GP emergence chances...

[Bast]

I found this odd and rather frustrating.

I built the Great Lighthouse in my capital which was also the holy city. I ran 2 priests from 2 temples and later added the Apostolic Palace there.

I got 3 great merchants. Ok, so the first time was fine. I had no priests and no AP. But the 2nd and 3rd time also? I had like 60% and 70% for prophets in those subsequent emergences.

Something's wrong there.

 

[Bast]

I read in one of the ALC games, can't remember which but apparently a similar thing happened where you run like a million artists and have 90% chance for them and yet prophets keep appearing because there's a wonder that gives prophets points. This is wrong.

 

[Arlborn]

Bad luck...
'Every time' I have 60%+ for a prophets, and I want something else, I get prophet...

 

[BlastDuke]

Just take two 10-sided dice (=one 100-sided dice) and make a roll each time a GP is generated.
I can tell you: I play some table board games using two 10-sided dice, and it is absolutely possible that you roll 90+ three times in a row (of course always when you don't need it).
Thats why people call it "random"

Next turn you will have more luck ... just ..one ..more ..turn

 

[Fire.Soul]

Great Prophets *do* have a strong tendency to appear, the little bastards If you can't really make something useful with them you might as well just save them to start a Golden Age.

 

[Underdawg]

60%? There was the 40% of it not popping too! Anything can happen when it's not 99.9%

If it makes you feel any better, I just got a great prophet from 1% chance right when I needed a great merchant for a Sid's Sushi.... Good thing I got a Great Merchant 14 turns later....

 

[Soneji]

Where do you find the percentage chance for which GP could spawn?

 

[Izipo]

You can find it by putting your mouse cursor above the Great People Points generation bar. In the lower right section of the city screen (below specialists).