purple transmutation genodes

Nemesis7884

"can contain anything from 1 to 10 transmutation crystals"

has anyone EVER gotten 10 or even a high number? It seems 90% of mine - and i just went through 50 of em, contain 2 and 10% contain 4 crystals...

Vildebill

It's the same with all geodes, weighted RNG, and you are not in the favored end.

Kel

I asked this question about two years ago.
The general consensus was, and still is, that the number of crystals you get isn't true RNG, but heavily weighted.

With true RNG, you'd be seeing any number randomly. My original question was something like "If it's RNG, wouldn't I have seen alot more 5, 6 , and 7 crystals at some point? Why is it almost always 2?" Weighted RNG was the answer.

Weighted RNG, meaning something like 99% chance for 2 crystal's...80% chance for 4...0.1% chance for 10. (Not exact % chance, just being hyperbolic.)

It is what it is. Seems to apply to some gear sets and weapon drops too.

Altaire

4
weighted random, ZoS speak for 'you lose'

SeliniaHlaalu

Never had 10 drop, always seems to be between 2 and 4. Never higher than 4.

Varana

I got 10 once.
But yes, the chance is not evenly distributed. Lower numbers have a much higher chance than the upper end.

Freakin_Hytte

I also think it's weighted pretty heavily. It's the same with golden nodes. I've opened hundreds of them and I've only 15 as highest and I've gotten 15 stones about 2-3 times, 10 stones about times 30 times, the rest are 1-5 stones. I've never even heard of anyone getting 25.

MajBludd

I've gotten 10 several times with purple nodes. As far as gold though, it usually 4.

zaria

Freakin_Hytte wrote: »

I also think it's weighted pretty heavily. It's the same with golden nodes. I've opened hundreds of them and I've only 15 as highest and I've gotten 15 stones about 2-3 times, 10 stones about times 30 times, the rest are 1-5 stones. I've never even heard of anyone getting 25.

I got 24 or 25 once, it was from the siege familiarization quest on an level 10

starkerealm

I've gotten 10 stones once. I've had blue and gold geodes max out as well a couple times. Not the norm, though.