So, after the worst start to a season since they started on consoles (PS4 in my case), and generally horrid luck with regards to RNG on an ongoing basis since I installed the game 4 years ago, I have questions…that probably only Blizzard can answer…
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Is RNG seed created randomly, in real time?
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Is RNG seed created at game session launch (and lasts for the entirety of the actual session)
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Is RNG seed created at the initial installation of the game , and if this is the case, if you “roll” BAD/unlucky RNG seed, will that persist for the entirety of the game’s life, until it’s uninstalled/reinstalled (and even then, will uninstallation/reinstallation make a difference, since the RNG seed is probably loaded as part of the character save, so I’d prolly have to delete all characters and uninstall/reinstall the game to force a new RNG seed…)
So, this season…so far…p400 and:
- no focus has dropped
- no restraint has dropped
- no yangs has dropped
- no dawn has dropped
- set items for DH are really hard to come by for me - I’m lucky to get One set piece drop per 8 or so t13 rifts…drop rates just feel a helluva lot worse for me this season…I didn’t get all set items for DH m6/n6/impale and UE until p400…
Chain of shadows dropped at p380 odd…
Doesn’t matter whether it’s drops from mobs, blood shards, upgrading rares, certain items are just not dropping for me.
It took me 6 damn upgrades to get a karleis point dagger, on a supposedly 50/50 chance…last season it took me 7 upgrades and the season before 9…for a 50/50 chance, that’s 2^6 odds (1 in 64) of happening…
I can accept being unlucky, but something makes me very suspicious when this bad luck lasts 4 damn years…so, either i’m One of the unluckiest persons in the world, or there is something up with the RNG on my install of D3 on my PS4…
Exactly how the RNG seed is created on the PS4 would be nice to know. If it is random, then surely I can’t be unlucky the entire time with random RNG seed…
My progression this season has been badly held back by a lack of luck when it comes to item drops…by this time of the season, I usually have all my set pieces for all sets for DH, and have completed the season journey…I haven’t even completed chapter 5 yet…it’s kinda hard to push GRs with no yangs and no dawn, hatred management is a real nightmare and dmg output is capped for UE MS and impale…
Whilst this thread is partly a vent thread, I am really curious as to exactly how the RNG seed is created for the PS4 version of the game. I guess non Blizzard devs will never know, since the RNG seed creation is hidden in the code of the game…normal players like myself can guesstimate and theorise how the RNG seed works in this game, but we will NEVER be 100% sure until we see the code imho…