Everquest's Internal dice mechanic - anyone know?

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Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Computers can't create a number that is truly random because they can't "roll dice": they have to rely on math and a "seed" number that's non-random (eg. the current time in milliseconds). In theory, if you know the algorithm and the seed you could generate the exact same number a computer generates, which has repercussions for things like cyber security.

However, when it comes to computer games (or just about any other practical application of randomness), computer-generated random numbers are plenty random.

Yeah that makes perfect sense, but I still get pretty paranoid when pained soul takes me 70 hours and the next guy gets it in one spawn!

That paranoia is part of the fabric of the game though haha