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Loosing currency by playing? Are you sure you were playing PoE? Care to elaborate HOW exackly you were "loosing while playing"?
And how exackly that mirror changed that?
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Posted byde99ial#0161on Sep 17, 2024, 2:05:32 AM
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That was funny.
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Posted byJayburner#0865on Sep 17, 2024, 3:18:53 AM
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There are strategies that I would call Lottery strats where the cost per map is higher than what you are getting back per map but give you a chance at a big ticket drop. Like fishing for high value div cards. If RNG is unkind it is perfectly normal to lose currency from a strat like that.
Hell, with a small enough sample size or terrible RNG every strat can be unprofitable. You run a div strongbox strat and get no tings thats a few div gone. Say you get unlucky and run 20 maps without hitting and you are many divs in the hole. If you hit 4 brothers stashes though you are back in the money. With a large enough sample size it will even out.
I was running at a loss on a strongbox strat. You know however that every diviners or arcanists has a chance to drop something huge and earn back all your losses. Dropped 2 mirrors from an arcanists yesterday while I was approx 10 div in the red due to terrible RNG before that.
It's a coincidence 100%. I can only assume that the strat OP was running was one that has very little low value, high porbability return and relies on big hits to be profitable which it will be given enough runs.
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Posted byImpiousbe#0903on Sep 17, 2024, 5:02:40 AM
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Makes a lot of sense, Impiousbe. Would be interesting to hear what specific strategies OP was using to lose currency. A lot of strats are very stable, while others (as you mention) require more upfront cost. Profit crafting is another one of those where you could go "I invested all these divines and all I got is this one item" LOL.
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Posted byArtCrusade#4438on Sep 17, 2024, 5:37:48 AMOn Probation
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Impiousbe wrote:
There are strategies that I would call Lottery strats where the cost per map is higher than what you are getting back per map but give you a chance at a big ticket drop. Like fishing for high value div cards. If RNG is unkind it is perfectly normal to lose currency from a strat like that.
Hell, with a small enough sample size or terrible RNG every strat can be unprofitable. You run a div strongbox strat and get no tings thats a few div gone. Say you get unlucky and run 20 maps without hitting and you are many divs in the hole. If you hit 4 brothers stashes though you are back in the money. With a large enough sample size it will even out.
I was running at a loss on a strongbox strat. You know however that every diviners or arcanists has a chance to drop something huge and earn back all your losses. Dropped 2 mirrors from an arcanists yesterday while I was approx 10 div in the red due to terrible RNG before that.
It's a coincidence 100%. I can only assume that the strat OP was running was one that has very little low value, high porbability return and relies on big hits to be profitable which it will be given enough runs.
I think those a rare situations. If you invest it will give back evetually.
And to loose currency you need to own currency.
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Posted byde99ial#0161on Sep 18, 2024, 12:54:02 AM
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Tyrion2 wrote:
This cant be a coincidence, right?
Why not?
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Posted byMikrotherion#4706on Sep 18, 2024, 1:05:24 AM
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Tyrion2 wrote:
This cant be a coincidence, right?
Yes, it can be.
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Nice, you can now look at the mirror and reflect to what happened. :)
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Posted byCeahlau#3428on Sep 18, 2024, 11:47:19 AM
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de99ial wrote:
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Impiousbe wrote:
There are strategies that I would call Lottery strats where the cost per map is higher than what you are getting back per map but give you a chance at a big ticket drop. Like fishing for high value div cards. If RNG is unkind it is perfectly normal to lose currency from a strat like that.
Hell, with a small enough sample size or terrible RNG every strat can be unprofitable. You run a div strongbox strat and get no tings thats a few div gone. Say you get unlucky and run 20 maps without hitting and you are many divs in the hole. If you hit 4 brothers stashes though you are back in the money. With a large enough sample size it will even out.
I was running at a loss on a strongbox strat. You know however that every diviners or arcanists has a chance to drop something huge and earn back all your losses. Dropped 2 mirrors from an arcanists yesterday while I was approx 10 div in the red due to terrible RNG before that.
It's a coincidence 100%. I can only assume that the strat OP was running was one that has very little low value, high porbability return and relies on big hits to be profitable which it will be given enough runs.
I think those a rare situations. If you invest it will give back evetually.
And to loose currency you need to own currency.
What do you mean by «eventually» if not «always» ?
But even with a positive expected value and a big sample size there's always a (perhaps tiny) chance of losing it all :
https://wizardofodds.com/games/risk-of-ruin/calculator/
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Posted byBlueTemplar85#0647on Sep 18, 2024, 12:39:43 PM
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It means that in long enought period of time everything is possible. And that some things just will happen.
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Posted byde99ial#0161on Sep 18, 2024, 3:14:47 PM
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