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Old 11-17-2008, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JaMan51 View Post
The percentages to get a specific item are always random, just like fishing. While a guide could be made to detail approximate, you could get an item on the first try or the 100th (though don't worry, never seen any take that long). Typically, the tasks in TTC and Donalds Dock will come the quickest, while recovery for The Brrrgh and DDL items will take longer. It just depends on the difficulty of the playground.

Umm.. okay? Your post seems to disagree, then agree with mine. You are just saying the probability varies only by the playground?
From what I have read fishing percentages aren't random, you are much less likely to catch an All-Star fish than a Five Star Fish. Are you saying the probability is the same for every item? I can't say I know you are wrong, but I have played a couple toons through the tasks now, and it seems like certain items have a much lower probability and this is constant and not random. For instance, when I have the "Recover ____s Ticket from Glad Handers" task in MML, I often have to defeat 10 glad handers. With tasks like LOMs, it seems like you get one of the lumpy cheeses or similar items around 75% of the time (took me 8 big cheese for 6 lumpy cheeses recently).
I understand that these numbers will not be the same for every person, but that is why you would need to get a bunch of data before assigning a probability to an item. Most everything in Toontown seems to be based on probabilities like this so I'm assuming it is the same for these items. If I'm wrong, then please explain how I am wrong, otherwise maybe I didn't explain myself well enough in my first post and hopefully I've cleared that up.