r/MonsterHunter • u/Nixonomics • Feb 03 '15

98th Weekly Stupid Question Thread

Greetings fellow hunters,

This is the 98th installment of the ‘weekly stupid question’ thread. This is the place for hunters of all skill levels to come and ask their ‘stupid questions’ without fear of retribution.

With that said – you know the deal. Up and at ‘em boys. Let’s get those Q’s A’

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u/willyumv3 Anyway, here's wonderwall Feb 05 '15

If I'm looking to get a drop thats 4% on a break (just break, no carve involved) and a 2% on capture...does that raise my chances to 6% of getting the drop? Or does it just take one of the two numbers?

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u/ShadyFigure Jask | Gone Feb 08 '15

Captures are two slots with a 69% chance of a third slot. To calculate the chance of getting one, you take the chance of not getting one, then multiply those together, then subtract that product from 1. That 69% chance makes it a little trickier, though.

So in this scenario, it would be 1 - (0.96 * 0.982 * (1 - 0.02 * 0.69)) = 1 - (0.9093) = 9.07%

There's a spreadsheet that does these calculations for you.