Jill's Book Reading Experiment

Discussion in 'Neopets Chit-Chat' started by sillyjilly, Aug 10, 2010.

  1. sillyjilly

    sillyjilly Level I

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    As confirmed in the editorial, there's a new perk for aged accounts.

    Anyways, I haven't seen anyone gathering any data on this so I thought I'd start. I'll be updating this as I go along.

    Assumptions/Notes

    * 'Perk' is not affected by item rarity!
    * I'll only be testing normal books since the sample size for Booktastics is too small
    * My account is 100+ months, so I definitely qualify.
    * This isn't going to be accurate, because of the small sample, until I get more data!

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    [customtable=]Books Read:125
    Books Kept: 2
    Rate: 1.60%[/customtable]
     
  2. Aemira

    Aemira Level III

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    Well I haven't been keeping track of how many books I've read, but my account is 70+ months old and the other day it let me keep 1 book. That's the first time it happened to me.

    Do you think it also depends on the pets' intelligence?
     
  3. odieboy

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    I doubt it. Nothing has been stated can lead to that conclusion.

    For this experiment, I think it'll be difficult to get a solid range. It would be the same as trying to calculate the probability of secret lab maps or transmogrification potions in REs, etc.
     
  4. sillyjilly

    sillyjilly Level I

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    updated.

    assuming the perk is randomly and it only takes into account age of account then we can get a pretty good estimate of the rate it occurs
    right now, i'm seeing it happen at a rate of about ~2%
    of course it doesn't mean that if you read 100 books, you WILL DEFINITELY keep 2 books

    speaking in wow terms, i'm trying to see how often it 'procs' :p


    /edit i can speel
     
  5. odieboy

    odieboy Level II

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    Thanks for the data. I wish they'd make better perks -.-

    This will however really help those going for the book award, so, yay for them. :)
     
  6. sillyjilly

    sillyjilly Level I

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    went on another reading spree, looks like the rate is holding steady at ~2%