Why All Rare Drops Are 36.8% Rarer [Math Warning]

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You killed 420 Zealots and didn't get a Summoning Eye? You completed 100 Nucleus runs and didn't get a Divan's Alloy? You killed 10,000,000 mobs and didn't get a legendary Phoenix pet? That's because you have a skill issue probability is wacky.

Let's look at the math.

We're going to use Zealots as an example because everyone knows the drop chance. The probability for a single drop is 1/420. Thus the probability of not getting a drop is 419/420. (I've heard...

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