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Help I've Got a Pink Floyd Question

AntiRules187

Avatar: 79421 Tue May 26 22:06:20 -0400 2009
2

[Temple of the Anth-
ropomorphic Majesty
]

Level 35 Troll

It's actually an honor to be pranked, it means someone spent real money on you. Sir.

What would be the average times having to pwn Hall of Faded Fame to get the last piece to make a pink floyd .moar?

So far I only need #35, and i’ve wasted my 12 visits to try & get it. Can someone help?

Ginji

Avatar: Red Green Flashing
1

[Vacation Hideaway]

Level 35 Troll

“Problem Child IV”

The last part took me like 7~10 days. Then another 5~7 days to get another copy of that part. And now it’s the third day trying to get another one.

zagerblag

Avatar: 102042 Wed Jun 03 22:55:29 -0400 2009
16

[Board of Directors]

Level 35 Hacker

asdf

It should take about 50 Pink Floyd drops, starting now; that is, at any moment when you have 49/50 pieces, you should expect to take about 50 more Pink Floyd drops to finish a Pink Floyd. I don’t know how frequently Pink Floyd drops, but at max threads (11, according to the Wiki), if every drop you got was Pink Floyd, it would take about 4.545 visits. I would expect you to need at most another week.

LookingGlbum

Avatar: 25772 Sun Jun 07 12:12:14 -0400 2009
27

[pizza party]

Level 35 Troll

“Problem Child IV”

Don’t forget too, its the amount of luck you have that will ultimately give you the dropped files. Less is more.

Wylin

Avatar: 19712 Thu Mar 26 21:15:20 -0400 2009
35

[Brainfreeze]

Level 69 Troll

Causing Jealousy On The Internet On A Daily Basis.

I’ve been having success with changing my luck around when I’m stuck on a certain part. It might just be perceived instead of real though.

Wylin

Avatar: 19712 Thu Mar 26 21:15:20 -0400 2009
35

[Brainfreeze]

Level 69 Troll

Causing Jealousy On The Internet On A Daily Basis.

zagerblag Posted:

It should take about 50 Pink Floyd drops, starting now; that is, at any moment when you have 49/50 pieces, you should expect to take about 50 more Pink Floyd drops to finish a Pink Floyd. I don’t know how frequently Pink Floyd drops, but at max threads (11, according to the Wiki), if every drop you got was Pink Floyd, it would take about 4.545 visits. I would expect you to need at most another week.

I cannot subscribe to this theory. I’ve completed 8 I think:

pink floyd - darkside full album (tt
ly syncs w/ wzrd of oz at 2:43 aweso
me!!!).hear
Found:

    * Piece #1 x 9
    * Piece #2 x 4
    * Piece #3 x 6
    * Piece #4 x 14
    * Piece #5 x 5
    * Piece #6 x 2
    * Piece #7 x 16
    * Piece #8 x 18
    * Piece #9 x 10
    * Piece #10 x 12
    * Piece #11 x 11
    * Piece #12 x 9
    * Piece #13 x 4
    * Piece #14 x 12
    * Piece #15 x 5
    * Piece #16 x 6
    * Piece #17 x 15
    * Piece #18 x 11
    * Piece #20 x 10
    * Piece #21 x 10
    * Piece #22 x 4
    * Piece #23 x 14
    * Piece #24 x 5
    * Piece #25
    * Piece #26 x 5
    * Piece #27 x 8
    * Piece #28 x 12
    * Piece #29 x 21
    * Piece #30 x 12
    * Piece #31 x 11
    * Piece #32 x 7
    * Piece #33 x 5
    * Piece #34 x 6
    * Piece #35 x 11
    * Piece #36 x 6
    * Piece #37 x 13
    * Piece #38 x 16
    * Piece #39 x 3
    * Piece #40 x 8
    * Piece #41 x 7
    * Piece #42 x 12
    * Piece #43 x 11
    * Piece #44 x 16
    * Piece #45 x 13
    * Piece #46 x 12
    * Piece #47 x 5
    * Piece #48 x 6
    * Piece #49 x 9
    * Piece #50 x 7

Missing:

    * Piece #19

Acid Flux

Avatar: 6767 Tue Mar 17 11:41:54 -0400 2009
20

[Country Kitchen an-
d Flea Market
]

Level 35 Troll

KYOUBAI IS SUPER-SERIOUS BUSINESS

And I’m still chasing piece #22.

I’m trying to determine whether the flezz/deliveries I’ll lose by running HOFF exclusively would be offset by the flezz I’d earn when I sell a Pink Floyd.

meeeeeeeeee

Avatar: 15443 2010-04-04 18:27:25 -0400
49

[Brainfreeze]

Level 35 Troll

Sneakily vicious and filled with virtuous pit bulls.

*Eventually* a player should be earning a Pink Floyd for every 50 parts they earn, on average (sometimes less parts, sometimes more until you get the next one) Near the start of the grind for parts it’s more difficult since due to random chance you’re unlikely to get all the parts you need. And if you do, that means a longer grind for the next Pink Floyd.

If you’re grinding HoFF with max threads, and getting an average 4 parts per visit, that means each Pink Floyd should arrive (eventually) about 12 visits. If it’s 3 parts per visit, then the number of visits required jumps up to 17.

Grinding HoFF exclusively means sacrificing 3/4 of your deliveries at least, and a good chunk of your job point earnings as well. So, say $60k*3=$180k lost per day from deliveries, and $16k*2=$32k lost per day from job rewards (unless you happen to be able to do the speedrun jobs) if you’re using 4 visits a day. If you use your visits less often, then those numbers increase to 7/8ths or 11/12ths of your deliveries & even less job rewards.

With the above number estimates;

Running 4 visits every day; 3*60+2*16=$212k costs per day

Running 8 visits every 2 days; 7*60+6*16=$516k costs, $258k costs per day average

Running 12 visits every 3 days; 11*60+10*16=$820k costs, $273k costs per day average

Also factoring in that one day a week you can’t get job rewards. It’s still more cost effective to use your visits on that day rather than save then for the next, if you’re grinding a single forum.

If you grind more forums, you eliminate the above costs, but that means a longer wait before you start seeing any payoff.

meeeeeeeeee edited this message on 03/08/2009 2:49PM

Acid Flux

Avatar: 6767 Tue Mar 17 11:41:54 -0400 2009
20

[Country Kitchen an-
d Flea Market
]

Level 35 Troll

KYOUBAI IS SUPER-SERIOUS BUSINESS

Hmm, doesn’t the Job Board reset every hour? That might help minimize the lost flezz.

meeeeeeeeee

Avatar: 15443 2010-04-04 18:27:25 -0400
49

[Brainfreeze]

Level 35 Troll

Sneakily vicious and filled with virtuous pit bulls.

Acid Flux Posted:

Hmm, doesn’t the Job Board reset every hour? That might help minimize the lost flezz.

Well then you’re looking for max threads to turn up twice a day, or you lose moar parts. You’d have to watch the game 24/7 for a miniscule advantage.

Acid Flux

Avatar: 6767 Tue Mar 17 11:41:54 -0400 2009
20

[Country Kitchen an-
d Flea Market
]

Level 35 Troll

KYOUBAI IS SUPER-SERIOUS BUSINESS

meeeeeeeeee Posted:

Well then you’re looking for max threads to turn up twice a day, or you lose moar parts. You’d have to watch the game 24/7 for a miniscule advantage.

No, I just meant that 4 HOFFs with Job Board payouts might be available throughout the day if the Job Board resets.

meeeeeeeeee

Avatar: 15443 2010-04-04 18:27:25 -0400
49

[Brainfreeze]

Level 35 Troll

Sneakily vicious and filled with virtuous pit bulls.

Acid Flux Posted:

No, I just meant that 4 HOFFs with Job Board payouts might be available throughout the day if the Job Board resets.

So do you want the job board payouts, or do you want the extra moar parts? It’s a tradeoff.

Scenario 1: Wait for HoFF will 11 threads, run the forum 4 times, taking jobs for 2 of them.

Scenario 2: Wait for HoFF with 11 threads, run the forum 2 times, taking jobs for each, then repeat, waiting for 11 threads to turn up again an hour or more later. If it doesn’t you’re either down on moar parts (if you run the forums on 10 threads or less) or deliveries (if you wait until after rollover to run the extra 2 visits)

Acid Flux

Avatar: 6767 Tue Mar 17 11:41:54 -0400 2009
20

[Country Kitchen an-
d Flea Market
]

Level 35 Troll

KYOUBAI IS SUPER-SERIOUS BUSINESS

meeeeeeeeee Posted:

So do you want the job board payouts, or do you want the extra moar parts? It’s a tradeoff.

Scenario 1: Wait for HoFF will 11 threads, run the forum 4 times, taking jobs for 2 of them.

Scenario 2: Wait for HoFF with 11 threads, run the forum 2 times, taking jobs for each, then repeat, waiting for 11 threads to turn up again an hour or more later. If it doesn’t you’re either down on moar parts (if you run the forums on 10 threads or less) or deliveries (if you wait until after rollover to run the extra 2 visits)

Okay, I see what your saying. In that scenario, if I’m running HOFFx4 each day, I’d prefer Scenario #1. I run FWZ in the background during the day, popping inhere and there, but I’m not about to dedicate hours and hours each day to actively watching forums thread counts.

Wylin

Avatar: 19712 Thu Mar 26 21:15:20 -0400 2009
35

[Brainfreeze]

Level 69 Troll

Causing Jealousy On The Internet On A Daily Basis.

Yeah, I do all mine with jobs, but I’m not picky about the thread count.

Acid Flux

Avatar: 6767 Tue Mar 17 11:41:54 -0400 2009
20

[Country Kitchen an-
d Flea Market
]

Level 35 Troll

KYOUBAI IS SUPER-SERIOUS BUSINESS

Well, I decided to do a HOFF run without a Job attached, and I think I just completed my PF.

BRB after the run to confirm.

Edit: Yup, got it.

And now I’m at 47/50, missing pieces 22,31,34

Acid Flux edited this message on 03/08/2009 3:47PM

Wylin

Avatar: 19712 Thu Mar 26 21:15:20 -0400 2009
35

[Brainfreeze]

Level 69 Troll

Causing Jealousy On The Internet On A Daily Basis.

I just wanted to point out that you can get job points for the saturday turns if you wait and run them after midnight server time. This always seemed a bit flawed to me.

Sexolate

Avatar: Abstract Blue Circle
1

Level 25 Hacker

“Mafiaboy”

So this means that one must have low luck to get higher rated pieces?

Confirmation please?

Acid Flux

Avatar: 6767 Tue Mar 17 11:41:54 -0400 2009
20

[Country Kitchen an-
d Flea Market
]

Level 35 Troll

KYOUBAI IS SUPER-SERIOUS BUSINESS

Wylin Posted:

I just wanted to point out that you can get job points for the saturday turns if you wait and run them after midnight server time. This always seemed a bit flawed to me.

Especially since Shabbat is from Friday sunset until Saturday sunset, not midnight.

I also wonder about the artificial limitation imposed there,and the reasoning behind it, other than flavor text.

Wylin

Avatar: 19712 Thu Mar 26 21:15:20 -0400 2009
35

[Brainfreeze]

Level 69 Troll

Causing Jealousy On The Internet On A Daily Basis.

Acid Flux Posted:

Especially since Shabbat is from Friday sunset until Saturday sunset, not midnight.

I also wonder about the artificial limitation imposed there,and the reasoning behind it, other than flavor text.

I thought it would make more sense for the job closing to go from rollover to rollover if they didn’t want us to be able to run jobs that day.

Kilroy

Avatar: 62524 Fri Dec 26 00:25:59 -0500 2008
7

Level 35 Emo Kid

“Cutty Cutterson”

Ever since Kyoubai was released, I’ve been completing a Pink Floyd every 1-2 weeks. I’m missing 3 pieces right now.

Also, that’s from pwning only HoFF >_>

Kilroy edited this message on 03/08/2009 4:28PM
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