Did They Change the Formula for Looting TV Stones?

Lylith · October 2015

my death recap showed 4 hits by mobs in i.c.

1, 2, 3, ...5 = killed by mob on fifth shot.

hit 4 was by a (legend in his mind) player trying to rob the mobs, i'd guess.

i had 14 stones, i lost 11. so has formula been changed?

Tonturri · October 2015

It seems the game just counted your death as 'by a player' instead of by a mob, resulting in the normal 80% loss. 14*.8=11.2, round down to 11.

Lylith · October 2015

the math wasn't a mystery.

but why would a computer arbitrarily give the player credit for a kill when a mob did it?

hence my original question: has it been changed?

Cinnamon_Spider · October 2015

It is based on who gets the final hit. I've lost out on stones because players I've had near death will run to the closest mob causing it to be a PVE death instead of PVP. Even though I did most of the damage, a zombie swipes them once and I get nothing.

kadar · October 2015

Are the 5 attacks that show up in your Death Recap in order of first to last? I didn't think they were. Could be the player actually got the last hit.

Lylith · October 2015

the deathblow, and who delivered it, is indicated in the recap by a skull/bones.

e.g.

newtinmpls · October 2015

I've lost 80% when the PC got the "second" hit in the recap and I was actually killed by an NPC. The times I lose only 10% seem to correlate to having NO player names on the death recap screen.

Just my 2 septims