerfer

Screerider wrote: »

I find yelling out "Maclunkey!" helps.

THAT's what I was doing wrong... I was yelling "SPELUNKY!"

DashRendar03

I prefer Dank Farrik. lol

cboath7

DashRendar03 wrote: »

OK at least I know it's not just me. CG should loosen the lasso a bit. It would entice dedicated players to keep playing!

It'll never even out in the same amount of time at any rate. several years playing (started before thrawn came out i think) and have never ever even gotten close to 15/15 in one day. I'll get a 5/5 maybe once every 4-6 months.

DarjeloSalas

cboath7 wrote: »

DashRendar03 wrote: »

OK at least I know it's not just me. CG should loosen the lasso a bit. It would entice dedicated players to keep playing!

It'll never even out in the same amount of time at any rate. several years playing (started before thrawn came out i think) and have never ever even gotten close to 15/15 in one day. I'll get a 5/5 maybe once every 4-6 months.

15/15 is NOT evening out a 0/0

LordDirt

DarjeloSalas wrote: »

cboath7 wrote: »

DashRendar03 wrote: »

OK at least I know it's not just me. CG should loosen the lasso a bit. It would entice dedicated players to keep playing!

It'll never even out in the same amount of time at any rate. several years playing (started before thrawn came out i think) and have never ever even gotten close to 15/15 in one day. I'll get a 5/5 maybe once every 4-6 months.

15/15 is NOT evening out a 0/0

10/15?

MrRandyWatson

all your luck came to me, got my first ever 5/5 on a fleet run. First time in 2 years.

yolkywareagle

MrRandyWatson wrote: »

all your luck came to me, got my first ever 5/5 on a fleet run. First time in 2 years.

did u squint your left eye and yell maclunkey?

GegeGerard24

DashRendar03 wrote: »

Do other people sim 5 battles at a time and get zero shards 50% of the time?!?! That didn't happen to often for a long time but now it seems to happen ALL THE TIME! It makes playing seem like a waste of time!

In the end, there is nothing more one can do, except keeps hitting that sim button everyday.

Complaining, trying to understand the math (the probability), quitting etc etc don't help.

Just enjoy the game and be patient without thinking too much about how unlucky you are.
Do that everyday and you will have fun

Good luck and have fun

cboath7

DarjeloSalas wrote: »

cboath7 wrote: »

DashRendar03 wrote: »

OK at least I know it's not just me. CG should loosen the lasso a bit. It would entice dedicated players to keep playing!

It'll never even out in the same amount of time at any rate. several years playing (started before thrawn came out i think) and have never ever even gotten close to 15/15 in one day. I'll get a 5/5 maybe once every 4-6 months.

15/15 is NOT evening out a 0/0

It only isn't because the odds of getting 5/5 shards is lower than 0/5. You don't seem to have an equal chance of all 6 results, like rolling a die. If you roll a die, your odds of rolling 6 5x in a row is the same as rolling 1 5x in a row, but what should be an even roll is heavily weighted against you. It's why everyone gets 0/5 substantially more often than 5/5.