Sometimes you get a coin on first minion kill sometimes not. Also in a solo lane if you are bad at cs it can be helpful so I was wondering how exactly the coin makes a decision to drop. Like if you grab it in a solo lane and miss only a few cs will it pay out in the long run? Where is the break even point considering how good you are at cs? Obviously if you cs nothing coin is good so if you cs half would it be worthwhile?
I think it's an ebb and flow deal, the more blue coins u get the more yellow u will end up getting soon, the more coin are dropping the less will end up dropping, it feels very balanced and not totally random. just make sure you're in range for them to drop as sometimes i end up drifting too far back when i'm low on hp and miss drops
Probably it's some sort of applied rubber banding, I'd assume that the coin has a hidden "expected gold gain" kind of counter, if your current gold gain falls behind that, you'd earn coins more consistently, but if you are up to the expected number or above, the drop rate would diminish.
At least I imagine that's how it works.
Also, it's not supposed to work efficiently for solo laners, that's kind of the point, it's your job to properly CS. Even with that said, the coin's gold gain isn't that high compared in the big scheme, say you get around 2-3 coins each 2 waves, that's 50-75g, so basically 3-4 minions.
