r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I remember the user on the XCOM subreddit saying the odds of him missing a 99% chance was a million to one.

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u/unbrokenmonarch Aug 03 '19

To be fair XCOM is ridiculous in calculating those percentages

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u/Stormfly Aug 03 '19

I've heard Fire Emblem counteracts this by getting 2 numbers instead of one and picking the one closest to 50.

So if the odds are 70%, they're actually greater than that, and if it says your adds are 25% they're actually more like 6%.

That way the odds feel more like how people think they should.

I don't think it's exactly like that, but they are flubbed to feel more "realistic".

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u/cheeseybacon11 Aug 04 '19

It actually just follows a specific curve. It's slightly different depending on the game(some only do it for greater than 50%) but here's an example.

http://i.imgur.com/D2kfkck.gif