• OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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          10 days ago

          XCOM made me hatred XCOM, until I played other games that weren’t as ‘fair’ and it felt too cheap. XCOM is why i played Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader (highly recommend) and Wasteland 3 at much higher difficulties, chasing that sweet terrible luck-based high

    • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
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      9 days ago

      funnily 95% is the most the game will cheat in favor for the player, the hidden bonus does not bring the actual chance above 95%

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        9 days ago

        I wonder how much that makes it seem like 95 percent is less of a chance than it actually is?

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          8 days ago

          nothing, it’s just that because you would tend to take high percentage shots so you eventually see shots with high percentage missing, and aliens tend to take low percentage shots so naturally you do eventually see them hitting.

          It’s just big numbers