Drop Rates SoJ vs. SV (Image heavy!)

// Entering zone

/* Each zone should have some arrays with things that could be
dropped like those, where any object has a weight, meaning its 
probability, from example 0.05 of 1 will be the elemental sword drop percentage */

goldenItems={elementalSword, platinumBroadSword,dragonScythe,...,colosalScimitar};
collectorItems={glacialStone,dinosaurBone,diessaChalice};
whiteItems={crap, crap, crap};
purpleItems={....};
dyes={....}

// Calculates the number of things that could be dropped 
Player.calculateDroppedItems(itemArray,zone.getNumberOfFoes(),zone.getTimesEntered());

// Calculation could be like:

/*

goldenItems = 200foes * GWUnknownFormuleOfDrop % 15timesEntered;
whiteItems = (200 foes - ObjectsThatAreGolden)* GWFormuleOfDrop % 15timesEntered ;
*/

// Gw stores the things that could be dropped, ie:

/*
goldenItems=3;
collectorItems=12;
.....
dyes=2;
totalItemsYouCanGet=goldenItems+.....+dyes;
*/

/*Then they activate a trigger when any creature dies
(just check if zone.getNumberOfFoes() goes down from the last check)
Lets think that you killed 5 foes
*/

for each foe in that 5{
/*
check itemsYouCanObtain, and if its 0, you get nothing

else just do a random number from 1 to N, 
being N the number of arrays i write above, 
for example 1, which will be golden items.

then, using the weighs, we calculate the drop from the list and... drop it

foes to end calculation -1;
goldenItems -1;
itemsYouCanObtain -1;
*/
}

/* the trigger will be activated anytime the game checks 
that number of foes has decreased
*/
What i mean in simple words? Just things are pre-calculated when you enter into a zone, no matter how much you kill, how much time, if done one-by-one/in group, etc. I think that this calculations are faster than having counters on what is killed and those things. And if you reenter the zone, you could see that GW doesnt charge it inmediatly hehehe. examples of my thoughs?



What happens if we go dual/triple/...? just any local instance calculate it "lucky-drop", transform it into a code and send it to the server, so GW could add together the group drops at "group list of droppable items and its quantity".



This could be an explaination to things that happens when you kill something in groups and GW just "semi-freezes" for the calculations(to me & my hardware at least). It could be "randomly" select, what to drop from the predefined list of items.



Hope this could be understood ^^



/salute all



PD: Yeah i forgot to explain how greens are dropped but... it will be the same. just check that currently killed foe was a boss hehe. Hope you get it