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    Multiple mount runs on more than one character

    Does anyone know for sure if my chances increase if I do ICC or Ulduar for mount on ALL my guys or is it account based? So running it on more than one toon for the mount is a waste of time.
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    it wont increase your actual drop chanse :P.. but its more likely that you get the mounts.

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    technically yes, you have a 1% chance to drop it on a character, and a 1% on another, and 1% on another and so on. So yes, going with more characters will increase your chance in finding a mount
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    You run it on as many toons as possible until it drops.

    Last week I did my usual ICC run and got invincible on my 3rd run, no more going back there

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    It's a drop. It works like all other drops. Just with a lower chance to drop than most other item drops. If you kill a boss in LFR on toon a, does toon b have a reduce chance to get loot? No.

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    The drop rate remains the same. You'll just have more chances at it if you use alts.
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    It's simple math. Even if you did ICC on 100 seperate characters, you wouldnt have a 100% chance to get the Mount.
    You would however have 100 x 1% chance to get the Mount, which is much, much better odds than 1 x 1% chance.
    So knock yourself silly and farm mounts on all the character your heart desire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Melancolie View Post
    It's simple math. Even if you did ICC on 100 seperate characters, you wouldnt have a 100% chance to get the Mount.
    You would however have 100 x 1% chance to get the Mount, which is much, much better odds than 1 x 1% chance.
    So knock yourself silly and farm mounts on all the character your heart desire.
    100 x 0.01 = 100%

    Your math is a bit flawed here. You can never have a 100% chance to see the item within X number runs. It would look more like,

    1 - [(1 - x)^y]

    Where Y = Runs and X = Drop %

    1- [(1-0.01)^100] = 63.4%. Remember, it's not a 63.4% chance for the item to drop. All runs are separate and independent of each other, so the drop chance per run is always 1%. What this formula does is show you your expected chance to see the drop within Y runs (on any run between 1 and 100 in this case).
    Last edited by Larynx; 2014-12-19 at 05:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larynx View Post
    100 x 0.01 = 100%

    Your math is a bit flawed here. You can never have a 100% chance to see the item within X number runs. It would look more like,
    He's not saying that you'll have a 100% chance (even flat out says it in the paragraph above). He's saying that 100 attempts at 1% (100 x 1%) are better than 1 attempt at 1% (1 x 1%). Would've been a better use of the @ symbol instead of the 'x'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Junkdepot View Post
    He's not saying that you'll have a 100% chance (even flat out says it in the paragraph above). He's saying that 100 attempts at 1% (100 x 1%) are better than 1 attempt at 1% (1 x 1%). Would've been a better use of the @ symbol instead of the 'x'.
    His math is still completely wrong and contradicts his point. I realize what he was saying, but his explanation was incorrect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larynx View Post
    His math is still completely wrong and contradicts his point. I realize what he was saying, but his explanation was incorrect.
    There is no math. He's just saying 100 iterations at 1% chance you're more likely to get the mount than one iteration at 1% chance. His no math does not dispute his point in any way.

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    Thanks, you guys are awesome! Been running this and Ulduar on 6 toons for months now =P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Larynx View Post
    His math is still completely wrong and contradicts his point. I realize what he was saying, but his explanation was incorrect.
    Can't you at least admit that you were hasty and didn't read correct instead of insisting you are right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larynx View Post
    His math is still completely wrong and contradicts his point. I realize what he was saying, but his explanation was incorrect.
    The problem lies with your comprehension, not his explanation, his was spot-on.

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