Message Forum: Re: Murkon and First Bat The Second's shopping list

Re: Murkon and First Bat The Second's shopping list

Posted By: commie_bat, on host 65.92.185.130
Date: Friday, April 12, 2002, at 03:20:17
In Reply To: Re: Murkon and First Bat The Second's shopping list posted by Sam on Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 19:19:58:

> > Along these same lines, what is the chance of such an item appearing in a pool?
>
> Depends on the item. My little formula just calculated the odds of having a non-standard item appear in the shop, but that item wouldn't necessarily be something obviously good. Might be *any* item that doesn't normally appear in the shop.
>
> Items found in pools are generated as if you found the item in regular treasure three levels deeper in the dungeon. So level 7 pools yield up objects you find just lying around on level 10. Pools on levels 8-10 are (usually) better than regular treasure anywhere.

Not sure if anyone really cares, but I did some math.

If Sam is correct that any item in a Shop has a 1/1000 chance of being an Item of Specialness, 20 visits to the Shop will give you a 50% chance of seeing one such item.

If anyone really really cares how I calculated this, I can explain. I'm almost certain it's correct.

^v^:)^v^
FB

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Message:	> > > Along these same lines, what is the chance of such an item appearing in a pool? > > > > Depends on the item. My little formula just calculated the odds of having a non-standard item appear in the shop, but that item wouldn't necessarily be something obviously good. Might be any item that doesn't normally appear in the shop. > > > > Items found in pools are generated as if you found the item in regular treasure three levels deeper in the dungeon. So level 7 pools yield up objects you find just lying around on level 10. Pools on levels 8-10 are (usually) better than regular treasure anywhere. > > Not sure if anyone really cares, but I did some math. > > If Sam is correct that any item in a Shop has a 1/1000 chance of being an Item of Specialness, 20 visits to the Shop will give you a 50% chance of seeing one such item. > > If anyone really really cares how I calculated this, I can explain. I'm almost certain it's correct. > > ^v^:)^v^ > FB
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