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[–] soupguy@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Every time it comes up, I use it. All the haters don't understand probabilities.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

Right. I'm using it to juice up a Fortune Teller, anyway. If it hits, it hits. If it doesn't, whatever. I'm down $2, and up a +1 mult.

[–] Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

But what if I get an Aura card on my next shop and now my good jokers are foils?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. If you fail 5 in a row it means the next one has to hit /s.

One joke i tell myself is sure every attempt is 50/50 but if i get like 50 fails in a row thats like winning the lottery.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There are 2 things I almost always grab: wheel of fortune and bind skips with the negative tag.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Negative tag gambling is even worse than Wheel of Fortune. You're out an entire shop, all of your blind earnings, and the negative joker you get is going to suck.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

and the negative is going to suck

How does it know??? Yeah yeah probability and bad dice rolls and muh open source code. But theres no fucking way it can so consistently hit either food jokers that expire in a few rounds or completely irrelivant jokers that dont syngergize to add any points/multi.

I'm convinced they haven't dug into the code enough. LocalThunk is some 4D chess player obsucating hidden functions layered deep in the spaghetti-cake lua that actually fucks with wheel of fortune and makes negative blind skips trash.

[–] Foxfire@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Personally I don't grab the negative tag hoping for an actually good joker, I grab it so I can ensure Verdant Leaf has free fodder for my run (I get it a lot and greatly prefer it when I have a negative tag seed). You give me garbage and I give it right back game!

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

But with the Anaglyph deck and a pile of duplicate tags you get a whole lot of negative jokers. Assuming you get the negative tag at all.

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago

Just one more try. Last one.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

That 25% is a LIE I TELL YOU

No, RNGesus has always had it out for me...

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My last three were nopes, that means this one will work, right?

[–] MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

And I'll spin the wheel every fuckin time. Give me the bottle.

[–] Foxfire@pawb.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Side effects may include: Nope, nope, nope, nope...

[–] xye@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] mattc@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

This worked for me three times in a row before. And that was when I knew it was never gonna work again. I swear I've had it 10 times since and it hasn't worked. Used up all my luck.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's a testament to how well balanced the game is.

[–] omega_x3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hell yeah give me that shit, damn now my blueprint has foil