So, I've done some testing on magic duel now, and the results were a little bit confusing. I did 2 sets of 20 tests, one with S3 vs S8 and the second set with S7 vs S8
Here's what I've got:
S3 wins -- S8 wins
0 20
S7 wins -- S8 wins -- Tie (no deaths) -- Tie (both die)
2 16 1 1
If my testing method is truly random (which I am begining to doubt), then the second set of results is surprising, in that S7 should win roughly 1/3rd of the time according to the formula for magic duel.
The one thing I'm uncertain of in doing my testing, is whether or not I am truly getting a random sample by reloading from saved files. Can anyone (ideally a dev
) tell me how Illwinter is setting the seed for their random number generator? I'd like to find a testing method where I'm sure that I'm getting a true random sample before doing more tests.