First time Playing in over 2 months

The in-game dice system is something we take very seriously and have investigated and reviewed much player feedback regarding. This is why we recently released an update that includes a new Stabilized Dice mode option for custom games. You can find out more about this update here: https://www.beamdog.com/news/stabilized-dice-faq-axis-allies-1942-online/

We also welcome your feedback in the brief survey that is available here: http://bit.ly/34oZOT3

https://steamcommunity.com/games/898920/announcements/detail/5124498536777100791

@brian-cannon So are you saying the dice are programmed to be bad against you specifically?

@brian-cannon I’ve played 300 games so far, and have assessed the dice to be indistinguishable from random. But your anecdotes and mine are meaningless, since modern PNRG, until proven otherwise, is widely considered to be practically equivalent to true randomness. If your GPS works it’s because modern PNRG doesn’t deviate significantly from randomness. I recently had 6 games in a row with WAY worse bad beats than the openings you just described (for example, losing 5 out of 6 bombers in SBRs, with the surviving bomber scoring a meager one), and all it’s telling me is that, yup, these things are bound to happen sometimes.

@brian-cannon said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

Hell man dont you see the developers now admitting after denying till they were blue in the face that there is a problem with the dice??

No I have not seen that. I have seen them introduce a PNRG that takes away a little bit of the extreme results out of the output, but that by no means means there was an issue with the dice. Randomness does not look random to human brains, that is just a proven fact. PNRG is a valid approximation of randomness, that has also been proven repeatedly. There are a lot of problems with A&A 1942 Online, but I don’t think the dice’s randomness is one of them.

@nosho said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

. PNRG is a valid approximation of randomness, that has also been proven repeatedly.

hasn’t.

@aardvarkpepper said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

@nosho said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

. PNRG is a valid approximation of randomness, that has also been proven repeatedly.

hasn’t.

Is your GPS working? Then PNRG is working.

@brian-cannon said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

@nosho Taken from Developers Notes:

DICE & AXIS & ALLIES
There’s been a ton of discussion in our community around dice rolls. We’ve heard you, and we understand that the randomness of the dice just doesn’t feel right.

Our goal is for the combat to feel satisfying and strategic while staying true to the element of chance at the heart of the board game. So, based on community feedback, our development team is working on a “Stabilized Dice” option for the game.

What does Stabilized Dice Mean?

Stabilized Dice will still be random, but will control for extreme outcomes, and should feel more natural as a result. Our objective is to allow player strategy to play a larger part in the overall game by reducing the chances that dice can swing a whole game in a single roll.

Under Construction

We’re currently in the testing phase for this new dice option, but we’re looking forward to releasing the new dice mode in a future update!

“Doesn’t feel right” doesn’t mean “not random”. True randomness doesn’t feel random to humans, that’s just the way it is. The stabilized dice is just a way to take out a few of the extreme results so that people assuming the dice aren’t random aren’t complaining nearly as much about them.

@nosho said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

@aardvarkpepper said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

@nosho said in First time Playing in over 2 months:

. PNRG is a valid approximation of randomness, that has also been proven repeatedly.

hasn’t.

Is your GPS working? Then PNRG is working.

if you want to use that as part of your argument, explain how implementations should be and are the same

RNG doesnt seem too egrigeous as far as a dice complaint thread goes. 12 w-russia 9-ukr R1 is the standard opener. the avarage for UKR is 2 tanks and axis survives Russia having 2 extra inf in w-russia. Only really sucky part is SZ7. Did you send all 3 subs? If not you have about 10% chance of straight up losing it, and about 20% of losing at least 1 fighter. If you sent everything you still lose a fighter about 10% of the time, but you’ll win it 98%. If you still lose it then oh well, at least the destroyer didnt kill the battleship right?

Only thing I’d even register is the SZ7 loss, rest is just bog standard compared to stuff like losing ukr three times in a row. If you get frustrated by such playable disadvantages I’d recommend playing the game with low luck on tripleA, gets a lot more predictable.

https://www.beamdog.com/news/dice-survey-results-axis-allies-1942-online/

@brian-cannon Where have they said there was a problem with the actual dice generator? All I’ve seen is them acknowledging that players are complaining about dice.