Considering this is the 4-6 stage of the game, I was expecting a little more. I didn't even get the gold in the form of a random champion. It was literally just a single basic box, and it dropped just 2 coins.
True Garen3 votesThis is where playstyle and adaptability matter. Personally, I tend to eco early; I know, approximately, how I want to equip certain items, mostly in late game. If I get a bunch of items early, I tend to lose. If I get a bunch of gold early, I tend to win. (If I was good, then I would just play differently.)
Heroboy101 votes[{quoted}](name=True Garen,realm=NA,application-id=RaE1aOE7,discussion-id=h6wBAJET,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2019-12-18T00:24:46.478+0000)
This is where playstyle and adaptability matter.
Not in this case. He said "2 coins", not 10. Can you compare "2 golds" with 2 - 3 items ?
A strong ADC/APC + a strong Tank rules in this game. Their strength depends on items. Right Items on right units.
It happened to me to receive 1 item and other time 3-4 items + golds. It's not balanced.
Riot said that every player will receive almost the same amount of items or golds.
Too much RNG.
True Garen1 votesNot in this case. He said "2 coins", not 10. Can you compare "2 golds" with 2 - 3 items ?
A strong ADC/APC + a strong Tank rules in this game. Their strength depends on items. Right Items on right units.
It happened to me to receive 1 item and other time 3-4 items + golds. It's not balanced.
Riot said that every player will receive almost the same amount of items or golds.
Too much RNG.
Wait... you cut out the whole middle part...
Where I suggested that things probably even out over 20 rounds, and he responded, that in fact, in his match, they had.
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The thing is... the RNG in an ENTIRE MATCH of TFT is comparable to the RNG in a single hand of a card game. Unfortunately, that's ridiculous. But that's about how it works.
This is a game of chance.
No single match of TFT, is balanced. The law of averages would tend to balance it for any individual player, across dozens of matches. It's as if each entire match of TFT was the equivalent of a single hand of poker or blackjack. (This is the silliest part of the game: that a game that operates on these principles takes so long to complete.) No sIngle hand of cards is balanced, but the odds are that across 20 or 40 hands they will be. And similar for TFT.
True Garen1 votesNot in this case. He said "2 coins", not 10. Can you compare "2 golds" with 2 - 3 items ?
A strong ADC/APC + a strong Tank rules in this game. Their strength depends on items. Right Items on right units.
Anyway, this is what I was explaining about my personal experience. I surely don't play this game correctly at all. (But I have fun, and seem to win about as often as anybody else does.)
I try to bypass most of these issues with a single strategy. I build large teams with many synergies so that I'll be strong enough to avoid committing to equip most of my items until late game when I have my carries in place.
Have to say, this worked much better in Set 1, where there were more offensive team ally buffs. (And less early damage.) I have finally worked out a method, a kind of mini-game. However, with this strategy, I'm still much better off getting the item drops later in the game, and the cash drops earlier. (Since I only want to equip one or two key items early.)
True Garen2 votesYeah, this actually happens, occasionally.
(Your bench was probably full besides; what difference does it make?)
It does seem that all players receive the same number of components by Raptors or the carousel after, plus/minus one, maybe. I mean, just counting equipped items on the last few players, it's usually about the same...
Porglit1 votes[{quoted}](name=True Garen,realm=NA,application-id=RaE1aOE7,discussion-id=h6wBAJET,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2019-12-16T23:28:08.076+0000)
Yeah, this actually happens, occasionally.
(Your bench was probably full besides; what difference does it make?)
It does seem that all players receive the same number of components by Raptors or the carousel after, plus/minus one, maybe. I mean, just counting equipped items on the last few players, it's usually about the same...
My bench was 5 spots less than full, so that wasn't the issue. I did get a lot of items from an earlier creep round, so that makes some sense.
Ztoka1 votesI think I got 3 gold the other night from raptors. Krugs gave me 5 gold in champs (siv and malz).. haha.. Rng wasn't liking me.. Had many other games where I'll get a gold orb, and blue orb and they only contain gold (better than 2-5 gold total but still underwhelming).. RNGfight tactics..
Heroboy101 votesIs not fun at all to fight raptors and drop 2 golds = almost nothing and other players get 10 golds and/or 3 items, seriously ? I like RNG but will be better to give more golds at that stage don't you think ?
Just before raptors fight begin I would rather prefer to read a pop-up: "go to toilet because will be no drop anyway!".