[0.77 Bug] Loot randomization seems bugged

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There has got to be something screwy with the loot randomization.  The last game I played, I must have found 8 pair of gauntlets, but not much else armor-wise.  I just started a new game, and so far my loot consists of 3 Hate stones, 3 compasses, a Champion spear, and 2 poison daggers that I have not seen in about 10 previous games (but I have 2 now).  So 8 of 9 pieces of loot are duplicates.  There must be something that is causing this.  Maybe it is just a statistical oddity.  If not, perhaps the loot picker could slightly reduce the likelihood of a piece of equipment being chosen a second time (or third, or fourth).

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Noticed the same thing. I've had games with 'runs' of shields, boots, capes, umber stones, and escape scrolls, to name a few examples. I would also say swords and daggers, except it seems like there aren't really many other magical weapons, so that's not so much a picker problem.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top


The random number generator might not be all that random...

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

There are really two sets of randomness going on. First, you have the random pool inside every goodiehut, for example it can choose between 5 items or a super-random item. The super-random item chooses from the larger pool that has practically all items and armorpieces. But when you're looting low-level goodiehuts, you're much more likely to not get a super-random item.

The compass is a perfect example of an item that is very frequent outside the super-random pool.