PC Loot containers are not totally random (anymore)

If two consecutive T5 quest reward lists were identical, that would be an amazing RNG coincidence. Dunno the odds but it wouldn't surprise me if it's 1:1,000,000 given how many different choices the game has to pick from when building your reward choice list.

Three consecutive T5 quests giving exactly the same reward choices is a bug. Just within the "tools" list there are 5 or 6 top tier items to choose from. If the game is always choosing Steel Pick, it's a bug. And you never get any ammo? Buggity bug bug.

Or I'm completely misunderstanding quests.xml and really what are the odds of that? :biggrin-new:

 
Loooser. you are still leaving some room for misinterpretation. Did you:

get quest1 reward -> reset -> get quest1 reward -> reset -> go to other trade get quest2 reward ? If yes, that is perfectly normal when the game uses procedural randomness

or did you do:

get quest1 reward -> reset -> get quest1 reward -> go to other trader get quest2 reward ? This would be really astonishing and it is what Boidster is assuming and calling a bug if that happens.

 
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Yeah, here's the test we need (I tried with T1 quests, but could not duplicate the problem; have not yet pop-tarted* my character up to T5 quests).

  1. Do T5 quest #1
  2. Turn in T5 quest #1
  3. Take T5 quest #2 from same trader (or different trader; it really doesn't matter for the purposes of finding a bug)
  4. Do T5 quest #2
  5. Turn in T5 quest #2 and compare reward choices
No resets at all during that test. If quest #2 has exactly the same choices as quest #1, it's a bug. If you further move on to do T5 quest #3 (no reset) and you still get the same results, it's <Stilgar voice> bugsign the likes of which even God has never seen. The bug forum ought to be aflame with such a serious bug.

* Pop-Tart (v): to artificially advance a game character's level and/or abilities outside of normal gameplay. From late 1970's, early 1980's table-top RPGs e.g. Dungeons & Dragons. Example: "We're going to run through Castle of Greyhawk so I want you guys to pop-tart characters at level 10."

 
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