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Only greens from Fabricate Prototype Console from Alien Artifact

darcanisdarcanis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2012 in Duty Officer System and R&D
Since last thurs (Aug 9th) patch I only get green from "Fabricate Prototype Console from Alien Artifact". Before this I normally got blue, the occasional Purple and the seldom seen green as have less chance of green then combined purple and blue.

The last 10 consoles now have been crappy green ones!! Statistically that shouldn't happen...
There is less than a 50/50 chance of getting a green and I got 10 in a row so far!

Anyone else having this??? Maybe just really bad luck or the algorithm hates me...
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Sucks, don't it?

    I do honestly wonder sometimes how true the 'success' rate can be. When I send two purple level security officers with one critical chance bonus each, and STILL fail with like a 5 to 7 percent chance, it makes me wonder.

    Unfortunately, the game just kicks you in the shins sometimes about this.
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  • darcanisdarcanis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    lol I've failed with a 0% chance of failing and purple a few times. Not often, but seen it happen. Had everyone injured on a 1% chance even.
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  • lebtronlebtron Member Posts: 296 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I did the misson 7 times during the last days. I got 4 green, 1 blue and today one purple. One time i got absolutly nothing, even if the desricption told me i got a blue one. Could have been because of server lags, it was really disturbing this evening.

    With these small numbers of missions its hard to tell something about the statistics. But at now it seems pretty normal for me as I have a 22% chance for getting purple. Could have been bad luck on your end...
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  • darcanisdarcanis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Well I'll build up my EC again and buy some more Strange and try again. Hate paying for strange, but hardly ever see the mission when I am on anymore. Crappy gaming luck lately I guess. lol
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    darcanis wrote: »
    Well I'll build up my EC again and buy some more Strange and try again. Hate paying for strange, but hardly ever see the mission when I am on anymore. Crappy gaming luck lately I guess. lol

    I've noticed it can be a little easier if you buy the Powered ones. Because if you are still buying the rare particle traces, between those and the Strange artifact, it'll roughly equal the Powered in cost.
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    pwlaughingtrendy wrote:
    I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
    I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
  • kbflordkruegkbflordkrueg Member Posts: 189 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I just finished the repeatable chain last night...
    7 guys did it...i got 1 green, 1 purple, 5 blue consoles...:cool:
    1 Eng team each faction, all purple, no positive traits, but no neg either.
    The odds don't seem to have changed much, IMOHPO.
    Kinda sounds like ya just had a cple bad luck runs.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    darcanis wrote: »
    Well I'll build up my EC again and buy some more Strange and try again. Hate paying for strange, but hardly ever see the mission when I am on anymore. Crappy gaming luck lately I guess. lol
    Grind "investigate ruins" doff missions. A crit... MIGHT get you an artifact instead of a particle trace.
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  • darcanisdarcanis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Yeah guess just bad luck... I'll try some different guys with no positive traits next time and still purple to see what happens.

    Will also try that mission that was mentioned.
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  • mikewendellmikewendell Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    There's a half dozen thread on this. Some players don;t feel that they're getting the correct percentages.

    The first time I did it, I got a purple console that I sold in under 5 minutes for 35m ecs. Got nothing but green afterwards.

    Do what I do. Obtain the strange alien artifact either from a doff assignment or via buying it from the exchange, nuke it and sell the powered alien artifact back via the exchange. I make 500k each time and I do it a couple times a day.

    Hardest part about it is remembering to leave a doff assignment slot available.
  • kattarnkattarn Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I find also the chances more random than percentage related with a 22/54/24 purple/blue/green the green is predominant and it shouldn?t.

    The mechanics of this quest are buged or deliverated flawed.
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  • levi3levi3 Member Posts: 1,663 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I run the mission with 5 purple system engineers with resolve and stubborn - get 24% purple chance and 24% green and 52% blue

    I rarely get a green - those doffs are much cheaper now - around the low 40's - used to be 50 million ec at least
  • kattarnkattarn Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    levi3 wrote: »
    I run the mission with 5 purple system engineers with resolve and stubborn - get 24% purple chance and 24% green and 52% blue

    I rarely get a green - those doffs are much cheaper now - around the low 40's - used to be 50 million ec at least


    Interesting, i will like to know others people precents and successful rates, and yes are cheap but when you spend over 60 millions and see same results as before you start to question the mechanics, (really concerned tbh).
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  • thepantspartythepantsparty Member Posts: 431 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I've seen both streaks of green after green and a point at which within 6 tries I crafted purple antiproton, phaser, and disruptor consoles. I haven't kept precise track of my results, but they seem to be mostly in line with what the expected percentages are.
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