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05-12-2015, 12:22 PM
@[Ashamin]
I think there should maybe be polls based on desire for certain types of companions, or something, to decide what to drop. All I know is the probability of getting the type and class you want is... slim. And the amount of people competing lower your chances of getting it if it even shows up. I mean, how long has Irrydae been wanting that Roc, for example? I understand there will always be someone who wants something other than what gets dropped, though, so therein the problem lies. And I know from an administrative perspective that simply "doing more drops" isn't a solution. But there's got to be some way to strike a balance, maybe. I feel as though at the moment, simply probability wise, getting the companion you want can take years OOC, and while I understand that mythical companions is supposed to be hard, that feels a little extreme to me.
----> I actually ran the numbers on this once when I was miffed that there was not much competition for companions lol. IF the character COMPLETES the drop and gets an increased chance the next time around, their chances of getting a companion increases considerably. For example, the more drops you attend, the more chances you can use next time, and thus the more likely it is that you get the companion that time around! You just have to look at how many drops that character actually COMPLETES (posting and dropping doesn't count). Take a look again and tell me what you think about that, just for curiosity's sake.
This is my best possible solution: maybe just do drop based by class and let the player pick what companion type once they win? That makes it easier for admins to keep track of what has been done, too; all they have to calculate is how frequently to do them based on class rather than species type or any of that. Players could pick normal, mythical, species specific, whatever they want, with the only restriction being whatever class they won it from.
-----> We actually do this :) We have NSS drops (non species specific for Cerndyr, Boggarts, Kitsunes, etc, etc) and then we have SS drops (species specific for griffings and such). They alternate. The class is stated ahead of time and the winner chooses the companion species etc, etc,. We keep the NSS and SS separate so that there won't be an over-abundance of one or the other.
I like the idea of adding normal companion drops though!
I think there should maybe be polls based on desire for certain types of companions, or something, to decide what to drop. All I know is the probability of getting the type and class you want is... slim. And the amount of people competing lower your chances of getting it if it even shows up. I mean, how long has Irrydae been wanting that Roc, for example? I understand there will always be someone who wants something other than what gets dropped, though, so therein the problem lies. And I know from an administrative perspective that simply "doing more drops" isn't a solution. But there's got to be some way to strike a balance, maybe. I feel as though at the moment, simply probability wise, getting the companion you want can take years OOC, and while I understand that mythical companions is supposed to be hard, that feels a little extreme to me.
----> I actually ran the numbers on this once when I was miffed that there was not much competition for companions lol. IF the character COMPLETES the drop and gets an increased chance the next time around, their chances of getting a companion increases considerably. For example, the more drops you attend, the more chances you can use next time, and thus the more likely it is that you get the companion that time around! You just have to look at how many drops that character actually COMPLETES (posting and dropping doesn't count). Take a look again and tell me what you think about that, just for curiosity's sake.
This is my best possible solution: maybe just do drop based by class and let the player pick what companion type once they win? That makes it easier for admins to keep track of what has been done, too; all they have to calculate is how frequently to do them based on class rather than species type or any of that. Players could pick normal, mythical, species specific, whatever they want, with the only restriction being whatever class they won it from.
-----> We actually do this :) We have NSS drops (non species specific for Cerndyr, Boggarts, Kitsunes, etc, etc) and then we have SS drops (species specific for griffings and such). They alternate. The class is stated ahead of time and the winner chooses the companion species etc, etc,. We keep the NSS and SS separate so that there won't be an over-abundance of one or the other.
I like the idea of adding normal companion drops though!
