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What prompted this subject: I was in a team of 3 last night, wandering the countryside dropping probes for mining while doing a TP run. I had the same orefinder (103) as one of the other individuals, and the same EN matter miner. We would scatter and drop mines, with the 2 individuals in my party meeting with some regular successes, and me dropping 60 probes and finding nothing.
I'm inclined to just say I mined in poor places, and they did not, however I noticed the individual who had the exact same equipment I had drop mines within spitting distance from where I had just dropped, and come up with mines, where I had come up with nothing.
This character has also had a very large HOF, and has yet to play 14 days. My character, well.... I have never gotten a global alone, and my largest loots seem to come when I hunt with an individual who has obviously had some luck in game already. While hunting with this individual he sometimes complains about reduced globals, and Ive hunted Atrox and Esto's with him for a few hours solid with him and pulled nothing on each of these runs.
Seeing the results yesterday, in plain sight, where spots I was dropping would yield nothing to me, but yield results to another with the same equipment, bothered me a little.
Im normally not one to complain, but I am a person who asks questions when they seem worthy of being asked.
So the question is: What are the prevailing theories on character luck? Does anyone have any substantial evidence one way or the other? What are your stories?
Thanks for your time,
I'm inclined to just say I mined in poor places, and they did not, however I noticed the individual who had the exact same equipment I had drop mines within spitting distance from where I had just dropped, and come up with mines, where I had come up with nothing.
This character has also had a very large HOF, and has yet to play 14 days. My character, well.... I have never gotten a global alone, and my largest loots seem to come when I hunt with an individual who has obviously had some luck in game already. While hunting with this individual he sometimes complains about reduced globals, and Ive hunted Atrox and Esto's with him for a few hours solid with him and pulled nothing on each of these runs.
Seeing the results yesterday, in plain sight, where spots I was dropping would yield nothing to me, but yield results to another with the same equipment, bothered me a little.
Im normally not one to complain, but I am a person who asks questions when they seem worthy of being asked.
So the question is: What are the prevailing theories on character luck? Does anyone have any substantial evidence one way or the other? What are your stories?
Thanks for your time,