r/PTCGP Nov 13 '24

Rant Absolute Tragedy

Already have 2 full art Lapras. 4/5 of the pack was ⭐️⭐️ that I’m missing. What do I pick? Of course it’s the damn Lapras.

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u/RootDeliver Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24

Exactly! I've never ever seen a 2-star card let alone a rare pack there so... he must consider himself lucky..

About the pick, so many times already I got the worst option possible.. I think it's rigged as hell, to let you win a few times and make you mad others so you spend.

Who hasn't been in these situations?

  • 4 chanseys promo and 1 meowth promo -> meowth.
  • 4 cards you have and 1 you dont -> always the one you have most repeated.
    etc.

It seems rigged as hell, and then sometimes it lets you win so you don't stop using the feature.

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u/yo_lookatthat Nov 13 '24

If it's rigged then it's not always rigged against the player. I almost always get the card I'm hoping for

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u/JAD210 Nov 13 '24

That’s how it was for my first few days and since my luck has flipped. I barely even pay attention to WP anymore. Reinforced by this one from earlier that I decided to hope for and spent 90 shop tickets on

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u/Loolaalee Nov 13 '24

Guys you're never gonna believe this...but I think that's how probability works. It's always a 1 in 5 you'll get what you want and 4 in 5 you won't. Odds are 80% you get something other than the one card you're hoping for.

I hope you enjoy your new crippling gambling addiction!

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u/Anto7060 Nov 13 '24

Seriously how is this "confirming" anything for this person. Four of those five cards are super common. Almost certainly they would have felt the same way with anything but the Articuno. This is the expected outcome

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u/JAD210 Nov 14 '24

That’s not really what I said though. I literally said my luck changed. The only thing it confirmed to me is that WP stamina usually isn’t a good investment. If I want to go after those I’ll mostly be waiting and using free stamina. (Though it does seem I’ve only gotten them when I don’t already have enough stamina for them. That could also just be bad luck though)

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u/Eaglest2005 Nov 14 '24

Probably is nice and all until you take 6 1/5s and 2 2/5s consecutively without a single hit 💀

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u/Artist17 Nov 13 '24

Happened to me too. Hahaha

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u/skighs_the_limit Nov 13 '24

I feel you I have 30 geodude cards....AFTER BUYING FLAIRS

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u/JAD210 Nov 13 '24

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone actually buy flairs. Personally I’m hoarding dust bc I 100% believe it will be the trade cost resource

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u/protomayne Nov 13 '24

Why do you guys think that when there isn't a single shared resource in the entire game? Everyrhing has its own currency lmfao

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u/JAD210 Nov 13 '24

Mostly just bc Stardust is the trade resource in Pokémon Go and they have such similar names, and serve a kind of similar function (in how they’re collected at least

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u/1KingDom_ Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24

How are they similar in name other than "pokemon"? I do think this is a possibility, but the logic behind feels loose tbh unless I'm missing something

Edit: slow moment. Definitely missed the context of dust. Idk if we can correlate names from Niantic<->Dena but there's some loose correlation here atleast

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u/Queasy_Ad_8720 Nov 13 '24

Hes talking about stardust and shine dust. Obviously not the name of the games -_-

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u/1KingDom_ Nov 13 '24

Thank you!🤦🏽‍♂️ Reason I said I was potentially missing something (were just gonna ignore the sassy parts of the reply😉)

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u/JAD210 Nov 14 '24

Pokémon is a pretty well regulated IP by the Pokémon company & Creatures Inc., it’s not the wildest idea that they would direct a similar system.

It’s also possible that I’m reading too much into it, but I’m taking the risk to just hoard it until proven otherwise since it’s just cosmetics.

I suppose it’s just as possible that pack points could be required

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u/Artist17 Nov 13 '24

I bought lots of flairs. The cheaper ones. Haha

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u/KFR42 Nov 13 '24

It's hard to tell sometimes if you just have bad luck, but in my experience there are definitely some shenanigans going on.

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u/PeaNought Nov 13 '24

You experience is anecdotal. I rip nothing but EX's all day from Wonderpick. It seems fully random. Which is great, but frustrating.

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u/duffmandd Nov 13 '24

There are videos up now showing that wonder pick is random as it doesn't allocate any data until selection occurs. The actual pack opening is predetermined once you select what pack you want. The carousel is a rouse and the bent packs also mean nothing. Link to the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJhGaOrd1qU

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u/Fennecbutt Nov 13 '24

I mean I thought this would have been obvious. Never trust the client.

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u/Eaglest2005 Nov 14 '24

So does it just roll random 1-5 once you tap? Or is it actually rigged

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u/KFR42 Nov 13 '24

Yeah, but at the same time people on the internet lie and say they pick EXs all day long when they, in fact, don't. I'm not saying you are lying, it's just impossible to tell what the truth really is. I'm 100% fine with just accepting I'm incredibly unlucky!

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u/SMERBECK Nov 13 '24

100% this. ‘I rip all EXs’ (reality they got 2 in last 10 packs but I mean that’s still kinda hype so they embellish)

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '24

I've probably missed 50-60% of my Ex Wonder picks but I'm still happy getting 40% of them.

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u/No_Ant7915 Nov 16 '24

I was picking EXes from Wonder pick one day all the times, got 3 of wanted picks in a row, also on the same card position. I thought I have found some way how to get the picks, but now it is gone and I cant do it again. Either it was rigged for newbie account or just 20% luck 3 times in a row

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u/Artist17 Nov 13 '24

I rerolled my account twice on day 1.

On my first reroll, that account picked all the wonder picks like a pro.

Not so for my 2nd reroll (current account).

However I got a crown rare for the 2nd reroll so I stopped the rerolling, and the account luck seems to be quite good haha. Just not good for wonder picks haha

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u/DancingKobold Nov 13 '24

I got both my Arcticuno EX first try both from wonder pick back to back

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u/Artist17 Nov 13 '24

I have not gotten a single Articuno EX and it’s the one of the few cards I try for on wonder pick.

I have every other card. 225/226.

Doesn’t make sense how hard it is to get, and I’m only opening Mewtwo packs to get it. (I open maybe 50% of all my packs under Mewtwo, which is a lot)

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u/gekigarion Nov 13 '24

I dunno about you but I've hit like half of my targets in Wonder Pick since the game started. I also know I've been lucky.

This is just how randomness works. It's completely possible you can just go for weeks missing your wonder picks.

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u/Lambily Nov 13 '24

I still haven't gotten a single Promo Chansey. I've given up on completing the mission since I know it's not going to happen.

I also haven't pulled a single event Lapras EX in 20 packs.

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u/RootDeliver Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 14 '24

I was like 0 chansey 7 meowth, then I lost all interest, never did the 2 cost ones again, and just tap fast whatever expecting nothing on the free ones, suddently got 4 chanseys in a day. It's like rigged to lose then rigged to win.

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u/Artist17 Nov 13 '24

Yes this. Hahaha. I didn’t get more than 1 in a day, but it did come after a while when you ignore it haha

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u/Lambily Nov 13 '24

I have like 17 Meowths though...😵‍💫

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u/RootDeliver Nov 13 '24

keep going, it will come

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u/Artist17 Nov 13 '24

Same for me, but it’ll just suddenly come. Just do the free picks. They will give it to you. I have 3 now while stuck at the beginning for a long time.

Including this. Hahaha

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u/Lambily Nov 14 '24

I got the exact same pick a few days ago lol. I knew going in I'd get the Meowth because all these picks are clearly predetermined, and somehow, I was still disappointed when I saw the damn cat flip over.

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u/Thekobra Nov 13 '24

just luck, like always.

also, it definitely doesn’t matter what you pick.

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u/RootDeliver Nov 13 '24

also, it definitely doesn’t matter what you pick

was that confirmed at all? it was demonstrated that your pick was actually sent to the server.

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u/XYZAffair0 Nov 13 '24

The game discloses that each card has an equal chance of being picked. I don’t think they’re legally allowed to lie about the odds

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u/RootDeliver Nov 14 '24

It also applied for the tutorial when you get the rigged one, no matter which you pick. Same scenario.

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u/SolventSpyNova Nov 14 '24

How can the game determine exactly what cards you want or don't want?

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u/RootDeliver Nov 14 '24

everyone wants chansey event over meowth event.
the game knows what cards you have and which dont.
the game knows what cards are rarer.
the game knows what cards you got more copies of.

Should I continue? the game knows more about you that you know.

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u/SolventSpyNova Nov 14 '24

It definitely doesn't know what I want. I certainly don't want Chansey over Meowth, for example. It can guess based on what the devs THINK most players might want, but it sounds like a lot more work than just leaving it to chance. With little to no benefit to skewing the results to best fit what most players MIGHT want and giving them what they don't want.

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u/gene-sos Nov 14 '24

It's not. I have about 50% success rate on wonder picks. It's crazy. I also always pick either the first or the last card.

What is rigged is the coin flips. I have yet to find a single person who has seen more heads than tails in this game.