Blizzard has put out there the idea that RNG (random number generator) is used to determine many factors in D3. This was simply a ploy on their part. They were hoping their fanboy base would pick up the idea and run with it. They did. There are no random events in D3.
Why would I say this? Because in the word random lies the idea that all items in the potential population have an equal likelihood of being chosen. In D3 that is never the case. With all the rift guardians available, if they were generated based on random, it would be statistically improbably to ever get the same one 4 rifts in a row. I personally have experienced many, uncountably, instances where I've gotten the same one 6, 8, even 10 rifts in a row. The same case would be true of specific legendary items from Kadala. With all the potential bracers available, 3 of the same, and no others, in the same visit to her is not probable. Yet is has happened to me over and over. NOT random.
Blizzard has coded RNG out of the game, and in fact has coded into the game through layers of tables of choices an anti-randomness. It would be honest of them to come out and deny the existance of RNG in D3, but in my 25+ years of playing Blizzard games, I have yet to see honesty as being something they put any emphasis on.
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Blizzard has put out there the idea that RNG (random number generator) is used to determine many factors in D3. This was simply a ploy on their part. They were hoping their fanboy base would pick up the idea and run with it. They did. There are no random events in D3.
Why would I say this? Because in the word random lies the idea that all items in the potential population have an equal likelihood of being chosen. In D3 that is never the case. With all the rift guardians available, if they were generated based on random, it would be statistically improbably to ever get the same one 4 rifts in a row. I personally have experienced many, uncountably, instances where I've gotten the same one 6, 8, even 10 rifts in a row. The same case would be true of specific legendary items from Kadala. With all the potential bracers available, 3 of the same, and no others, in the same visit to her is not probable. Yet is has happened to me over and over. NOT random.
Blizzard has coded RNG out of the game, and in fact has coded into the game through layers of tables of choices an anti-randomness. It would be honest of them to come out and deny the existance of RNG in D3, but in my 25+ years of playing Blizzard games, I have yet to see honesty as being something they put any emphasis on.