Sometimes random chance just isn't as random as you might think...
December 6, 2016 10:33PM
edited December 2016
Hear me out!
I have always thought all the RNG in this game was sorted out on the fly, during the match. I liked to imagine that luck plays its part and in the exact same situation, if I pressed the same button again, something different would happen... Not so.
It would appear that your 'destiny' is decided the moment you enter a match, to some degree. Obviously you have choices and your choices will effect the outcome but the random elements are all calculated beforehand. This shouldn't alter the player experience in any way as you can't actually see or know how the cards have been laid out but I find it unsettling for some reason.
I totally understand that other games may be coded this way and that this may not be a revelation for many. In all fairness it's probably how they can allow intermittent communication between the game and the server.
But still... Feels a bit odd, right? Or am I just a bit slow on the uptake? (",)
https://youtu.be/cLIXJlywbRY
I have always thought all the RNG in this game was sorted out on the fly, during the match. I liked to imagine that luck plays its part and in the exact same situation, if I pressed the same button again, something different would happen... Not so.
It would appear that your 'destiny' is decided the moment you enter a match, to some degree. Obviously you have choices and your choices will effect the outcome but the random elements are all calculated beforehand. This shouldn't alter the player experience in any way as you can't actually see or know how the cards have been laid out but I find it unsettling for some reason.
I totally understand that other games may be coded this way and that this may not be a revelation for many. In all fairness it's probably how they can allow intermittent communication between the game and the server.
But still... Feels a bit odd, right? Or am I just a bit slow on the uptake? (",)
https://youtu.be/cLIXJlywbRY Just because more people say it, doesn't make it more right.
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I'm probably just the last one to work this out but for a random drunken Tuesday night musing, it's kept me entertained.
Feeling a bit Groundhog Day at the moment. (",)
Just because GW is like this, doesn't mean the rest of the game is.
If you go into arena and fight the same exact fight twice, it will go differently.
If you go into the rancor with the same exact squad, retreat then try the exact same things. It will go differently.
It's also worth pointing out that one minor change will ripple and affect everything else. So if you do the exact same thing every time (then retreat and do it over again) the results will always be the same. But if you use a different attack, for example, then everything will change--including, most importantly, who the AI will target with their attacks. I've used this in GW in the past to save characters who the AI blitzed down.
You also used to be able to just switch the placement of your team members when choosing them before the match for a different outcome, but I'm fairly certain they patched that out some time ago.
That's when you toss in a different character into your line up. Changing just one character can give you different results immediately. And then if that's not working try a different character.