Proposed amendment to Scout Roll

[7thGate]

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

I think you are purposely misunderstanding what I am saying. I'm not talking about the agreement being the best thing we have available to us. Because, sadly, it is. But it isn't "Fair" with regard to you "Eventually" getting the item from the roll, because there is no guarantee. You can be there literally forever and not be guaranteed to get the item, whereas someone can get 2 bracers for each of their alts in succession. Is that "fair"? Not really, no.

That's kind of how Everquest works though.

There's a whole bunch of stuff with small drop % rates, and you're not guaranteed to ever get any of it. The longer you camp something, the more your odds converge toward 100%, but you don't ever guarantee you get what you're after.

There is nothing more quintissentially everquest than performing a rote action once every specified period of time for a 2% chance of getting the loot you want to drop.

EDIT: FWIW, you have a better chance of winning the powerbowl than NOT getting a scout roll if you attend all of them for a year, assuming 50 people show up to each one. You could always lose the reverse lottery on that, but really, its pretty close to guaranteed if you're dedicated for a long enough period of time, just like every other camp in the game.