Hey folks;
fairly new to PL and loving every minute of it, I have a question.
I have seen mention the terms when talking about loot, drops and rerolls, are they the same thing? if not what is a reroll?
thanks in advance
P
Hey folks;
fairly new to PL and loving every minute of it, I have a question.
I have seen mention the terms when talking about loot, drops and rerolls, are they the same thing? if not what is a reroll?
thanks in advance
P
a re roll is getting another shot for better loot so if i was to get maybe an orange from goldfever the re roll could give me a green or a pink.
Actually, re-rolls don't guarantee you better loot, they just give you a slightly better chance of getting better loot. You see, a re roll basically gives you another chance at loot. So you kill a let's say, trash heap, and your original loot was a drainers auto bow, then let's say you got lucky and got to reroll for a chance at better loot, it's the same thing as killing another boss. The reroll basically kills another trash heap, and compares the 2 loots and gives you the "better" loot. So basically, the chances of you re rolling and getting a better chance at loot are very slim. Doesn't increase the rates and doesn't guarantee anything.
Buying a lucky elixir, depending on which one you buy, only gives you a 25/30% chance of a re roll for a chance at better loot, if you're not seeing any rerolls, you're either not looting anything at all, or you're not getting lucky and re rolling. You have to receive loot from a boss or a mob to get a chance to reroll.
hmmm, ok how does one reroll? and thanks for the quick reply
Last edited by Phaiz; 04-07-2011 at 02:18 AM. Reason: typo
thanks a bunch
ok, me thinks me is a moron
I was ina dungeon and wanted to try it out, so i got an orange drop, purchased the elixer
but didn't notice anything except a small buff like icon under my character stat bars
does the reroll feature work automatically while the "buff" is in effect or are you suppsoed to actually be able to reroll on an item you received
sorry for the dumb questions
thanks
A roll is when you have a chance to get a specific item from a fixed loot table.
Hypothetically, you kill a mob with a loot table of 6 items. That roll is like you rolling a dice to determine what item you will get.
A re-roll is giving you the chance to do that dice-roll again, but instead of starting from scratch, it bases off your original roll. Let's say you originally rolled a green (uncommon) item, your re-roll has a chance to improve that item to a purple (epic) or a pink (legendary) item.
The re-roll only works when you have the luck buff BEFORE you get the item.
You will notice when you have the luck buff on, you will have different stuff in your chatbox saying :
"Feeling lucky.. " (almost a re-roll)
"You ARE LUCKY.. " (successful re-roll)
I hope I'm correct, because that's how I've understood it so far. Hopefully someone like Physiologic can explain it simpler and with more detail, but I hope you get the picture
err i tried many times to buy the elixir which gives 30% reroll but nothing happens. the worst case scenario the enemy doesnt give me any loot when the reroll buff is on. can you help me with this?
Main reason why I think "Feelin' Lucky" means you rerolled, but didn't get better loot, and "You ARE lucky" means you rerolled for better loot is because when it says "You ARE lucky", it follows my saying "(name here) re-rolled and received better loot" or something along those lines. If "You ARE lucky" just means you rerolled in general, I don't think it'd say you received "better" loot. You may be right though, I can't say I'm sure.
No, you're right. "Feeling Lucky" giving a re-roll but not better loot, while "You ARE lucky" giving a re-roll and better loot, makes more sense.
I was under the impression that a re-roll completely meant you were guaranteed a better item, which was wrong.
Are you killing a boss? Bosses ALWAYS give you a drop, no matter how bad.
Mini-bosses and such, they don't necessarily always give a drop (at least the ones in BS).
I thought the same thing, I forget who corrected me, but they put it into numbers, and having a luck elixir or big luck hardly improved your chances at all, but since big luck is now payed for, I might as well use it
Also, Arvin, as elly said, you should get loot from bosses (depending where you're farming) I wouldn't waste a lot of gold on luck pots, but it should be rerolling if you're trying it multiple times. Also, are you dying at all? If you die, you lose your elixir, or if you leave a map and rejoin. Elixirs also expire after 5 minutes of use, so be sure you have it when killing the boss (Should show a little yellow vial next to your name in the upper left hand corner)
Yeah I remember seeing the numbers, the luck buff actually giving a really low chance of additional chance. I forgot where and who too. (Lets bug phys to make a drop guide ).
I was on the verge of just replacing my Big Luck hat for the crown look, the big luck just looks ugly IMO, until it re-rolled me a pink.. Guess its staying on
Don't know about the number crunching, but from an empirical level, I think I've only "gotten lucky" about twice since I started using "Big Luck", and certainly no pinks from it. I don't play as much as some folks here, but I'd say that at least in the Sewers, my successful reroll rate is well less than 5%. I'd probably see more of an effect in areas with more diverse loot tables (and, of course, more drops in general).
That's because the actual numbers are really low, if I'm not mistaken.
I vaguely remember that using a 25%/35% Luck Elixir only gives less than 1% additional chance for a pink? Could be wrong, but I'm certain that the chances were that low.
I forgot the process, but I remember Physiologic actually doing the math and proving how low the chances were, hope he saved them and shows them soon.
thanks all
IMO "Feeling Lucky" is not a reroll...
theres normally written " you get a chance to re-roll" and if that was successfully thers an additional line with "You ARE lucky"
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