That in New World, some percentage values are not quite correct and the system behind it does not function perfectly, is unfortunately known. A reddit user has now focused on the value of luck. To prove that luck works, over 1,000 boars had to die.
What is the point of contention? Amazon itself does not currently explain exactly how luck works in the MMORPG. It is a value that is expressed in percentages and that you can have on your equipment.
How exactly these percentage values work has not been completely clear so far. Players were unsure whether one percentage point adds 100 or 1,000 points to the luck value required.
The luck system works similarly to Dungeons & Dragons. So when you loot something, a die with 100,000 sides is thrown. The result is then multiplied by your luck value, giving you the luck you ultimately loot with.
Legendary or rare items have a minimum luck value required to drop. Legendary leather from boars, for example, requires 101,150 luck to end up in your inventory (via nwdb.info).
The point of contention within the community was shifted by a decimal place. Players were unsure how exactly the number behind the percentage values is calculated.
If an item has a drop chance of 10%, does 30% luck raise the drop chance to 40% or to 13%? The reddit user SkyLineOW has set out to clarify this uncertainty (via reddit).
Time to kill 1,000 boars
How did the experiment go? SkyLineOW assumes that luck scales with 100 points, thus supporting the 13%-theory, and sets out to prove this. He has chosen the legendary leather that is dropped by boars as his subject.
In total, he has equipment that gives him a bonus of 4,390 luck points. Based on the assumption that you need 101,150 points to get the leather, SkyLineOW calculates a drop chance of 3.24%.
He then kills 571 boars and obtains the coveted legendary leather from 19 of them. This corresponds to a drop chance of 3.33%, which is very close to his predicted result.
More pigs need to die: Although he was nearly certain that his theory was confirmed, he continues the experiment. He acquires equipment with more luck, bringing his total luck points to 9,590.
He recalculates his drop chance for the leather, which should now be 8.44%. After killing 573 boars, he discovers the leather on 43 of them, which corresponds to a chance of 7.5%.
What does the experiment confirm? Since both values fall within the 90% tolerance range, it confirms his theory. One percentage point of luck corresponds to 100 luck points.
At the end of the experiment, he reaffirms his numbers and notes that he has also counted other items. Thus, it should be clear how exactly luck works in New World and that it actually works.
The drop rates are likely far below what the community envisioned with 30% more luck. Until Amazon itself provides an explanation, we must rely on SkyLineOW, as it seems to work.
The players express their gratitude
How does the community react? In the thread, there are further questions and smaller theories. It has been proven how exactly luck behaves in New World, which many players are grateful for.
SkyLineOW unfortunately does not mention how much time his experiment took him, but it must have been several hours. The community on reddit recognizes this and rewards SkyLine with over 4,200 upvotes and 422 comments.
He himself says that he is now 99% sure that his theory is correct. He hopes to have helped people and apologizes to the countless boars that had to die for this.
What do the players say? The fans are grateful to the creator for his time:
- GamingBucketList writes: “You are great. If I had an award, I would give it to you. Thank you very much for that!”
- eLTraine is also grateful: “I understood at the same time how luck works in New World and how my attributes work. Thank you for the detailed experiment.”
- A little insider joke from Zemom1971: “Well done, thank you. But that’s really a lot of boars. Are you sure you weren’t in the WoW South Park episode?”
What do you think of the experiment? Has a question been clarified for you, or did you already think it works like that? Do you feel sorry for the boars, or does science win here? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
