Posted by Member Metta on 9/28/12 04:32 PM
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Kinda weird, but I found two of the exact same item:
 The odds mathematically of two items falling together on the same run and having the exact same stats are probably astronomical, so I'm guessing it's some kind of glitch. I wonder if someone has been able to replicate these results on command. Another weird thing was the two items did not drop from the same mob, which would seem to make more sense. An elite pack dropped one, and then a minute or so later, the exact same item came from a regular white mob. |
Duplicate Items?
Posted by Member Ammostiel on 9/28/12 04:58 PM
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Posts: 122
Just admit that you hacked the server :p
This would explain the other movies and pictures which have claimed that people managed to duplicate items. Play the Lottery today, perhaps? |
Posted by Admin DHAdmin on 9/28/12 05:15 PM
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It has happened to me twice and in every other case of this I heard the drops were a few minutes between each other. I honestly have no explanation of why this happens but to my understanding computers are not capable of being random and whatever variable they are using to calculate item rolls does not cause an item to be duplicated - rather through chance the server decided to create an exactly identical item by going through it's "random" process.
Considering the little amount of time that goes by between these drops I assume server time is one of the variables. It just blows my mind how often this happens, like you said the odds for this to happen should be insane. But people report it happening quite often. |
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Posted by Member Metta on 9/28/12 06:06 PM
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Posts: 411
"It happens when they change something." XD
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Posted by Member Khan on 9/28/12 06:40 PM
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+1 for Matrix reference.
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Posted by Member Baldy on 9/28/12 11:23 PM
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Posts: 706
Second that +1
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Posted by Member douvinsky on 9/29/12 12:16 AM
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Posts: 1445
I have seen duplicate rings on AH before with the same time to expired, so most likely they were looted by the same player.
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Posted by Member zerokewl on 9/30/12 08:56 PM
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Posts: 816
I IDed two swords that mirrored each other 100% too bad they were both vendor trash.
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Posted by Member Mylton on 9/30/12 11:14 PM
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Posts: 35
I have had this happen to me on two separate occasions. In both instances an elite pack dropped an item which i picked up only to look in my inventory and find two identical unidentified items instead of just one.
Unfortunately both times this happened the items in question turned out to be vendor trash. I have no clue how or why it happened or if the process could be duplicated as it simply happened in the course of normal gameplay. I assume that it is simply a glitch, but it obviously does happen. I don't see a problem with it unless/until some clever individual managed to find a pattern or datamine the reason out of the game code and figure out how to make it happen reliably. However If this were to occur I assume you would start seeing a lot more duplicated items in the AH, particularly among higher end items. |