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Old 07-31-2009, 09:23 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Necrovarus View Post
Ok, let's just put it this way. It's not always 1.5% chance. Besides, probability is taught in the first level of secondary school here
Oh, well... a few words on basic of probability.
If probability of an event (eg. looting an item) is 1.5%, it doesn't mean that the event occurs every 66.667 independent tries (eg. every 67 mobs killed). For example there can happen series of 120 independent tries without occuring the event or series of 50 tries with two events. On average, ie. when number of tries goes to infinity, the event occurs every 66.667 tries. Note: please, don't mix up result of single try with an average result.
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