It's not really possible to say much about the % aside what is being said by MA already and even they cant really tell you.
Gambling in gaming is a complex term. I dont wanna get too much into what is what but I will say this.
Have you played many RPG, shooters or games that have random drops ? What are the % of the drops ? They dont have to tell you because it's not gambling.
Have you played a moba ? The dmg of your hero is random. It's not "set" dmg. After all 2 players doing 1000 swing will not have the same total dmg in a mobo even if using the same hero, same items and same level. It's not gambling either.
As for your % question. It's a really complex questions.
What is % return...
I just kill 1 mob a day. I can say the set return is safely 50% in general
I make 1 drop a day in mining. I can safely say that my return is 0% or 60% in general.
I hunt for 10000 mobs at 10 peds each. Maybe I had 98.5% return but based on 1000 mobs, 97.5% on the next 1000 mobs but it was based on the 98.5 return so if you look over 2000 mobs.. Your return is 97.5% of 98.5% which is lower than 97.5%.
So even in trying to help you figure it out. You must understand that even the question you ask is a bit of something that is hard to conclude. If the set return was 98% then it would mean you cant profit ever on TT. Yet, I can tell you Im ahead TT wise on what I did even if I had many uncool loss. I play small time stuff and dont see this game as a money making because well.. McDonald would pay more for my time... Especially these days where jobs are everywhere.
So the best thing I can refer you to and even that wont be the best conclusion you want to this thread(Sorry but it's all we got...)
One of MindArk’s primary long-term goals is to make Entropia Universe as affordable and entertaining as possible for all participants. Toward that end
www.entropiauniverse.com
Early data show positive results from those experiments:
- Hunters with turnover of more than 50000 PED since Sept. 11 have enjoyed returns of 98.6% on average.
- Hunters with turnover between 10000 and 50000 PED since Sept. 11 have enjoyed returns of 97.05% on average.
- Accounts created in 2017 have enjoyed returns of 96.94% on average since the changes implemented on Sept. 11.
On average mean that there is a few lucky one who ended with 120-150-200% maybe... Which also mean that on average there is many who ended in the shoes of what we call "The sucker" at 50-60-70% and sadly got owned by the pool that was eaten by the few lucky.
It's just like those players in a WoW raids. Usually there not many that get their worth in time. Is WoW gambling ? Is diablo II gambling because in 6 months your friend found 2 zod runes doing same as you but you found 0 ? I am one in my belief to say "If it feel like gambling, then it is gambling". Yet, in that sense anything involving RNG is gambling. This is also why most EU clone projects fail. Because they look too much like gambling while having servers in the wrong area of the world.
What is gambling ? That could be the longest topic on the internet.