Gold Coin Drop Rate

[wizzy_catt]

is it a joke? 200+ loot runs over 500 chests only 1 gold coin drop? i mean cmon what was that down time yesterday? fixed nothing about gold coins.

[brshelton]

i see **** tons of silver and copper but 2 days ago in 7 gwylans run 5 gold coins dropped and i have seen none today. they upped everything and downed gold

[Tresha_D'Artet]

y'all just beg for more downtime dont you?

[slammedcivic2007]

I did irestone inlet tongiht with a few guildies and like 3-4 of them dropped (Gold)

[smatt]

I've seen a few drop.. got a few myself....

Tell you what Wizzy.. Go find yourself a 100 sided die... roll it 500 times.. count how many times you get between a 1 and a 5... Then do the dsame thing about 50 more times.. Let me know what the average number of times you get a roll of 1-5 out of a possible 100 numbers........

Bet it EVEVTUALLY works out to about a 5% chance of getting said results.... But it may take a milli0on rolls Some will do better some will do worse.... Some a lot better some a lot worse.....

I'm just sayin'

[Lorichie]

pulled four today, most from low level runs

Rich

[Alavatar]

I find it hilarious that people are complaining about something the devs weren't obligated to do.

[ssg2wo]

like they weren't obligated to provide a raid in Mod 5 that could be completed? or fix beholders. or ranged attacks.

you're right, we should all be so happy about this perfect game.

[Alavatar]

like they weren't obligated to provide a raid in Mod 5 that could be completed? or fix beholders. or ranged attacks.

you're right, we should all be so happy about this perfect game.

Wow, way to take it out of context.

The Festivult was something Turbine added because of the holidays. It is not added content, just some fun stuff Turbine added for fluff.

[Festivult_Jester]

Now now, I can't abide people fighting over what is supposed to be a joyous celebration of the Coin Lords! Naughty citizens of Xen'drik will get coal and twigs! Or... melted inside a Gelatinous Cube, I'm not sure yet. But the point is, be good to each other this season!

[brshelton]

lol i just got 3 twigs in a row and 2 coals in a row earlier..

[GuitarHero]

lol i just got 3 twigs in a row and 2 coals in a row earlier..

heck yeah. i went to mail a twig to a guildy, only to fine out another guildy had already filled his mailbox to brimming!!! whats up with that?

[wizzy_catt]

Now now, I can't abide people fighting over what is supposed to be a joyous celebration of the Coin Lords! Naughty citizens of Xen'drik will get coal and twigs! Or... melted inside a Gelatinous Cube, I'm not sure yet. But the point is, be good to each other this season!

haha u naughty jester how many coins have you collected LOL

[GuitarHero]

haha u naughty jester how many coins have you collected LOL

probably lots, since people keep walking up and handing them over to him!!!!

[cdbd3rd]

lol i just got 3 twigs in a row and 2 coals in a row earlier..

Sounds like most of the fixin's for a great game of stickball.

[Missing_Minds]

is it a joke? 200+ loot runs over 500 chests only 1 gold coin drop? i mean cmon what was that down time yesterday? fixed nothing about gold coins.

I ransacked durks on one character, sewer rescue on another, irestone on yet another character, and various other side quests, for a total of

189 copper, 29 silver, 3 gold coins and.. 6 muckbanes! (note the number of quests and different quests run)

yes people, your chance of a muckbane is much much greater than a chance at a gold coin.

I just find this funny.

[iamsamoth0]

I ransacked durks on one character, sewer rescue on another, irestone on yet another character, and various other side quests, for a total of

189 copper, 29 silver, 3 gold coins and.. 6 muckbanes! (note the number of quests and different quests run)

yes people, your chance of a muckbane is much much greater than a chance at a gold coin.

I just find this funny.

I have found as many muckbanes, as I have found gold coins(2), maybe I have 3 golds. Not sure, it has been two days since my last login.
I nearly doubled my coinage, in 4 or so hours of playing after the recalibration that I had found before the drop change.

[tekn0mage]

I've seen a few drop.. got a few myself....

Tell you what Wizzy.. Go find yourself a 100 sided die... roll it 500 times.. count how many times you get between a 1 and a 5... Then do the dsame thing about 50 more times.. Let me know what the average number of times you get a roll of 1-5 out of a possible 100 numbers........

Bet it EVEVTUALLY works out to about a 5% chance of getting said results.... But it may take a milli0on rolls Some will do better some will do worse.... Some a lot better some a lot worse.....

I'm just sayin'

That's not how it works.

It doesn't ever "work itself out". You have the exact same chance each time as you did before, regardless of the results. The illusion of it being a 5% chance (meaning: out of 100 rolls I should get at least 5 hits) is a farce. Especially knowing DDO's dice the way they usually roll, its likely that some people will NEVER see a gold coin, even after 500 chest pulls.

So don't go misrepresenting the perceived chances. Also, don't go jumping on someone's case making a promise that they may never see.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

That's not how it works.

It doesn't ever "work itself out". You have the exact same chance each time as you did before, regardless of the results. The illusion of it being a 5% chance (meaning: out of 100 rolls I should get at least 5 hits) is a farce. Especially knowing DDO's dice the way they usually roll, its likely that some people will NEVER see a gold coin, even after 500 chest pulls.

So don't go misrepresenting the perceived chances. Also, don't go jumping on someone's case making a promise that they may never see.

Well... if the DDO dice are fair then the laws of probability say eventually things will even out... but you are right, they aren't really perfectly random (few computer random numbers are)

Stats asside, I would also like to see a slight uptick in the gold coin drop rate. Either I'm having bad luck as well or the drop rate is a tad lower than last year

[BlueLightBandit]

Personally, I'm not seeing the problem.

Gold coins are rare and should be hard to find. DDO has taken the word "rare" out of context in other issues as well... as in the number of dragonshards that drop "randomly" is not as "rare" as it should be.

Turning in the gold coins gives out some serious rewards, and as such they SHOULD be hard to get your hands on.