So, I realized that the way a blog post previews, if you don't have a large block of text a the top, it will take the next chunk of characters (with all the hard returns) as a previews. When you have a table up top (as I did before this edit), that can be very unseemly, and I can certainly be verbose enough to add a bit of an introduction here (I am, after all, a Dr, we like hear the sound of our own voices!).
So my strategy in this (and, possibly, in future posts, if I get the gumption up) is to test 3 or less cards at a time. As I detailed earlier (note to self, put link here to earlier blog post at some point, you lazy bum), due to the 3 proc limit, decks of 4 or 5 cards have a "suppression effect" on the usage of the last two cards chosen to possibly be used. because (after the first card is given a chance) the other four ("wing") cards then get randomly sorted as to which get a chance to have a "proc" or be used the suppression will be somewhat even across all wings, relative to their PROC (Programmed Random OCcurrence) rate. The center card, selected first to test, will be unaffected by this, HOWEVER, it's rate is "doubled," so there is that.
Also, if you use fewer cards you can do a lot more test and ramp up your N...
Cause we should all conspire to be as cool as Shinji
Cards Used: SSR Skill 1 Thunder God Thor (LOW usage PROC)
| Battle | Card 4 | Card 2 | Card 1 | Card 3 | Card 5 |
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | ||||
| 26 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | ||||
| 35 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | 0 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | ||||
| 38 | 0 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | ||||
| 40 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | 0 | ||||
| 45 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | ||||
| 49 | 0 | ||||
| 50 | 0 | ||||
| 51 | 0 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | ||||
| 53 | 1 | ||||
| 54 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | 0 | ||||
| 56 | 0 | ||||
| 57 | 1 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | ||||
| 59 | 1 | ||||
| 60 | 0 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | ||||
| 63 | 1 | ||||
| 64 | 0 | ||||
| 65 | 0 | ||||
| 66 | 1 | ||||
| 67 | 0 | ||||
| 68 | 1 | ||||
| 69 | 1 | ||||
| 70 | 0 | ||||
| 71 | 0 | ||||
| 72 | 1 | ||||
| 73 | 1 | ||||
| 74 | 0 | ||||
| 75 | 1 | ||||
| 76 | 0 | ||||
| 77 | 0 | ||||
| 78 | 0 | ||||
| 79 | 0 | ||||
| 80 | 1 | ||||
| 81 | 1 | ||||
| 82 | 0 | ||||
| 83 | 0 | ||||
| 84 | 0 | ||||
| 85 | 1 | ||||
| 86 | 1 | ||||
| 87 | 1 | ||||
| 88 | 1 | ||||
| 89 | 0 | ||||
| 90 | 0 | ||||
| 91 | 1 | ||||
| 92 | 1 | ||||
| 93 | 1 | ||||
| 94 | 1 | ||||
| 95 | 0 | ||||
| 96 | 0 | ||||
| 97 | 1 | ||||
| 98 | 0 | ||||
| 99 | 0 | ||||
| 100 | 0 |
Earlier, I suggested that a Low PROC rate would go off 25% of the time. This real world* testing had a low usage card activate in center 52% of the time over 100 battles, or at a .26 rate (undoubled). Pretty good targeting, if I do say so myself. Time to play with some Incredible Rage!
- meaning the artificial environs of the game