Warrior General Games

We are having a healthy discussion on our team regarding the % bias in the packages..

We kinda disagree on how it works. Here is the scenario: Say you have a package with 5 plays.

A says)

These should all together be 100%. Meaning they could look like this:
play 1: 20%
play 2: 30%
play 3: 20%
play 4: 15%
play 5: 15%

Play 1 would then have a 20% chance of being chosen. Play 2 30% etc.

B says)
That the percentage is the chance of the play being chosen. If not move on to roll the dice on the next. They don't have to add up to a 100%. Plays could look like this:
play 1: 50%
play 2: 40%
play 3: 60%
play 4: 10%
play 5: 80%
Play 1 would then have 50 percent chance of being chosen. If not move to the next play. This would have 40% of being chosen etc. This mean the first play in the package would have a better chance of being taken than the last, since it would have to 'survive' all the other plays not being chosen..

Which way is the correct one..?

Thanks

A

Neither exactly. And I challenge anyone to post a single link to detailed info on the full operation of "auto-adjust". There's rumor of the play outputs being shuffled each time so there's no "top of list" advantage.

Originally posted by dbreeze
Neither exactly. And I challenge anyone to post a single link to detailed info on the full operation of "auto-adjust". There's rumor of the play outputs being shuffled each time so there's no "top of list" advantage.

I figure it must be one of the above..? As for the auto- adjust I think thats a whole other issue that comes after this mistery is solved..

I don't think the run from top to bottom. If that was the case there would be a way to slide them up and down similar to the AIs.

I also do not think they need to add up to 100% total.

'B' is a retard. There's no way to move plays up and down the list.

'A' is mostly right. Plays don't need to add up to 100 total, though. You can have 3 plays at 30, 60, 90 and the 1st play would have a 30/180 chance of firing, 2nd - 60/180, and 3rd play at 90/180. Don't bother with breaking out the calculator when adjusting your play percentages. Fuck math.

The auto adjust effect is unknown.

They don't have to add to 100% but if you have one set to 100% and another to 50% it scales down to 75% and 25% etc...

I generally leave all my plays at 100% for packages. Sometimes I'll raise it to 150% or drop it to 75% or 50%, though.

Blorf HAS commented on exactly this with a detailed response. I don't know where it is, but it's been known for a long time now.

And yes, "B" is definitely a retard.

Originally posted by Forbin
I generally leave all my plays at 100% for packages. Sometimes I'll raise it to 150% or drop it to 75% or 50%, though.

Blorf HAS commented on exactly this with a detailed response. I don't know where it is, but it's been known for a long time now.

And yes, "B" is definitely a retard.

To clarify, the percentage doesn't really matter. What matters is the percentage in relation to all of your other percentages.

You can set 10 plays each at 3% (which totals 30%), and they will have an equal chance to fire. You can set them all at 100% with the exact same result as setting them to 3%.

All that matters is the % in relation to all of the other %s.

Originally posted by drewsky
'B' is a retard.

Originally posted by Forbin

And yes, "B" is definitely a retard.

A retard might be a pretty harsh word for someone who has another take on things..

Originally posted by Forbin
I generally leave all my plays at 100% for packages. Sometimes I'll raise it to 150% or drop it to 75% or 50%, though.

Blorf HAS commented on exactly this with a detailed response. I don't know where it is, but it's been known for a long time now.


This is actually a very good idea, and an easy way to adjust the packages.. Good info..