Why, exactly, are there percentages in the drop rates?

[Skorpius]

For Episode 4.

I see, often, 4.67% and 2.7%. Why are these there? 4.67% is roughly 1/21, and 2.7% is roughly 1/37. To keep consistancy within the drop rates, I suggest that the percentages be changed to ratios, since it causes a lot of confusion.

[Ryna]

When the Item Database was being constructed, percentages were used for rare enemy drops. That tradition was carried on while entering the Episode 4 Drop Rate information.

I'm not exactly sure what the motivation was for using percentages instead of ratios for rare enemy drops.

The 4.76% corresponds to a 1/21 drop.

Where did you see 2.7%? That is a rather unusual drop-rate percentage.

[Skorpius]

A few Del Rappy drops have that percentage.

http://www.pso-world.com/item_findin...ppy&version=v3

[Ryna]

On 2006-01-15 22:39, Skorpius wrote:
A few Del Rappy drops have that percentage.

http://www.pso-world.com/item_findin...ppy&version=v3

After doing a bit of research, the 2.7% is correct for those drops. It corresponds to a 1/37 drop.

[Ketchup345]

Don't forget this thread can be used to report %s in drop rates.

%s were not used for all rare enemy drops. 1/22 and 1/205 drops were always in fractions, weren't they?


Should the 1/21 drops for Ep 4 be as 1/22 for consistency, or do they work out to be exactly 1/21 (the 1/22 drops were 1/21.x).

[Skorpius]

1/21 is 0.047619047, which rounds to 4.76%.
1/22 is 0.04545~, which is 4.55%.

I'd say go with 1/21, since that's more accurate.