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I get the 'random number generator is king' thing, but being left out of the item drop over and over and over when other people are involved in every one or get stuff for more than one character in one drop?

Pretty much sucks.

I think they made it perfectly clear item drop was never meant to be a guarantee. It was a fun, additional thing that sometimes work out for you and sometimes doesn't.

I think it's sort of silly to see people get bent out of shape about it. Do you really need these items so badly? Isn't more fun to be creative with the Abax surroundings? I always felt item drop should be a nice surprise if it works out and nothing more.

I don't actually mind the way it's run, I think it's organized and the randomness lends itself to a certain surprise. And I haven't even asked for anything very interesting.

I was just venting that it sucks to never have your number come up.

Are you putting your characters into it to both find items and get them if they can? Doing both can help your chances in being part of the item drop some how.

I know it's a bummer anon not getting picked by the random thingy, but I rather like this over the way other games do it. This way it's kind of amusing to see what happens, rather than everyone putting in what they want and EVERYONE getting the items.

That way it just ends up too easy for people getting stuff they want.

I have, actually. Put characters in for both options.

I don't mind the way this is run, I'm mostly just grumbling that I never get picked. I know it's random, so it will never be fair, but being left out over and over is always going to stink.

This isn't a complaint at the mods. More at the universe not picking me.

Yeah just saw your reply to the other anon. Fair enough, my dear anon.

I do hope you get picked in our next item drop! Or at least end up finding something so you can dangle it over the characters head and laugh evilly.

There have been three item drops. Three. Even ignoring the fact that the mods have stated repeatedly that everyone getting an item would never be a sure thing, three instances of not getting something RNGed in your favor when there are consistently upwards of a hundred characters put in the lottery is kind of ridiculous. The mods have already taken steps to make it more fair by ensuring any one character can only get one item from home per drop, and can't get an item two drops in a row. Asking them to also sort by player would make the workload ridiculous, since iirc they're doing this by hand.

Don't get me wrong, I've put in for each drop, too, and haven't received anything yet, and yeah, there's that momentary flutter of disappointment. But letting it get beyond momentary disappointment to the point of actively griping about it is pretty obnoxious. It's not a guarantee, not getting an item shouldn't damage your ability to play, and if people keep having this attitude every time there's a drop, I will be honestly amazed if the mods don't just get fed up and stop doing them.

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